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canonical: https://www.getambassador.io/docs
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# Welcome

Ambassador is a production tested, open source API Gateway that exposes the power of [Envoy Proxy](https://www.envoyproxy.io) in Kubernetes.

* [Install Ambassador](/user-guide/install). Quick start instructions for deploying Ambassador for both development environments (Docker, Docker Compose) and Kubernetes (via Kubernetes YAML or Helm).

* [Concepts](/concepts/overview). Core concepts that cover Ambassador's architecture and how it should be used.

* [Guides](/docs/guides). Hands-on tutorials that walk through how to configure Ambassador for specific use cases, from [rate limiting](/user-guide/advanced-rate-limiting) to [Istio integration](/user-guide/with-istio) to [gRPC](/user-guide/grpc).

* [Reference](/reference/configuration). Detailed documentation on configuring and managing all aspects of Ambassador.

If you have feedback or questions, please feel free to [join our Slack](https://d6e.co/slack) or [open a pull request](https://github.com/datawire/ambassador/pulls). 
# Welcome

Ambassador is a production tested, open source API Gateway that exposes the power of [Envoy Proxy](https://www.envoyproxy.io) in Kubernetes.

* [Install Ambassador](/user-guide/install). Quick start instructions for deploying Ambassador for both development environments (Docker, Docker Compose) and Kubernetes (via Kubernetes YAML or Helm).

* [Concepts](/concepts/overview). Core concepts that cover Ambassador's architecture and how it should be used.

* [Guides](/docs/guides). Hands-on tutorials that walk through how to configure Ambassador for specific use cases, from [rate limiting](/user-guide/advanced-rate-limiting) to [Istio integration](/user-guide/with-istio) to [gRPC](/user-guide/grpc).

* [Reference](/reference/configuration). Detailed documentation on configuring and managing all aspects of Ambassador.

If you have feedback or questions, please feel free to [join our Slack](https://d6e.co/slack) or [open a pull request](https://github.com/datawire/ambassador/pulls). 
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