# Overview

This guide contains the steps needed for a user to consume one of the “deployment option reference design’s” for the Rafay “Standard Operating Model”.

This option:

- Is based on Amazon EKS Kubernetes clusters
- Uses declarative specifications for all resources that can be version controlled and used to replicate/reproduce infrastructure anytime
- Uses AWS S3 for cluster backup and restore
- Uses the “more secure” IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) approach for allowing in-cluster resources to interact with AWS services.
- Uses “GitHub Actions” for turnkey automation and workflows

What will this Deploy?

## What Will You Do by Part

| Part | What will you do? |
| --- | --- |
| 1 | [Setup](https://docs.rafay.co/learn/quickstart/som/eks/setup/) and Configuration |
| 2 | [Provision](https://docs.rafay.co/learn/quickstart/som/eks/provision/) resources |
| 3 | [Deprovision](https://docs.rafay.co/learn/quickstart/som/eks/deprovision/) resources |

## Assumptions

- You have access to a [GitHub account](https://github.com/)
- You have access to an [Amazon AWS account](https://aws.amazon.com/) with privileges to create an IAM Role with the default [Full IAM Policy](https://docs.rafay.co/clusters/eks/full_iam_policy/) to allow provisioning of resources on your behalf as part of the EKS cluster lifecycle.