Overview
Self-hosted ThingPark Enterprise (also known as TPE-OCP) is hosted on your private environment, either on your own infrastructure or through cloud providers like AWS and Azure.
Deployment methods
Two deployment methods are available:
- Appliance/VM: Self-contained virtual machine or bare-metal appliance
- Kubernetes: Deploys on a Kubernetes cluster
Hosting environments
The following hosting environments are supported:
| Appliance/VM deployments | Kubernetes deployments | |
|---|---|---|
| On premises | ISO image available to deploy on bare-metal or virtual machine | Generic packaging available to deploy on customer's own Kubernetes cluster |
| AWS | ✅ AWS EC2 (AMI) | ✅ AWS EKS |
| Azure | ✅ Azure Virtual Machine | ✅ Azure AKS |
| Alibaba | ISO image available | ✅ Alibaba ACK |
| Other cloud providers | ISO image available | Generic packaging available |
The icon ✅ means that self-hosted TPE deliverables are optimized to ensure low-touch deployment in this specific cloud environment, with minimal efforts on customer end.
Self-hosted ThingPark Enterprise is future-proof to be integrated with any cloud provider. Contact the Actility support to deploy ThingPark Enterprise on cloud environments not explicitly listed in the previous table.
Deployment options
The following deployment options are available:
| Appliance/VM installations | Kubernetes installations | |
|---|---|---|
| Standalone (single node) | Supported | Not supported |
| High availability | Three nodes/servers | Three availability zones |
Installation and upgrade options
The following installation and upgrade option is available:
| Appliance/VM installations | Kubernetes installations | |
|---|---|---|
| Online (with internet access) | Supported | Supported |
| Offline (without internet access) | Supported | Available on-demand |