# What is the simplest way to get used with Microgateway?

**URL:** <https://forum.airlock.com/t/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-get-used-with-microgateway/55>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Created:** [July 26, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-get-used-with-microgateway/55 "2021-07-26T12:29:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![dani](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.airlock.com/dani/32/16_2.png) [@dani](https://forum.airlock.com/u/dani)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-get-used-with-microgateway/55/1 "2021-07-26T12:29:10Z")

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**Similar questions**

- How does a typical architecture look like?
- How does logging, monitoring and reporting work?

**Answer**  
Start the Airlock Minikube Example which illustrates how to connect all the pieces together. It shows the interaction of Airlock Microgateway with an application, Airlock IAM, logging, monitoring and reporting.

[Airlock Minikube Intro](https://docs.airlock.com/microgateway/latest/#data/airlockminik.html)  
[Github Project: Airlock Minikube example](https://github.com/ergon/airlock-minikube-example)

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**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://forum.airlock.com/u/Buran)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-get-used-with-microgateway/55/2 "2021-12-28T18:37:13Z")

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This Minikube example is very complex. Is there no example with docker compose? I only need WAF.

Thanks  
Buran

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**Author:** ![dani](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.airlock.com/dani/32/16_2.png) [@dani](https://forum.airlock.com/u/dani)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-get-used-with-microgateway/55/3 "2021-12-29T08:30:05Z")

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Hi Buran  
I understand you just want WAF protection first and bother about monitoring and logging later. And you prefer using docker compose instead of Minikube.

**Airlock Microgateway is known to work in docker-compose setups**. However, docker-compose is not one of the target platforms for which Microgateway deployments are optimized. We recommend using any Kubernetes distribution instead.

Deployments in Kubernetes bring many advantages, such as:

- Readiness and Liveness Probes
- Scaling horizontally
- Easy integration in CI/CD pipelines (GitOps)
- Canary deployments
- Rollover without downtime

If you want to use Kubernetes to deploy a minimal setup, I suggest you follow the [Getting Started](https://docs.airlock.com/microgateway/latest/?topic=MGW-00000059) chapter in the docs.

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**Author:** ![Buran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Buran](https://forum.airlock.com/u/Buran)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-get-used-with-microgateway/55/4 "2022-01-10T18:04:02Z")

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Hi Daniel,  
Our target platform is kubernetes but we get error `computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled` with the example because our platform does not support VMs. We will try [SMC](https://docs.airlock.com/microgateway/latest/?topic=MGW-00000059) next.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![dieti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dieti](https://forum.airlock.com/u/dieti)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:15am UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/what-is-the-simplest-way-to-get-used-with-microgateway/55/5 "2022-01-11T08:15:13Z")

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Hi Buran

When did you get the error message `computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled`? While you were trying to start Minikube on your computer?

Are you already familiar with Kubernetes? Do you have a Kubernetes environment available to play with?

Stefan