diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f0e300ad2..90d934506 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -87,6 +87,25 @@ Would you rather dive into the code? Then you are already in the right place! --- +# High-level architecture overview + +![Mender architecture](mender_architecture.png) + + +The chart above depicts a typical Mender architecture with the following elements: + +* Back End & User Interface: The shaded sky blue area is the Mender product which comprises the back end and the user interface (UI). +* Clients: The Mender client runs on the devices represented by the devices icon. +* Gateway: All communications between devices, users, and the back end occur through an API gateway. [Traefik](https://traefik.io) is used for the API gateway. The gateway routes the requests coming from the clients to the right micro-service(s) in the Mender back end. +* NATS message broker: some of the micro-services use NATS as a message broker to support the Mender device update troubleshooting and the orchestration within the system. +* Mongo DB: persistent database for the Mender back end micro-services. +* Storage layer: in both hosted and on-premise Mender, an AWS S3 Bucket (or S3 API-compatible) or an Azure Storage Account storage layer is used to store the artifacts. +* Redis: in-memory cache to enable device management at scale. + +You can find more detailed information in our [documentation](https://docs.mender.io/3.5/server-installation/overview). + +--- + # About this repository This repository contains the Mender client updater, which can be run in standalone mode (manually @@ -319,12 +338,12 @@ The introspection files for Mender D-Bus API can be found at Mender was created by the team at [Northern.tech AS](https://northern.tech), with many contributions from the community. Thanks [everyone](https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender/graphs/contributors)! -### About [Northern.tech](https://northern.tech) +### About Northern.tech -Northern.tech is the leader in device lifecycle management with a mission to secure the world's +[Northern.tech](https://northern.tech) is the leader in device lifecycle management with a mission to secure the world's connected devices. Established in 2008, Northern.tech showcases a long history of enterprise technology management before IIoT and IoT became buzzwords. Northern.tech is the company behind [CFEngine](https://cfengine.com), a standard in server configuration management, to automate large-scale IT operations and compliance. -Learn more about device lifecycle management for industrial IoT devices. +Learn more about [device lifecycle management](https://northern.tech/what-we-do) for industrial IoT devices. diff --git a/mender_architecture.png b/mender_architecture.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c928d720b Binary files /dev/null and b/mender_architecture.png differ