Prerequisites

We distribute all Elimity Insights gateways and import agents as OCI images for both Linux and Windows Server hosts. In most cases our recommendation for deploying these is to use a CaaS solution like Google Cloud Run or Azure Container Apps. Elimity Insights gateways typically are stateless HTTP servers that match most cloud providers' definition of a microservice, while import agents can run as a standalone job. Using a CaaS solution has the following advantages:

• No manual VM management

• Encrypted connections to gateways via out-of-the box HTTPS reverse proxy

• Cost-effective since you only pay when the gateway / agent is actually importing

• Great integration with your cloud provider's key vault for mounting secrets

• Configuration / monitoring / upgrades via your cloud provider's user-friendly UI

If using your cloud provider's container hosting solution is not an option, then refer to our documentation about installing Docker (and Docker Compose, which we also recommend) on your server manually.