# Docs

- [Guides](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides.md)
- [Importing](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/importing.md)
- [Build arguments and variables](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/build-args.md)
- [Secrets](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/secrets.md)
- [Functions](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/functions.md)
- [Using Docker in Earthly](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/docker-in-earthly.md)
- [Multi-platform builds](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/multi-platform.md)
- [Authenticating Git and image registries](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/auth.md)
- [Integration Testing](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/integration.md)
- [Debugging techniques](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/debugging.md)
- [Podman](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/podman.md)
- [Configuring registries](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/configuring-registries.md)
- [AWS ECR](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/configuring-registries/aws-ecr.md)
- [GCP Artifact Registry](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/configuring-registries/gcp-artifact-registry.md)
- [Azure ACR](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/configuring-registries/azure-acr.md)
- [Self-signed certificates](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/configuring-registries/self-signed.md)
- [Using the Earthly Docker Images](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/using-the-earthly-docker-images.md)
- [earthly/earthly](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/using-the-earthly-docker-images/all-in-one.md)
- [earthly/buildkitd](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/using-the-earthly-docker-images/buildkit-standalone.md)
- [Best practices](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/guides/best-practices.md)
- [Caching](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/caching.md)
- [Caching in Earthfiles](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/caching/caching-in-earthfiles.md)
- [Managing cache](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/caching/managing-cache.md)
- [Caching via remote runners](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/caching/caching-via-remote-runners.md)
- [Remote runners](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/remote-runners.md)
- [Earthfile reference](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/earthfile.md)
- [Builtin args](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/earthfile/builtin-args.md)
- [Excluding patterns](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/earthfile/earthlyignore.md)
- [Version-specific features](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/earthfile/features.md)
- [The earthly command](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/earthly-command.md)
- [Earthly lib](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/earthly-lib.md)
- [Configuration reference](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/earthly-config.md)
- [Examples](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/examples.md)
- [Misc](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/misc.md)
- [Alternative installation](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/misc/alt-installation.md)
- [Data collection](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/misc/data-collection.md)
- [Definitions](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/misc/definitions.md)
- [Public key authentication](https://docs.earthly.dev/docs/misc/public-key-auth.md)


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