> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://restate-6d46e1dc-chore-changelog-refresh.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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/cron/cron.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=90e1dc5a5810df58c70a5db2472bac69" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/durable-webhooks/durable-webhooks.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=ad3228140f2dba39e8b3d80c837f3b2c" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/parallelizing-work/parallelizing-work.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=ae53c40d18f7f5bab9a0a65a10af5d08" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/rate-limiting/rate-limiting.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=c5b7c14b202005a013d3b57287618813" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/sagas/sagas.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=2f1c7f5b97957f2f70715bb09805e160" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/databases/databases.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=85bccc17203129aeb39cd94a3a03e331" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/error-handling/error-handling.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=49ac0aa3d6cdcb552d31660d3a60dda4" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/request-lifecycle/request-lifecycle.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=aca7fca4570903ceff616324f2a3345b" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/request-lifecycle/request-lifecycle.png">
    Deep dive into the lifecycle of a request in Restate
  </Card>
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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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud/connecting-k8s-services-to-cloud.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=1a41f15ee9d33f8b992251250777ce02" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/restate-on-kind-with-helm/restate-on-kind-with-helm.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=2e00ce2ed54b8f8ebd08eadc6c827715" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/restate-on-kind-with-operator/restate-on-kind-with-operator.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=1e016ac598a9a9660e709a3b6ac67e04" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/cluster/cluster.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=802c1ab5f1937a236ca3d81ad4ab75bf" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/bYOid6LHkQAG5OKC/img/guides/snapshot-storage-migration/snapshot-storage-migration.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=bYOid6LHkQAG5OKC&q=85&s=5ef3fb4adc1c8dbe91027516ae57c9a8" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/local-to-replicated/local-to-replicated.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=9399db51ca574e5610154e1ed74924f1" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/encore/encore.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=4811541800cfd9ec791292d09c931b54" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/kafka-quickstart/kafka-quickstart.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=b78bffe5f7c47d45a16ff79f926a98ea" 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-chore-changelog-refresh/1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed/img/guides/xstate/xstate.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=1NNRkefVwltPo2Ed&q=85&s=85c923c516c78f61e36eb30dbf547a6d" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="img/guides/xstate/xstate.png">
    Integrate Restate with XState to implement durable state machines.
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