# Quickstart

> From zero to your first proxy in five minutes.

Install Apinizer, define an API Proxy, deploy it to an Environment,
and call it. Production-shape from the very first request.

[Open the docs](https://apinizer.com/developers/docs) · [Browse guides](https://apinizer.com/developers)

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## Steps

### 01 — Install on a cluster

Apinizer ships as per-module Helm charts on the Docker Hub OCI
registry (apinizercloud). Install the API Manager first; the Gateway,
Cache, Portal, and Integration are separate charts. Works on standard
Kubernetes, OpenShift, Tanzu, Rancher, or any cloud-managed cluster.

    helm install apimanager oci://registry-1.docker.io/apinizercloud/apinizer-apimanager -n apinizer --create-namespace

### 02 — Sign in to the Manager

Open the Manager UI on the address printed by the chart. Create a
Project — the Gateway Path becomes the URL prefix for your APIs.

### 03 — Define an API Proxy

Add a REST API Proxy from the UI or apply an APIops manifest from CI.
Reference everything by name — Apinizer wires up the routing.

### 04 — Deploy and call it

Deploy the proxy to an Environment (a Kubernetes Namespace under the
hood). The Worker hot-reloads the routes — no restart, no dropped
sockets.

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## Where to go next

- **Quick Start guide (docs)** — the official walkthrough: create your
  first API Proxy end to end.
  (https://docs.apinizer.com/en/develop/quick-start)
- **Conceptual guides** — Environment, Project, Proxy, Policy,
  Variable, Connector. The core concepts in one place.
  (https://apinizer.com/developers/docs)
- **Scripting recipes** — Groovy and JavaScript snippets for header
  rewrites, envelope shaping, and async logging.
  (https://apinizer.com/developers/docs/scripting)
- **APIops samples** — Drop-in CI snippets for GitHub Actions and
  GitLab CI.
  (https://apinizer.com/developers/apiops)

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## Stuck?

The platform team is one call away. Walk through install, your first
proxy, and your first AI route — on a Kubernetes of your choice.

[Book a Demo](https://calendly.com/apinizer/15min) · [Read the docs](https://apinizer.com/developers/docs)

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