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tags:
  - Reference
  - Documentation
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# Reference
## Purpose
Start with a subject guide to connect the lab inventory, deployment instructions, operational procedures, and reusable scripts.

## Includes
- Lab Map
- Virtualization and Storage
- Containers
- Networking and Access
- Identity and Certificates
- Automation
- Backup and Recovery
- Applications
- Windows and Linux
- Foundations

## Start with a Subject
- [Lab Map](<Lab Map/index.md>) — Identify where a workload runs, which address plan describes it, and which hardware or power reference applies before following a deployment or repair procedure.
- [Virtualization and Storage](<Virtualization and Storage/index.md>) — Follow the relationship between hypervisors, shared storage, guest disks, and recovery procedures.  Select the documented storage design before choosing a maintenance command.
- [Containers](<Containers/index.md>) — Prepare the Docker or Kubernetes environment used by application deployments, then follow the operating procedures for building, moving, and exposing workloads.
- [Networking and Access](<Networking and Access/index.md>) — Find the DNS, proxy, VPN, and remote-access instructions that connect users and services.  Use the address plans to identify the intended network before changing connectivity.
- [Identity and Certificates](<Identity and Certificates/index.md>) — Connect directory services, certificate trust, single sign-on, and application authentication.  Start with the identity system involved, then follow the integration or maintenance procedure.
- [Automation](<Automation/index.md>) — Connect source control, automation controllers, managed hosts, and configuration delivery.  Use the documented execution environment and authentication method for each workflow.
- [Backup and Recovery](<Backup and Recovery/index.md>) — Find backup concepts, repository maintenance, and recovery dependencies.  Select the procedure for the affected backup system and distinguish a backup restore from a replica or snapshot operation.
- [Applications](<Applications/index.md>) — Find applications by the service they provide, then continue to their deployment, authentication, data, and maintenance documentation.
- [Windows and Linux](<Windows and Linux/index.md>) — Find workstation and server operating-system setup, updates, and repairs.  Storage, networking, and identity tasks are linked to their subject guides when they cross operating-system boundaries.
- [Foundations](<foundations/index.md>) — Maintain the knowledgebase using the authoritative styling contract, document roles, and source-relative links.