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Uncloud is a lightweight clustering and container orchestration tool that lets you deploy and manage web apps across Uncloud is a lightweight clustering and container orchestration tool that lets you deploy and manage web apps across
cloud VMs and bare metal with minimized cluster management overhead. It creates a secure WireGuard mesh network between cloud VMs and bare metal with minimised cluster management overhead. It creates a secure WireGuard mesh network between
your Docker hosts and provides automatic service discovery, load balancing, ingress with HTTPS, and simple CLI commands your Docker hosts and provides automatic service discovery, load balancing, ingress with HTTPS, and simple CLI commands
to manage your apps. to manage your apps.
Unlike traditional orchestrators, there's no central control plane and quorum to maintain. Each machine maintains a Unlike traditional orchestrators, there's no central control plane and quorum to maintain. Each machine maintains a
synchronized copy of the cluster state through peer-to-peer communication, keeping cluster operations functional even if synchronised copy of the cluster state through peer-to-peer communication, keeping cluster operations functional even if
some machines go offline. some machines go offline.
Uncloud is the solution for developers who want the flexibility of self-hosted infrastructure without the Uncloud is the solution for developers who want the flexibility of self-hosted infrastructure without the
operational complexity of Kubernetes. operational complexity of Kubernetes.
## 🎬 Quick demo
Deploy a highly available web app with automatic HTTPS across multiple regions and on-premises in just a couple minutes.
<a href="https://uncloud.wistia.com/medias/k47uwt9uau?wvideo=k47uwt9uau">
<img src="https://embed-ssl.wistia.com/deliveries/3cf7014a48b93afc556444bed3e39a8c.jpg?image_crop_resized=900x526&image_play_button_rounded=true&image_play_button_size=2x&image_play_button_color=18181Be0" alt="Uncloud demo" width="450" height="263" />
</a>
## ✨ Features ## ✨ Features
* **Deploy anywhere**: Combine cloud VMs, dedicated servers, and bare metal into a unified computing environment — * **Deploy anywhere**: Combine cloud VMs, dedicated servers, and bare metal into a unified computing environment —
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* **Persistent storage**: Run stateful services with Docker volumes managed across machines. * **Persistent storage**: Run stateful services with Docker volumes managed across machines.
* **Zero-config private network**: Automatic WireGuard mesh with peer discovery and NAT traversal. Containers get unique * **Zero-config private network**: Automatic WireGuard mesh with peer discovery and NAT traversal. Containers get unique
IPs for direct cross-machine communication. IPs for direct cross-machine communication.
* **No control plane**: Fully decentralized design eliminates single points of failure and reduces operational overhead. * **No control plane**: Fully decentralised design eliminates single points of failure and reduces operational overhead.
* **Imperative over declarative**: Favoring imperative operations over state reconciliation simplifies both the mental * **Imperative over declarative**: Favoring imperative operations over state reconciliation simplifies both the mental
model and troubleshooting. model and troubleshooting.
* **Managed DNS**: Automatic DNS records `*.<id>.cluster.uncloud.run` for services with public access via managed * **Managed DNS**: Automatic DNS records `*.<id>.cluster.uncloud.run` for services with public access via managed
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* **Docker-like CLI**: Familiar commands for managing both infrastructure and applications. * **Docker-like CLI**: Familiar commands for managing both infrastructure and applications.
* **Remote management**: Control your entire infrastructure through SSH access to any single machine in the cluster. * **Remote management**: Control your entire infrastructure through SSH access to any single machine in the cluster.
Here is a diagram of an Uncloud multi-provider cluster of 3 machines: ## 🎬 Quick demo
![Diagram: multi-provider cluster of 3 machines](website/images/diagram.webp) Deploy a highly available web app with automatic HTTPS across multiple regions and on-premises in just a couple minutes.
<a href="https://uncloud.wistia.com/medias/k47uwt9uau?wvideo=k47uwt9uau">
<img src="https://embed-ssl.wistia.com/deliveries/3cf7014a48b93afc556444bed3e39a8c.jpg?image_crop_resized=900x526&image_play_button_rounded=true&image_play_button_size=2x&image_play_button_color=18181Be0" alt="Uncloud demo" width="450" height="263" />
</a>
## 💫 Why Uncloud? ## 💫 Why Uncloud?
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scale. You should be able to: scale. You should be able to:
* **Own your infrastructure and data**: Whether driven by costs, compliance, or flexibility, run applications on any * **Own your infrastructure and data**: Whether driven by costs, compliance, or flexibility, run applications on any
combination of cloud VMs and personal hardware while maintaining the cloud-like experience you love. combination of cloud VMs and personal hardware while controlling your data and maintaining the cloud-like experience
* **Stay simple**: Don't worry about control planes, highly-available clusters, or complex YAML configurations for you love.
common use cases. * **Stay simple as you grow**: Start with a single machine and add more whenever you need without changing your
workflow. No worrying about highly-available control planes or complex YAML configurations.
* **Build with proven primitives**: Get production-grade networking, deployment primitives, service discovery, load * **Build with proven primitives**: Get production-grade networking, deployment primitives, service discovery, load
balancing, and ingress with HTTPS out of the box without becoming a distributed systems expert. balancing, and ingress with HTTPS out of the box without becoming a distributed systems expert.
* **Support sustainable computing** 🌿: Minimize system overhead to maximize resources available for your applications. * **Support sustainable computing** 🌿: Minimise system overhead to maximise resources available for your applications.
Uncloud's goal is to make deployment and management of containerized applications feel as seamless as using a cloud Uncloud's goal is to make deployment and management of containerised applications feel as seamless as using a cloud
platform, whether you're running on a $5 VPS, a spare Mac mini, or a rack of bare metal servers. platform, whether you're running on a $5 VPS, a spare Mac mini, or a rack of bare metal servers.
## 🚀 Quick start ## 🚀 Quick start
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curl -fsS https://get.uncloud.run/install.sh | sh curl -fsS https://get.uncloud.run/install.sh | sh
``` ```
2. Initialize your first machine: 2. Initialise your first machine:
```bash ```bash
uc machine init root@your-server-ip uc machine init root@your-server-ip
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Check out the [design document](docs/design.md) to understand Uncloud's design philosophy and goals. Check out the [design document](docs/design.md) to understand Uncloud's design philosophy and goals.
<details> Here is a diagram of an Uncloud multi-provider cluster of 3 machines:
<summary>Here, let's peek under the hood to see what happens when you run certain commands.</summary>
**When you initialize a new cluster on a machine:** ![Diagram: multi-provider cluster of 3 machines](website/images/diagram.webp)
<details>
<summary>Peek under the hood to see what happens when you run certain commands.</summary>
**When you initialise a new cluster on a machine:**
```bash ```bash
$ uc machine init --name oracle-vm ubuntu@152.67.101.197 $ uc machine init --name oracle-vm ubuntu@152.67.101.197