# 🧱 CCP Platform Architecture

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

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## 🧭 Logical Vision

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

![CCP Logical Vision](/_static/imgs/logicalvisionarchitecture.png)

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).

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## 🔁 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).

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## 🧬 CCP Logical Architecture

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

![CCP Logical Architecture](/_static/imgs/logicalarchitecture.png)

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.

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## 🔗 Related Pages

- ⚙️ [Execution lifecycle](/05_advanced_topics/02_execution_engine/01_execution_lifecycle.md)

- 🧩 [CCPtaskID and identifiers](/05_advanced_topics/02_execution_engine/02_ccptaskid.md)

- 🚀 [Runtime architecture](./02_runtime_architecture.md)

- 🏗️ [Infrastructure management](./03_infrastructures.md)