> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://serving.konduit.ai/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://serving.konduit.ai/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps.md).

# Pipeline Steps

Konduit-Serving works by defining a series of steps. These include operation such as:

1. Pre-processing steps
2. Running one or more ML/DL models
3. Post-processing steps, transforming the output in a way that humans can understand

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[Image To NDArray Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/image-to-ndarray-step.md)
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[DL4J Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/dl4j-step.md)
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[Keras Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/keras-step.md)
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[ONNX Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/onnx-step.md)
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[Tensorflow Step](/examples/java/server/pipeline-steps/tensorflow-step.md)
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