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* docs: Getting Started -> Intro, new Getting Started

Several other smaller improvements and clarifications.

* Replace original Getting Started for now

* Fix title

Started in #263 - will handle new Introduction article another time
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## Static binaries
1. Obtain a Caddy binary:
- [**From releases on GitHub**](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases) (expand "Assets")
- [**From our download page**](/download)
- [**By building from source**](/docs/build) (either with `go` or `xcaddy`)
2. We recommend [installing Caddy as a system service](/docs/running#manual-installation)
**If installing onto a production system, we recommend using our official package for your distro if available below.**
1. Obtain a Caddy binary:
- [from releases on GitHub](https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/releases) (expand "Assets")
- [from our download page](/download)
- [by building from source](/docs/build) (either with `go` or `xcaddy`)
2. [Install Caddy as a system service.](/docs/running#manual-installation) This is strongly recommended, especially for production servers.
Place the binary in one of your `$PATH` (or `%PATH%` on Windows) directories so you can run `caddy` without typing the full path of the executable file. (Run `echo $PATH` to see the list of directories that qualify.)
You can upgrade static binaries by replacing them with newer versions and restarting Caddy. The [`caddy upgrade` command](/docs/command-line#caddy-upgrade) can make this easy.
You can upgrade static binaries by replacing them with newer versions and restarting Caddy.
## Debian, Ubuntu, Raspbian
Installing this package automatically starts and runs Caddy as a [systemd service](/docs/running#linux-service) named `caddy`. It also comes with a `caddy-api` service which is _not_ enabled by default but should be used if you primarily configure Caddy via its API instead of config files.
Installing this package automatically starts and runs Caddy as a [systemd service](/docs/running#linux-service) named `caddy`. It also comes with an optional `caddy-api` service which is _not_ enabled by default, but should be used if you primarily configure Caddy via its API instead of config files.
**Stable releases:**