Hosting the platform and serving the wider organisation.
IT architectures
How FlowFuse deploys for IT — hosting the platform and serving the wider organisation. Read each diagram bottom-up: the platform above, the instances and services it serves below.
On-prem IT data center · self-managed
On-prem IT data center · self-managed
FlowFuse platform
on your own servers
hosts
Apps
Hosted Instance
app
Hosted Instance
app
Hosted Instance
app
served to
IT users
IT users
dashboards & tools
IT zone
Authenticated
Serves
The whole FlowFuse platform runs on the company's own servers in their IT data center. It hosts the apps as Hosted Instances and serves them to IT users. Nothing leaves the building unless you choose to connect it.
Use it when
IT wants to own and run the platform entirely in-house, on their own infrastructure.
Cloud · your own AWS account
Cloud · your own AWS account
FlowFuse platform
your cloud account
Device Agent · per site
Sites · IT layer — one Remote Instance each
Remote Instance
Site A · IT layer
Remote Instance
Site B · IT layer
Remote Instance
Site C · IT layer
Cloud
IT zone
Device Agent · deploy/manage
The FlowFuse platform runs in the company's own cloud account (e.g. AWS) and deploys and manages a Remote Instance in each site's IT layer via the Device Agent. The cloud platform governs and deploys; each site's instance runs locally and keeps working on its own even if the link drops.
Use it when
The platform lives in your cloud, but each site needs its own instance in its IT layer.
Platform · host it where you want
Platform · host it where you want
FlowFuse platform
own infra · your AWS · FlowFuse SaaS
supports
IT services across the org
IT service
team A
IT service
team B
IT service
team C
IT zone
Authenticated
One FlowFuse platform supports IT services across the whole organisation, and you choose where it runs: your own infrastructure, your own AWS, or FlowFuse's SaaS. Same platform, same apps, wherever it is hosted.
Use it when
Supporting IT broadly and you want freedom to host the platform on-prem, in your cloud, or as SaaS.
Enterprise · one platform · central governance · one standard
Enterprise · one platform · central governance · one standard
FlowFuse platform
role-based access · one standard
governs · isolates
Teams — each a site or business unit, isolated by role-based access
Team A
site / business unit · instances & applications
Team B
site / business unit · instances & applications
Team C
site / business unit · instances & applications
IT zone
Governed · RBAC
One FlowFuse platform serves the whole company. Each site or business unit is its own team — its own instances and applications — isolated by role-based access and unified under central governance and one standard.
Use it when
Central governance and one standard across many sites, with each team's work kept separate.
FlowFuse Application Guide