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Cluster Providers Overview

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A Provider is an abstraction layer that defines the credentials, endpoints, and specific locations (such as a region or zone) within a target infrastructure. It acts as the “source of authority” that OneForm uses to authenticate and communicate with external resources — whether they are public cloud APIs (like AWS), bare-metal edge locations (like Equinix), or on-premises resources — to prepare the ground for a Cluster deployment.

On-premises Provider

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The on-premises Provider defines how OneForm interacts with existing on-premises infrastructure. Unlike cloud-based Providers, it does not require credentials to connect to external platforms. Instead, it manages already deployed physical or Virtual Machines using IP addresses provided at instantiation time.

An on-premises Provider is ideal for environments where you want to integrate OneForm with infrastructure you already control — such as bare-metal servers, KVM Hosts, or Virtual Machines in your private data center.

Cloud Providers

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Cloud Providers define how OneForm interacts with 3rd-party IaaS cloud or bare-metal infrastructure providers such as AWS, Scaleway or Equinix. Providers for cloud-based service providers handle the credentials and API keys needed to connect with the service and automatically manage physical or virtual computing resources through OneForm. You only need to set up a Provider once for a cloud-based service, then it can be used repeatedly to provision Clusters without the need to recall credentials or configuration.