CloudNix Documentation
Comprehensive technical documentation, guides, and best practices for building on the CloudNix platform
Our documentation is maintained by experienced cloud architects and updated continuously as the platform evolves. Whether you're migrating from legacy infrastructure, building cloud-native applications, or optimizing existing workloads, you'll find detailed technical guidance covering architecture patterns, performance optimization, security best practices, and compliance requirements. All examples include production-ready code with comprehensive error handling and observability.
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Getting Started
Complete onboarding guide from account creation to first deployment. Includes quickstart templates for common stacks: MERN, Django, Rails, Spring Boot, and more. Average time to production: 15 minutes.
- • Account setup & API authentication
- • CLI installation & configuration
- • Deploy your first application
- • Environment management
Compute Instances
Enterprise virtual machines with bare-metal performance. Covers instance types, networking, storage volumes, auto-scaling groups, load balancers, and high-availability configurations.
- • Instance types & sizing guidance
- • VPC networking & security groups
- • Block storage & snapshots
- • Auto-scaling & load balancing
Serverless Functions
Zero-cold-start serverless platform. Deployment strategies, event triggers, state management, observability, and performance optimization for edge compute workloads.
- • Function runtimes (Node, Python, Go, Rust)
- • Event sources & triggers
- • Environment variables & secrets
- • Monitoring & debugging
Object Storage
S3-compatible storage with zero egress fees. Bucket policies, lifecycle rules, versioning, encryption, CDN integration, and compliance configurations for regulatory requirements.
- • Bucket creation & management
- • IAM policies & presigned URLs
- • Lifecycle & retention policies
- • CDN & transfer acceleration
Security & IAM
Identity and access management, encryption, network security, compliance certifications, and audit logging. Achieve SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS compliance.
- • IAM users, roles & policies
- • SSO integration (SAML, OIDC)
- • Encryption & key management
- • Compliance reporting
Architecture Guides
Reference architectures for common workloads: microservices, data pipelines, ML/AI, IoT, real-time analytics. Includes Terraform/Nix infrastructure-as-code templates.
- • Multi-tier web applications
- • Event-driven architectures
- • Data lakes & warehouses
- • Disaster recovery patterns
SDK Libraries
Production-ready client libraries for Python, Node.js, Go, Java, .NET, and Ruby. Includes authentication, retry logic, pagination, and comprehensive type definitions.
- • Installation & setup
- • Authentication methods
- • Code examples & recipes
- • Framework integrations
CLI & Tooling
Command-line interface, Terraform provider, Kubernetes operator, CI/CD integrations for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and CircleCI.
- • CLI installation & commands
- • Infrastructure as code
- • CI/CD pipeline integration
- • VS Code extension
Observability
Monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, and alerting. Integration with Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
- • Metrics & dashboards
- • Log aggregation & search
- • Distributed tracing
- • Alert management
Migration Guides
Step-by-step migration paths from AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises infrastructure. Includes automated migration tools, cost calculators, and rollback strategies.
- • AWS to CloudNix migration
- • GCP to CloudNix migration
- • Azure to CloudNix migration
- • Database migration strategies
Compliance
Compliance documentation for GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP. Audit reports, data processing agreements, and compliance checklists.
- • Compliance certifications
- • Data residency requirements
- • Audit logs & reports
- • DPA & BAA templates
Tutorials & Workshops
Hands-on tutorials and workshops covering real-world scenarios. From beginner to advanced topics with complete code repositories and video walkthroughs.
- • Build a scalable API
- • Deploy ML models at scale
- • Real-time data pipelines
- • Kubernetes on CloudNix
Most Popular Guides
Deploying Production Kubernetes Clusters
Complete guide to deploying highly available Kubernetes clusters with automatic scaling, load balancing, and disaster recovery. Includes Helm charts and GitOps workflows.
Building Serverless APIs with Functions
Design and deploy RESTful and GraphQL APIs using CloudNix Functions. Covers authentication, rate limiting, database connections, and API gateway integration.
Multi-Region Database Replication
Implement active-active database replication across regions for zero-downtime failover. Covers conflict resolution, consistency models, and latency optimization.
Deploying Your First Application
Get started with CloudNix by deploying a simple web application. From account creation to production deployment with custom domain and SSL certificate.
Zero-Trust Security Architecture
Implement zero-trust security with microsegmentation, mTLS, and identity-based access control. Includes service mesh configuration and policy enforcement.
Optimizing Cost & Performance
Reduce cloud costs by 40% while improving performance. Auto-scaling strategies, instance right-sizing, spot instances, and reserved capacity planning.
API Reference Documentation
Complete REST API reference with authentication, endpoints, request/response schemas, and interactive examples
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