Architecture Overview

The Platform9 Edge Stack consists of three major components which make up the stack.

• The Management Plane/Deployment Unit (DU): This is the main element that provides component management
• Host Components: These are cluster elements that make management of the Kubernetes cluster possible.
• Utilities: The CLI that aids in setting up the management Plane (only applicable to the air-gapped version)

The illustration below is an approximate overview of the configured architecture. It is divided into two main types of hardware:

• A management workstation
• The cluster machines

• Management Machine: The management workstation contains the management plane, the component which provides APIs for managing clusters, and the utilities used to manage the different nodes. Further details can be found on the Management Plane page.
• Cluster Machines: Typically, these machines are managed remotely and contain all the elements needed for the cluster creation. Further details on the cluster internals can be found on the Host Internals page.