> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Guides

> Learn how to do common tasks with Restate.

## Recipes

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  <Card title="Cron Jobs" href="/guides/cron" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/cron/cron.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=e753fa213ce5a121491a3de4ad981d30" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/cron/cron.png">
    Schedule tasks periodically with Restate
  </Card>

  <Card title="Durable Webhooks" href="/guides/durable-webhooks" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/durable-webhooks/durable-webhooks.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=8997a221d541ef66bbb1eff4d192f708" width="1440" height="810" data-path="img/guides/durable-webhooks/durable-webhooks.png">
    Process webhook events from external services with exactly-once delivery guarantees.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Parallelizing Work" href="/guides/parallelizing-work" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/parallelizing-work/parallelizing-work.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=1ab7a11fe1fe55041a2effa957e2adaa" width="1440" height="810" data-path="img/guides/parallelizing-work/parallelizing-work.png">
    Execute a list of tasks in parallel and then gather their result.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Rate Limiting" href="/guides/rate-limiting" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/rate-limiting/rate-limiting.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=0388489d218e69f934ebacc776916a56" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/rate-limiting/rate-limiting.png">
    Control request rates and prevent service overload with Restate
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sagas" href="/guides/sagas" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/sagas/sagas.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=cba755f56d2ad66126f1f8365a789896" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/sagas/sagas.png">
    Implementing undo operations in case of failures, to keep your system consistent
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## Development Guides

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  <Card title="Databases and Restate" href="/guides/databases" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/databases/databases.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=fe3a813481b1ad843993add99ca8949f" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/databases/databases.png">
    Learn when and how to use databases in combination with Restate.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Error Handling" href="/guides/error-handling" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/error-handling/error-handling.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=344fde4c7ad8a430af1b7031ca610615" width="1472" height="832" data-path="img/guides/error-handling/error-handling.png">
    Learn how to handle transient and terminal errors in your applications.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Request Lifecycle" href="/guides/request-lifecycle" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/request-lifecycle/request-lifecycle.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=435d3a3375af555064d961d765fb3b63" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/request-lifecycle/request-lifecycle.png">
    Deep dive into the lifecycle of a request in Restate
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## Deployment Guides

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  <Card title="Connecting Kubernetes Services to Restate Cloud" href="/guides/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=c9590c028262ab41403c59ea2a7cc6bf" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud.png">
    Learn how to connect services on Kubernetes to Restate Cloud.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Kubernetes deployments with Helm" href="/guides/restate-on-kind-with-helm" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/restate-on-kind-with-helm/restate-on-kind-with-helm.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=c58a308610e3edeab8eff8506030c721" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/restate-on-kind-with-helm/restate-on-kind-with-helm.png">
    Learn how to deploy a Restate cluster using Helm on a kind Kubernetes cluster.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Kubernetes deployments with Restate Operator" href="/guides/restate-on-kind-with-operator" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/restate-on-kind-with-operator/restate-on-kind-with-operator.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=bfcbc2005fe05e7343e4d0797e5d9952" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/restate-on-kind-with-operator/restate-on-kind-with-operator.png">
    Learn how to deploy single-node Restate with Restate operator on a kind Kubernetes cluster.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Local Restate Cluster with Docker" href="/guides/cluster" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/cluster/cluster.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=8f1379c77fd2b057e5afce9f95d730ea" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/cluster/cluster.png">
    Learn how to deploy a Restate cluster using Docker Compose.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scaling to Multi-Node Deployments" href="/guides/local-to-replicated" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/local-to-replicated/local-to-replicated.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=0e5fbc63b37e860a5ccd441feb3c4cf0" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/local-to-replicated/local-to-replicated.png">
    Migrate a single node to a multi-node cluster.
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## Integrations

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  <Card title="Restate and Encore" href="/guides/encore" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/encore/encore.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=2eff17f93bfd8eb069e047e78c5a66ff" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/encore/encore.png">
    Learn how to run Restate service handlers inside an Encore TypeScript backend.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Restate-Kafka Quickstart" href="/guides/kafka-quickstart" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/kafka-quickstart/kafka-quickstart.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=68008f34a61ffeb3afe0673bb288e09f" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/kafka-quickstart/kafka-quickstart.png">
    Learn how to connect your Restate service to a Kafka topic.
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  <Card title="XState" href="/guides/xstate" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-35bb6672/Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh/img/guides/xstate/xstate.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Mv35KIhrxKnRjfOh&q=85&s=9ae8c91dcc363571a280dfc51820687e" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/xstate/xstate.png">
    Integrate Restate with XState to implement durable state machines.
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