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title: Architecture
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<link rel="canonical" href="https://ranchermanager.docs.rancher.com/pages-for-subheaders/rancher-manager-architecture"/>
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This section focuses on the [Rancher server and its components](../reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/rancher-server-and-components.md) and how [Rancher communicates with downstream Kubernetes clusters](../reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/communicating-with-downstream-user-clusters.md).
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For information on the different ways that Rancher can be installed, refer to the [overview of installation options.](installation-and-upgrade.md#overview-of-installation-options)
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For a list of main features of the Rancher API server, refer to the [overview section.](../getting-started/overview.md#features-of-the-rancher-api-server)
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For guidance about setting up the underlying infrastructure for the Rancher server, refer to the [architecture recommendations.](../reference-guides/rancher-manager-architecture/architecture-recommendations.md)
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:::note
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This section assumes a basic familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes. For a brief explanation of how Kubernetes components work together, refer to the [concepts](../reference-guides/kubernetes-concepts.md) page.
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