Overview
WDS can be deployed as one Solidstack container or as a distributed service topology. Docs and Playground are optional auxiliary containers; they are not part of the eight-service WDS server inventory.
Options at a glance
- Docker runs only Solidstack and uses external MongoDB. It is the smallest local evaluation option.
- Docker Compose provides reconciled MINI and OEM Business topologies. BOX Free and BOX Business remain documented but require current bundled-infrastructure support files and release image values before their examples are runnable. Compose options also include Docs and Playground.
- Helm supports single-service and multi-service Kubernetes deployments with independent scaling and health management.
- Air-gapped deployment mirrors the required images to a private registry before using Helm or Compose without Internet access.
Prerequisites
- Docker deployments need Docker and a reachable MongoDB database.
- Compose deployments need Docker Compose. MINI requires reachable external MongoDB and embedding services. OEM Business additionally requires external database, search, and cache services. The BOX variants are pending bundled-infrastructure reconciliation.
- Helm deployments need a Kubernetes cluster, Helm or Terraform, and the configured database and optional search/cache/embedding services.
- Air-gapped deployments need a reachable private registry and permission to mirror every selected image.