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# Overview
Deploying and managing a production BigchainDB node is much more involved than working with a dev/test node:
* There are more components in a production node; see [the page about node components](../nodes/node-components.html)
* Production nodes need more security
* Production nodes need monitoring
* Production nodes need maintenance, e.g. software upgrades, scaling
Thankfully, there are tools to help!
This section explains how to use various tools to deploy and manage a production node.