Deployment

Deploy Geode with confidence using production-ready deployment patterns designed for reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. From single-node installations to globally distributed clusters, Geode supports a wide range of deployment architectures.

Overview

Geode’s deployment model is designed for flexibility without compromising on enterprise requirements. Whether you’re running a development instance on your laptop or a multi-region production cluster, Geode provides the deployment primitives you need.

The deployment subsystem integrates with modern infrastructure tooling including Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native platforms. Built-in support for federation, Raft consensus, and automatic failover ensures high availability without complex manual configuration.

Deployment Patterns

Standalone Mode

Single-node deployment ideal for development, testing, or small-scale production workloads. Provides full ACID guarantees, all query features, and complete security capabilities in a simple deployment model.

Distributed Mode

Multi-shard distributed deployment with Raft consensus for high availability and horizontal scalability. Supports up to 32 shards with cross-shard query coordination, automatic failover, and load balancing.

Cloud-Native

Kubernetes-ready deployment with Helm charts, StatefulSets, and native cloud integrations. Includes auto-scaling, rolling updates, and integration with cloud-native observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki).

Topics in This Section

  • Deployment Patterns - Comprehensive guide to standalone, distributed, and cloud-native deployment architectures
  • Docker Deployment - Docker Compose and container deployment
  • Deployment Guide - Complete production deployment guide with Vault, MinIO, and observability stack
  • Observability - Monitoring, metrics, and telemetry for production deployments

Quick Start 

# Standalone deployment
./geode serve --listen 0.0.0.0:3141

# Docker deployment
docker run -d -p 3141:3141 -v geode-data:/var/lib/geode geodedb/geode:latest

# Kubernetes deployment
helm install geode ./charts/geode --namespace geode

Production Checklist

Before deploying to production:

  • TLS certificates configured (not self-signed)
  • Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) enabled
  • Audit logging configured
  • Backup automation in place
  • Monitoring and alerting configured
  • Load balancer health checks configured
  • Resource limits set (CPU, memory, disk)
  • Network policies configured
  • Authentication and RBAC enabled

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Deployment Patterns

Production deployment strategies for Geode including single-node, distributed, and cloud deployment patterns with Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and infrastructure stack integration

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