1. Introduction

Welcome to the architecture documentation of Univention Nubus.

This document describes the architecture of Univention Nubus for Kubernetes deployments. It starts at a high level and goes down to the technical details level by level. This document receives additional content as the documentation team completes chunks.

This document doesn’t cover the requirements and deployment of Univention Nubus for Kubernetes. For information on deploying Nubus in Kubernetes clusters, refer to the Univention Nubus for Kubernetes - Operation Manual [1].

1.1. Audience

This document addresses individuals in organizations who have the role of either enterprise architect, software architect, or DevOps engineer. You want to understand the components of Univention Nubus, how they interact externally and internally, what a reference deployment looks like, and what interfaces and protocols it uses.

If this describes your role and what you want to know, then this document is for you.

1.2. Knowledge needed for understanding

This document assumes that you are familiar with information technology in general and with the building blocks of software and computer networks. General knowledge of enterprise and software architecture, software engineering, and Kubernetes is also helpful for understanding, as Univention Nubus requires deployment on a Kubernetes cluster.

The document uses the ArchiMate enterprise architecture modeling notation to visualize the architecture of Nubus for Kubernetes. For more information, see ArchiMate in Univention Corporate Server Architecture [2].

1.3. How to use the document

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1.4. Feedback

Your feedback on this documentation is welcome and highly appreciated. If you have any comments, suggestions, or criticisms, please submit your feedback to improve the document.