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# OpenCloud Documentation  
*Work in Progress*

This documentation site provides a unified and structured view of all core concepts behind **OpenCloud**, the sovereign, distributed, peer-to-peer cloud platform.

All OpenCloud microservices expose **OpenAPI-compliant specifications**, ensuring that:

- API structures and endpoints are always discoverable  
- Code generation can be automated  
- Integrators can explore service capabilities  
- Implementations remain consistent across deployments  

The full set of OpenAPI definitions will be progressively published as the platform stabilizes and services reach higher maturity levels.

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# Documentation Status

This documentation is currently **under construction**.

Each section below represents a major technical capability of OpenCloud.  
Pages will be expanded iteratively to include:

- Concepts & design principles  
- Architecture diagrams  
- API references (via OpenAPI)  
- Usage scenarios  
- Configuration guidelines  
- Deployment instructions  
- Best practices & integration patterns  

If you want detailed or early-access drafts for any section, feel free to request them.

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# Table of Contents

Below is the initial Table of Contents for the OpenCloud documentation.  
Every topic listed here will eventually become a dedicated page or section.

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## 1. Introduction to OpenCloud
- What is OpenCloud?
- Sovereignty principles
- Federated trust model
- Architecture overview
- Glossary of OpenCloud concepts

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## 2. Resource Catalog
The Catalog is the foundation of all OpenCloud interactions.

- Resource model  
- Metadata definitions (`catalog_metadata`)  
- Data resources  
- Algorithm resources  
- Compute Units  
- Storage resources  
- Workflow templates  
- Resource visibility (public / restricted / private)  
- Access rules (credentials, payment, agreements)  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 3. Peer Discovery & Connectivity
OpenCloud’s decentralization starts with peer discovery.

- Peer registration  
- Peer identities  
- Distributed trust graph  
- Community/group definitions  
- Private federations  
- Peer health and presence  
- Networking models (P2P overlays, WAN, LAN)  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 4. Authentication & Authorization
Identity and access control across distributed partners.

- OpenID-based distributed authentication  
- Federation of identity providers  
- Session and token management  
- Access scopes & privileges  
- Fine-grained access control  
- Collaborative area rule enforcement  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 5. Workspace Management
Organizing data, algorithms, and services for distributed workflows.

- Workspaces lifecycle  
- Resource selection  
- Project and team organization  
- Collaboration patterns  
- Integration with workflows  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 6. Workflow Design & Distributed Execution
The heart of OpenCloud’s capabilities.

- Workflow design principles  
- Editor interface concepts  
- Distributed data flows  
- Execution strategies  
  - Sovereignty-optimized  
  - Performance-optimized  
  - Cost-optimized  
  - Hybrid strategies  
- Multi-cloud and edge execution  
- Stateless vs. stateful operations  
- Error handling & retries  
- Workflow templates and sharing  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 7. Deployment & Resource Booking
Running services and reserving infrastructure across peers.

- Deployment model  
- Resource reservation (compute, storage, algorithms)  
- SLA & QoS considerations  
- Scheduling and placement policies  
- Deployment on datacenter vs. edge nodes  
- Public-cloud hybrid deployments  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 8. Monitoring & Observability
Understanding system state across distributed deployments.

- Metrics collection  
- Execution tracing  
- Peer availability & health  
- Resource usage dashboards  
- Alerts & notifications  
- Integration with Prometheus, Loki, Grafana  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 9. Accounting & Peer-to-Peer Billing
Tracking distributed resource consumption.

- Transaction capture  
- Usage metering models  
- Resource pricing  
- Peer-to-peer cost settlement  
- Billing transparency  
- Audit logs  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 10. Collaborative Areas
Governance for multi-organization projects.

- Workspace sharing  
- Policy rules (open-source only, no personal data, legal restrictions, visibility constraints)  
- Auto-enforced vs. manually-reviewed rules  
- Community membership  
- Compliance workflows  
- API endpoints (OpenAPI)

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## 11. Platform Components & Microservices
Detailed documentation for each service.

- Service overview  
- Responsibilities & isolation  
- Deployment diagrams  
- Configuration parameters  
- Inter-service API contracts (OpenAPI)

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## 12. Deployment Guides
Instructions for various environments.

- Local developer installations  
- Bare-metal and VM deployments  
- Kubernetes & containerized environments  
- Edge deployments (ARM SBCs)  
- Cloud provider deployment  
- High-availability patterns  

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## 13. Security
Security is an essential dimension of OpenCloud.

- Communication security  
- Mutual authentication  
- Data confidentiality  
- Integrity & non-repudiation  
- Threat models  
- Secure default configurations

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## 14. Roadmap & Future Evolutions
- Upcoming features  
- Long-term vision  
- Governance model  
- Community contributions  
- API deprecations  

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## 15. API Reference (auto-generated)
All microservices expose:

- REST endpoints  
- JSON schema definitions  
- Error codes  
- Webhooks (if any)  
- Tooling for client generation

These pages are directly generated from the OpenAPI contract.

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