# Production setup

The following how-to guides cover common operations to prepare your LXD server setup for production.

How to check and improve the performance:

* [Benchmark performance](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/howto/benchmark_performance/index.html.md)
* [Increase bandwidth](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/howto/network_increase_bandwidth/index.html.md)

How to monitor your server:

* [Monitor metrics](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/metrics/index.html.md)
* [Send logs to Loki](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/howto/logs_loki/index.html.md)
* [Set up Grafana](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/howto/grafana/index.html.md)

How to back up your server and recover from failure:

* [Back up a server](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/backup/index.html.md)
* [Recover instances](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/howto/disaster_recovery/index.html.md)
* [Disaster recovery with storage replication](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/howto/disaster_recovery_replication/index.html.md)

How to decommission your LXD deployment:

* [Decommission LXD](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/howto/decommission/index.html.md)

## Related topics

Explanation:

- [Performance tuning](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/explanation/performance_tuning/index.html.md#performance-tuning)

Reference:

- [Provided metrics](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/provided_metrics/index.html.md#provided-metrics)
- [Server settings for a LXD production setup](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/server_settings/index.html.md#server-settings)