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Platform Overview

Preview of the platform architecture, core services, and operating model.

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Development Preview

StrataGateway is currently in development. Documentation reflects the planned platform architecture and available preview functionality.

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Overview

StrataGateway is being developed as a modern cloud infrastructure platform focused on performance, simplicity, transparency, and developer experience. The platform aims to provide compute, networking, storage, security, and developer tooling through a consistent, predictable interface.

This overview describes the intended architecture and operating model. StrataGateway is currently in development; capabilities described here reflect platform direction and may change before public availability.

StrataGateway is currently in development. APIs, services, regions, pricing, and SLAs may change before public release. Do not interpret this documentation as a claim of production availability.

Architecture

The platform is organized into logical layers that separate developer-facing interfaces from the underlying infrastructure. This separation enables independent evolution of developer tooling, control-plane services, and the underlying physical infrastructure.

Developer Interfaces

Dashboard, REST API, CLI, TypeScript SDK, Python SDK, Terraform Provider

Platform / Control Plane

Identity, resource lifecycle, provisioning, configuration, orchestration

Infrastructure Services

Compute, Networking, Storage, Security services exposed via the control plane

Operations

Monitoring, backups, service status, incident communication

Underlying Infrastructure

Compute nodes, network fabric, storage systems, facility partnerships

This layered model represents the intended platform architecture. Individual layers are at different stages of development; not all capabilities are available today.

Resource Model

StrataGateway organizes infrastructure around a consistent resource model. Resources are identified by stable, prefixed IDs and belong to an account or project boundary.

Resource TypeIdentifier Prefix
Instancesinst_
Networksnet_
Firewallsfw_
SSH Keyskey_
Volumesvol_
Snapshotssnap_
Backupsbkp_
Regionsreg_

Prefixes are illustrative and may change before public availability.

Compute

Cloud Compute provides virtual instances with configurable CPU, memory, and local storage. Instances are provisioned from official OS images and support SSH key-based access.

Development Preview

Cloud Compute is currently in preview. Instance types, regions, pricing, and APIs may change before general availability.

Networking

Networking provides public and private connectivity, firewalls, and IP management.

Public NetworkingPrivate NetworkingFirewallsLoad Balancing (Planned)DNS (Planned)

Storage

Storage services provide persistent data options for workloads.

Block Storage

Planned

Attachable volumes with snapshots and encryption at rest.

Object Storage

Preview

S3-compatible buckets for unstructured data and static assets.

Backups

Planned

Scheduled and on-demand backup and point-in-time recovery.

Security

Security is integrated across the platform layers.

Firewall policies for network segmentation
SSH key–based instance access
IAM and RBAC (Planned) for fine-grained access control
Secrets management (Planned) for credentials and certificates
Audit logging for control-plane actions (Planned)
DDoS protection (Planned) at network edge

Control Plane

The control plane coordinates provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle of all platform resources. It enforces policy, maintains resource state, and exposes the public API.

Authentication & authorization gateway
Resource state machine and reconciliation loop
Provisioning orchestration across compute, network, storage
Policy enforcement and quota management
Configuration drift detection and reconciliation
Event bus for resource lifecycle events

Regions & Infrastructure

StrataGateway plans to operate in multiple geographic regions. Region identifiers follow the pattern <city>-<number>(e.g., fra-1).

RegionCode
Frankfurtfra-1
New Yorknyc-1
Singaporesgp-1

Region identifiers are illustrative. Actual availability depends on infrastructure readiness, operational validation, and capacity planning.

Service Lifecycle

Resources follow a consistent lifecycle from request to termination.

Lifecycle flow

Lifecycle flowtext
Request
→ Validation & Quota Check
→ Provisioning (async)
→ Active (Running / Attached)
→ Monitoring & Management
→ Modification / Scaling
→ Deprovisioning / Termination

Current Development State

StrataGateway is actively under development. The table below summarizes the current status of major capability areas.

CapabilityStatus
Cloud Compute (Instances)Preview
Block StoragePlanned
Object StoragePreview
BackupsPlanned
Networking (VPC, Firewalls)Preview
Load BalancingPlanned
DNSPlanned
VPN / Private Connect
IAM / RBACPlanned
Secrets ManagementPlanned
Audit LoggingPlanned
DDoS ProtectionPlanned
Monitoring & AlertingPlanned
Service Status Page
REST APIPreview
CLIPlanned
TypeScript SDKPlanned
Python SDKPlanned
Terraform ProviderPlanned

Status labels reflect documentation readiness, not production availability.

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