> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-64590a59.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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/cron/cron.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=f7fdab4ff3174acff3e15168439c0597" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/durable-webhooks/durable-webhooks.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=807e94117f38306bdaa77fc55fa9789c" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/parallelizing-work/parallelizing-work.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=679410b807efc94a8cb07421d44c888e" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/rate-limiting/rate-limiting.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=90542335b1acc8a59a3f625f57f97a09" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/sagas/sagas.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=01827233b5cd2584d717ae45f0e993ed" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/sagas/sagas.png">
    Implementing undo operations in case of failures, to keep your system consistent
  </Card>
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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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/databases/databases.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=9b8766a90bba0043d235cb421aafb6d8" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/error-handling/error-handling.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=9aca9173f5a9380bcdc77ee706ea8e3e" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/request-lifecycle/request-lifecycle.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=b0488398607b8b081a034f6fb75f5c29" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=bce1b55228593132fda20b442dd72869" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/restate-on-kind-with-helm/restate-on-kind-with-helm.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=6dfa641721aa5ba6fc50c5373f5c3bb6" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/restate-on-kind-with-operator/restate-on-kind-with-operator.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=d072eb24cb4a95a44430afb3797ab240" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/cluster/cluster.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=f52e6d83f39afced135b3245739e57e2" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/cluster/cluster.png">
    Learn how to deploy a Restate cluster using Docker Compose.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Migrating Snapshot Storage Backend" href="/guides/snapshot-storage-migration" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/snapshot-storage-migration/snapshot-storage-migration.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=0c0fee691acf8c6ad5edefbc68cb4497" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/snapshot-storage-migration/snapshot-storage-migration.png">
    Move a multi-node Restate cluster from one snapshot destination to another.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scaling to Multi-Node Deployments" href="/guides/local-to-replicated" img="https://mintcdn.com/restate-6d46e1dc-mintlify-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/local-to-replicated/local-to-replicated.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=947dea1494edb517275b4977b6df7d9b" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/encore/encore.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=a0ccf134e3bf996b1cbd79dd30581faa" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/kafka-quickstart/kafka-quickstart.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=783f85ceb0f576841b88cf5803c352cf" 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-64590a59/hygBddrugSR3MN_Z/img/guides/xstate/xstate.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=hygBddrugSR3MN_Z&q=85&s=8f198eb99ef0bdb13b153c5175ef6e2f" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/xstate/xstate.png">
    Integrate Restate with XState to implement durable state machines.
  </Card>
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