Documentation

# What do you want to do?

Start with a task below, or search the manual for a setting, an error, or a function.

## Start here

### [Set up Smeltr](/docs/getting-started)

Install a leader, connect your first worker, and get ready to process data.

Start setup →

### [Build your first pipeline](/docs/first-pipeline)

Build from a sample, save a test, and follow your change through review and deployment.

Follow the tutorial →

### [Troubleshoot a deployment](/docs/troubleshooting)

Find help for startup errors, worker enrollment, certificates, and unexpected deployment state.

Find a fix →

## Administrator manual

### [Get started](/docs/getting-started)

Choose where to run Smeltr, install the leader, and connect a worker.

Read guide →

### [Certificates & TLS](/docs/certificates)

Secure browser and worker connections without bypassing trust checks.

Read guide →

### [Kubernetes](/docs/install-leader/kubernetes)

Run a persistent leader from the published container image.

Read guide →

### [Operate the fleet](/docs/operations)

Read health, warnings and deployed commits in the running system.

Read guide →

### [Backup & recovery](/docs/backup-recovery)

Protect leader state and restore it as a consistent unit.

Read guide →

[Leader install](/docs/install-leader/binary) · [Worker enrollment](/docs/enroll-worker/host) · [Sources](/docs/sources) · [Destinations](/docs/destinations) · [Installation checklist](/docs/getting-started#complete) · [Accounts & access](/docs/accounts) · [Secrets & credentials](/docs/secrets) · [Troubleshooting](/docs/troubleshooting)

## Build, review & deploy

Follow the pipeline lifecycle from saved samples to a running worker group.

Start with the diagrams: [the data path](/docs/sources#flow), [how changes reach workers](/docs/review), and [what happens when delivery fails](/docs/delivery#delivery).

[First pipeline: sample to verified delivery →](/docs/first-pipeline) [Capture a sample →](/docs/capture-sample) [Routing →](/docs/routing/records) [Git & configuration →](/docs/git/configuration) [Review & deploy →](/docs/review) [Operate the fleet →](/docs/operations) [Delivery →](/docs/delivery)

## Pipeline steps

Find each pipeline step's behavior, settings, and worked examples.

[Call →](/docs/steps/call)[Code →](/docs/steps/code)[Comment →](/docs/steps/comment)[Drop →](/docs/steps/drop)[Eval →](/docs/steps/eval)[If →](/docs/steps/if)[Lookup →](/docs/steps/lookup)[Parser →](/docs/steps/parser)[Rename →](/docs/steps/rename)[Unroll →](/docs/steps/unroll)

## Reference

Look up startup settings, expression operators and functions, or source and destination settings.

[Administrator reference →](/docs/reference)   [Expression reference →](/docs/code-reference)   [Sources →](/docs/sources)   [Destinations →](/docs/destinations)