# M.A.R.C.U.S.

- [Introduction](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/index.md): Welcome to your project
- [Quickstart](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/quickstart.md): Begin with a guide on the fastest path to a successful outcome
- [Deployment Guide](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/product-overview.md)
- [Deploy the Collector](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/overview.md): How the M.A.R.C.U.S. Collector fits your estate, the two decisions that shape a deployment, and where to start.
- [Choose a topology](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/topologies.md): Per-site, central, hybrid or cloud-hosted: pick the Collector topology that fits your estate.
- [Network requirements](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/network-requirements.md): The single outbound firewall rule, device protocols and the optional local port.
- [Size the host](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/sizing.md): Host specifications per Collector and when to add another.
- [Install on Linux](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/install-linux.md): Install the Collector as a systemd service with one command.
- [Install on Windows Server](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/install-windows.md): Install the Collector as a Windows service from PowerShell.
- [Run with Docker](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/docker.md): Run the Collector container with Docker Compose or docker run.
- [Run on Kubernetes](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/kubernetes.md): Deploy the Collector on EKS, AKS, GKE or an on-premises cluster.
- [Run on a managed container platform](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/managed-containers.md): Run the Collector on AWS ECS Fargate, Azure Container Instances or Google Compute Engine.
- [Secure the configuration](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/configuration.md): What the Collector configuration holds, how to protect the HMAC key and how to rotate it.
- [Update the Collector](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/updates.md): Update each runtime and the version compatibility commitment.
- [Monitor health and logs](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/monitoring.md): Local health checks, Prometheus metrics, portal status and logs.
- [Back up and restore](https://docs.marcus.involvecloud.com/deploy/backup.md): What the Collector stores locally and what, if anything, to back up.