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diff --git a/site/docs/advanced-guides/architecture.md b/site/docs/advanced-guides/architecture.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2a65a6c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/docs/advanced-guides/architecture.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +sidebar_position: 2 +--- + +# Architecture + +OpenDC consists of four components: a Kotlin simulator, a SQL database, a Quarkus-based +[API](https://github.com/atlarge-research/opendc/tree/master/opendc-web/opendc-web-api), and a +React.js [frontend](https://github.com/atlarge-research/opendc/tree/master/opendc-web/opendc-web-api). + + + +On the frontend, users can construct a topology by specifying a datacenter's rooms, racks and machines, and create +scenarios to see how a workload trace runs on that topology. The frontend communicates with the web server via a REST +API over HTTP. + +The (Swagger/OpenAPI compliant) API spec specifies what requests the frontend can make to the web server. To view this +specification, go to the [Swagger Editor](https://editor.swagger.io/) and paste in +our [API spec](https://api.opendc.org/q/openapi). + +The web server receives API requests and processes them in the database. When the frontend requests to run a new +scenario, the web server adds it to the `scenarios` collection in the database and sets its `state` as `PENDING`. + +The simulator monitors the database for `PENDING` scenarios, and simulates them as they are submitted. The results of +the simulations are processed and aggregated in memory. Afterwards, the aggregated summary is written to the database, +which the frontend can then again retrieve via the web server. |