# Infrastructure & Ops

This section covers the operational aspects of running Umbraco in production. Topics include server setup, health monitoring, database availability, and distributed locking.

* [Server Setup](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/run-in-production/infrastructure-and-ops/server-setup.md) - configure servers for use with Umbraco, including load balancing and environment-specific setup.
* [Health Checks](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/run-in-production/infrastructure-and-ops/health-check.md) - monitor the state of your Umbraco project using built-in and custom health checks.
* [Database Availability](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/run-in-production/infrastructure-and-ops/database-availability.md) - understand how Umbraco checks database availability on startup and how to customize that behavior.
* [Distributed Locks](/umbraco-cms/18.latest/run-in-production/infrastructure-and-ops/distributed-locks.md) - learn how Umbraco uses database locks during save operations to prevent concurrency issues.


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