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title: Deployments
description: Overview of deployment concepts and configuration on Railway.
---
Railway makes deploying your applications simple while providing powerful controls for production workloads. This section covers everything you need to know about managing deployments.

## Getting started

| Topic | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
| [**Reference**](/deployments/reference) | Complete reference for deployment configuration options. |
| [**Start Command**](/deployments/start-command) | Configure how your application starts. |
| [**Pre-Deploy Command**](/deployments/pre-deploy-command) | Run commands before your deployment goes live (migrations, etc). |

## Scaling & performance

| Topic | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
| [**Scaling**](/deployments/scaling) | Scale your services horizontally and vertically. |
| [**Regions**](/deployments/regions) | Deploy to specific geographic regions. |
| [**Optimize Performance**](/deployments/optimize-performance) | Tips for optimizing your deployment performance. |
| [**Serverless**](/deployments/serverless) | Configure serverless behavior for your services. |

## Health & reliability

| Topic | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
| [**Healthchecks**](/deployments/healthchecks) | Configure health checks to ensure your services are running correctly. |
| [**Restart Policy**](/deployments/restart-policy) | Control how Railway handles service restarts. |

## Deployment workflow

| Topic | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
| [**GitHub Autodeploys**](/deployments/github-autodeploys) | Automatically deploy when you push to GitHub. |
| [**Image Auto Updates**](/deployments/image-auto-updates) | Keep Docker images up to date automatically. |
| [**Staged Changes**](/deployments/staged-changes) | Stage and review changes before deploying. |
| [**Deployment Actions**](/deployments/deployment-actions) | Manage deployment lifecycle actions. |
| [**Deployment Teardown**](/deployments/deployment-teardown) | Understand what happens when deployments are removed. |

## Advanced

| Topic | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
| [**Monorepo**](/deployments/monorepo) | Deploy services from a monorepo. |