> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.minimus.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Let's Get Started

> Step-by-step guide to pulling your first images and deploying them in your environment using Minimus Helm charts

Welcome to Minimus! Make the switch to Minimus images without breaking a sweat. The level of effort required to migrate depends on the application and environment, but in most cases it is extremely low or nearly effortless.

## First steps

Get to know the Minimus platform:

1. [Explore the image gallery](/gallery) to see our full catalog, including FIPS 140-3 validated images, Hardened images for CIS app compliance, and Advanced images for Bitnami compatibility
2. [Review image vulnerability reports and risk reduction comparisons](/foundations/image-card)
3. Review image [compliance reports](/foundations/image-card#compliance)
4. [Understand daily security updates](/foundations/daily-updates) and image changelog
5. Pull any Minimus image - any version tag, any digest, any timestamp-tag. Swap images to get started!

<Tip>
  All image tags and digests are available in the Community Edition.
</Tip>

## Introducing Minimus

### 1. Discover the gallery

Take a minute to orient yourself with the UI and learn about the display of [Minimus image cards](/foundations/image-card) and [version information](/foundations/image-version).

### 2. Pull your first image

You can pull any Minimus image from the registry using any tag or digest. All Minimus images and versions are included in the Minimus Community Edition.
Feel free to experiment with different images.

### 3. Deploy a Helm chart

Deploy Minimus images using Minimus Helm charts. The process is quick and easy.

### 4. Plan your migration with your AI agent

Uncover hidden issues and plan your migration with our AI prompt. Save time and surface required changes before you start.

### 5. Avoid stale images

Keep in mind that Minimus images are updated regularly so even within the span of a few days you will want to [avoid using cached images](/foundations/pull-policy).

### 6. Next steps

Minimus provides many in-depth guides to help you learn how to optimize your apps using [multi-stage builds](/guides/golang), [AWS Lambda](/guides/aws-lambda-deployment), configure [databases with secure TLS](/advanced-guides/mongo-tls), and more.

<Note>
  Retention policy: Previous builds are retained for 180 days for production images, and 30 days for dev images.
</Note>