Triton Cloud · operator and tenant guide

Documentation for operators and tenants.

Triton Cloud is a Rust control plane, SmartOS compute nodes, FoundationDB metadata, and a Triton-owned dataplane. These pages cover each layer, from the API you call to the kernel module that forwards packets.

Quick start

tritonadm setup bootstrap --answers answers.json

Install a cloudoperator Run your first instancetenant

Tutoriallearn by doing

Build your first cloud or your first instance.

Each tutorial is one sequence of steps with no choices. It ends with a working cloud or a working instance.

Install your first cloudoperator Run your first instancetenant

How-toget it done

Steps for a task you already know.

Procedures for work in progress: install a cloud, enroll a compute node, create an instance.

Installationoperator Enroll a compute nodeoperator Create an instancetenant

Referencelook it up

Every flag, every field, every default.

Organized by command and by API object. Complete and uniform, with no advice.

tritonadmoperator tritonctltenant

Explanationunderstand why

How the parts relate, and what each design decision costs.

Architecture, design decisions, and the trade-offs behind them. Read this before you change a design.

Architectureoperator Compute node lifecycleoperator How networking workstenant

Components, by depth

Layer 1

API

The interface you call. Intent enters here.

Layer 2

Control plane

Rust services that turn intent into work.

Layer 3

Compute node

SmartOS hosts that run instances.

Layer 4

Dataplane

The kernel module that forwards packets.

Layer 1 is the interface a tenant calls. Layer 4 is the kernel module on each compute node.