Terms & Definitions

A–C

  • Cluster — A group of servers managed together in WolfStack
  • Container — An isolated environment (Docker or LXC) running on a node

D–L

  • Docker — Application container runtime
  • LXC — Linux Containers — system-level containerisation
  • lxcbr0 — The default LXC bridge network interface

N–P

  • Node — A single server managed by WolfStack
  • PAM — Pluggable Authentication Modules — Linux authentication system
  • Proxmox VE — A virtualisation management platform that WolfStack can integrate with

V–W

  • VIP — Virtual IP — A floating IP address for load balancing
  • WolfDisk — Distributed filesystem for file sharing and replication
  • WolfNet — Encrypted mesh networking between nodes
  • WolfProxy — NGINX-compatible reverse proxy with firewall
  • WolfScale — Database replication and load balancing
  • WolfServe — Apache2-compatible web server
  • WolfStack — The central server management platform
  • wolfnet0 — The WolfNet TUN interface on each node
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