---
title: ECE installation procedures
description: Choose the guide for the Elastic Cloud Enterprise deployment scenario that best fits your business needs: Deploy a small installation: For development,...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/install-ece-procedures
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise: Generally available
---

# ECE installation procedures
Choose the guide for the Elastic Cloud Enterprise [deployment scenario](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/identify-deployment-scenario) that best fits your business needs:
- [Deploy a small installation](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/deploy-small-installation): For development, test, and small-scale use cases.
- [Deploy a medium installation](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/deploy-medium-installation): For many production setups.
- [Deploy a large installation](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/deploy-large-installation): For deployments with significant overall search and indexing throughput.

For installations using Podman instead of Docker, refer to [Fresh installation of ECE using Podman hosts](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/fresh-installation-of-ece-using-podman-hosts).
If you need to migrate an existing installation based on Docker to Podman, follow [Migrate ECE to Podman hosts](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-enterprise/migrate-ece-to-podman-hosts).