🧱 CCP Platform Architecture

This page provides an overview of the logical architecture and vision behind the Cloud Computing Platform (CCP).

🧭 Logical Vision

The figure below illustrates the high-level structure and conceptual layers of CCP:

CCP Logical Vision

From bottom to top:

  • Infrastructure
    Physical or virtual resources such as VMs, clusters, storage, and networks.

  • Runtimes
    Pre-configured execution environments (e.g., Docker containers, VM images).

  • Methods
    Encapsulated algorithms or computational steps.
    Users can define new ones or reuse/share existing ones.

  • Workbench
    Interfaces that execute and compose methods (e.g., Jupyter, R scripts, dashboards).

🔁 Experimentation vs Consolidation

  • Experimentation:
    Creating and configuring new Runtimes and Methods to support research or exploratory tasks.

  • Consolidation:
    Turning dynamic assets into stable, reusable components (e.g., bundling Methods into Runtimes).

🧬 CCP Logical Architecture

This figure highlights the distributed architecture and execution flow of CCP:

CCP Logical Architecture

Key components:

  • Infrastructures
    External computing environments (laptops, clusters) where executions happen.

  • Hosts
    Physical or virtual servers responsible for running containerized executions.

  • Controllers
    Agents installed on infrastructures.
    They communicate with CCP, receive tasks, and execute methods.

  • Registries
    Datastores tracking Methods, Executions, Infrastructures, and Runtimes.

  • Frontend UI Components
    Let users interact with all entities (methods, executions, infra) via visual tools.

  • Logging Service
    Delivers real-time notifications about status updates, errors, and execution progress.

  • Workflow Orchestrator
    Manages the logic behind complex execution flows and tracks state.

  • IAM (Identity & Access Management)
    Provides security, ownership attribution, and auditing.