# Managing Amazon DocumentDB instances
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The following topics provide information to help you manage your Amazon DocumentDB instances. They include details about instance classes and statuses, and how to create, delete, and modify an instance.

**Topics**
+ [Determining an instance's status](#db-instance-status)
+ [Instance lifecycle](db-instance-life-cycle.md)
+ [Managing instance classes](db-instance-classes.md)
+ [NVMe-backed instances](db-instance-nvme.md)

## Determining an instance's status
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To see the valid instance statuses, their meaning, and how to determine the status of your instances, see [Monitoring an Amazon DocumentDB instance's status](monitoring_docdb-instance_status.md).