# Guides

- [A typical VerneMQ deployment](/1.12.3/guides/typical-vernemq-deployment.md): In the following we describe how a typical VerneMQ deployment can look and some of the concerns one have to take into account when designing such a system.
- [VerneMQ on Kubernetes](/1.12.3/guides/vernemq-on-kubernetes.md): This guide describes how to deploy a VerneMQ cluster on Kubernetes
- [Loadtesting VerneMQ](/1.12.3/guides/loadtesting.md): Loadtesting VerneMQ with vmq\_mzbench
- [Clustering during development](/1.12.3/guides/clustering-during-development.md): This describes a quick way to create a VerneMQ cluster on developer's machines
- [Not a tuning guide](/1.12.3/guides/not-a-tuning-guide.md)
- [Change Open File Limits](/1.12.3/guides/change-open-file-limits.md): A guide that shows how to change the open file limtits