Distribution Platform

The Distr Distribution Platform covers the commercial and operational side of shipping software into customer-controlled environments: what you ship, who is allowed to run it, what their license permits and what you can see once it runs.

• Application delivery: define Docker Compose and Helm applications with versions and configuration templates, then roll them out and track every revision. See Application and Deployment.
• Docker and Kubernetes deployment controllers: the Docker controller runs Compose projects on any Linux host and supports Docker Swarm, and the Kubernetes controller manages Helm releases with cluster- or namespace-scoped permissions. See Deployment Controllers.
• Customer management: create customer organizations, invite their users and turn portal features on per customer. See Customer Management and the white-labeled Customer Portal.
• Application and artifact entitlements: control which application versions a customer may deploy and which artifacts and tags they may pull. See Application Entitlements and Artifact Entitlements.
• Signed offline license keys: issue Ed25519-signed JWTs carrying your own claims, verified locally by your application without a callback to Distr, so licensing also works in air-gapped environments. See License Keys.
• Logs, metrics and support bundles: follow deployment status, controller and container logs and host metrics, and let customers hand over diagnostics when they report an issue. See Logs & Metrics and Support Bundles.
• Cloud and self-hosted operation: run on Distr Cloud or operate the platform yourself with Docker Compose or Helm. See Self-Hosting.

Control access to your applications and artifacts:

• License Management - Overview of the licensing system
• Application Entitlements - Control which application versions customers can deploy
• Artifact Entitlements - Control which artifacts customers can access
• License Keys - Issue signed tokens for usage limits and feature access

Validate, scan and support your deployments:

• Support Bundles - Collect and review diagnostic data from customers
• Kubernetes Compatibility Matrix - Validate Helm charts against multiple Kubernetes versions
• Vulnerability Scanning - Scan for known vulnerabilities in dependencies and images

The customer-facing interface for your end customers:

• Customer Portal - Overview of the white-labeled customer UI
• Artifact Registry - End-customer guide to accessing artifacts
• Deployments - End-customer guide to deploying with controllers
• Licenses - End-customer guide to viewing license keys
• Support - End-customer guide to creating support requests
• Secrets - End-customer guide to managing secrets

Manage customer organizations and their access:

• Customer Management - Create customers, invite users, manage secrets and features
• Branding & White-Labeling - Customize the customer portal with your branding

Control user roles and permissions:

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) - Manage roles and permissions across organizations

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Evaluating Distr next to another distribution platform? See Distr vs Replicated and Distr vs Nuon.

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