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Architecture

The Rocket Pad Platform consists of various components. Depending on the circumstances and requirements, different of these components are used for a platform. Some of the components are shown in the diagram below.

Workload​

The workload are the applications developed/owned by the client which will be deployed on the platform.

Modules​

Modules are components which can be deployed to support the platform and/or the applications running on it. Modules which only support the application are usually optional.

Base​

Base is the main component of the Rocket Pad Platform.

Provider​

Provider are components which are required to support specific infrastructure providers. Usually these providers bring the following features with it:

  • Storage (including StorageClass)
  • Kubernetes Load Balancer

Kubernetes​

Depending on the infrastructure provider the Kubernetes layer looks different. For most of the simple infrastructure provider we use Terraform to set up a Talos cluster. Currently there are some Terraform modules to set up a Kubernetes cluster and deploy the platform provider and base.

Infrastructure​

The infrastructure layer represents the actual servers provided by the infrastructure provider.