Documentation
Documentation
Until the public documentation site is up, the full set comes as an evaluation package: the runbooks, reference and technical whitepaper we send after a first conversation. This page tells you what is in it and what you need before day one.
What the set contains
A thirty-minute evaluation
Install on a test cluster, register a store, write and read through the gateway, see packing happen on the backend.
evaluation packageRunbooks
Install, scale, adopt an existing bucket, drain a store, cut over between providers, restore a lost control plane, link two sites, fail over. CLI-first.
evaluation packageAPI, configuration, metrics
The S3 surface and its extensions, the admin API, every configuration key, every metric.
evaluation packageArchitecture and the durability contract
Why the design is the way it is and what a 200 promises, in writing.
evaluation packageBefore you install
Check these before the install session; each one has stopped an install before.
- A default StorageClass, SSD-backed for the metadata tier in production and in any test that carries real data.
- At least three schedulable nodes. The metadata tier runs three replicas with one-per-node anti-affinity.
- Nodes labelled with their hostname, for that anti-affinity.
- Registry access from the cluster, or a mirrored image.
- An S3-compatible store with credentials that can create buckets. Exera stores nothing itself.
- A namespace, and kubectl or oc pointed at it.
Platforms
| Layer | Supported | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 1.24 and later | StatefulSet manifests; external access via Ingress |
| OpenShift | 4.14 and later | Runs under the default restricted SCC; Routes provided. Install verified end to end on a six-node 4.21 cluster. |
| Stores | Any S3-compatible object store | One or more; the credential must be able to create buckets |
| Identity | OIDC, LDAP, SAML and the major social and enterprise providers | Through the embedded identity broker |
| Observability | Prometheus | Scrape wiring for the cluster's existing Prometheus is included |
Get the evaluation package
Documentation, runbooks and the technical whitepaper, sent after a first conversation.