Note: With the latest 1.23.0 release, the Anbox Cloud documentation is moved to https://documentation.ubuntu.com/anbox-cloud/en/latest/. Hence, the information in this discourse post may be obsolete. The documentation posts on discourse will be unlisted and archived shortly.
Discourse will still be used for user engagement and release announcements.
The explanatory and conceptual guides in this section provide a better understanding of Anbox Cloud and enable you to get the most out of it.
Anbox Cloud: Architecture and components
Understand the underlying architecture of Anbox Cloud, its variants and how the different components of Anbox Cloud relate to each other
| Guides | What they explain |
|---|---|
| Anbox Cloud | Differences between Anbox Cloud and the Anbox Cloud Appliance, explanation about the components and architecture of the offering |
| AMS | The Anbox Management Service (AMS) and how it handles aspects of the application and life cycle of an instance |
| AAR | The Anbox Application Registry (AAR) and what it does |
| Application streaming | Architecture of the Streaming Stack and supported video codecs |
| Rendering architecture | Different rendering pipelines for supported GPUs |
Working with Anbox Cloud
Understand the different objects used in the product stack and how to use them to tune the performance of Anbox Cloud.
| Guides | What they explain |
|---|---|
| Applications | Application requirements and the application bootstrap process |
| Instances | Learn about an instance and its life cycle |
| Platforms | Configuring supported platforms |
| Clustering | Clustering and managing the load over multiple machines |
| Performance | Aspects that are relevant for tuning the performance of Anbox Cloud |
Deploying Anbox Cloud
Understand deployment configurations to plan your deployment.
| Guides | What they explain |
|---|---|
| Production planning | Aspects to consider for best results when you are planning a production deployment |
| Capacity planning | How to estimate the required capacity for your Anbox Cloud deployment |
| GPUs and instances | How to manage GPUs and make them available to instances |
| Security | Important aspects to keep your Anbox Cloud deployment secure |
Also check out the Tutorials for step-by-step instructions that help you get familiar with Anbox Cloud, the How-to guides for instructions on how to achieve specific goals when using Anbox Cloud and the Reference section for reference material.