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# Getting Started with Flex Gateway

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

Flex Gateway provides the following guides to quickly get started with Anypoint Flex Gateway. The
tutorial describes how to deploy a Flex Gateway and publish a simple API that is secured with a
basic authentication policy. See the guide for you desired Flex Gateway deployment type:

- [Getting Started with Managed Flex Gateway on CloudHub 2.0](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/flex-gateway-managed-getting-started) -
  Deploy a Anypoint Platform hosted Managed Flex Gateway to CloudHub 2.0.

- [Getting Started with Self-Managed Flex Gateway](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/flex-gateway-getting-started) - Deploy a
  Self-Managed Flex Gateway to a Docker container on your local infrastructure.

- [Getting Started with Self-Managed Flex Gateway in a Kubernetes Cluster](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/flex-gateway-k8-getting-started) -
  Deploy a Self-Managed Flex Gateway to a Kubernetes pod on your local infrastructure.

## Next Steps

- [Requirements and Limits for Flex Gateway](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/flex-review-prerequisites)

- [Setting Up Self-Managed Flex Gateway](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/flex-gateway-set-up)