# Configure KubeMQ (/configure)



Everything you need to configure KubeMQ for production. KubeMQ ships as a single binary with no external dependencies, so configuring it comes down to choosing how you run it and tuning the settings for your workload.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Docker" href="/configure/docker" description="Configure and run KubeMQ with Docker, including volumes, ports, and environment variables." />

  <Card title="Kubernetes" href="/configure/kubernetes" description="Deploy and configure KubeMQ on Kubernetes with the operator and Helm chart." />

  <Card title="Reference" href="/configure/reference" description="A full reference for every server configuration setting." />
</Cards>

Looking for metrics, tracing, and logging? **Turning them on** is here —
[Observability settings](/configure/reference/observability) has the OpenTelemetry,
audit and notification fields for both targets. **Reading and acting on them** lives under
[Operate](/operate).