Here we describe the key concepts that are required to understand and follow this documentation.
The diagram of a typical multi-node Backend.AI server architecture
server-arch-diagram shows a brief Backend.AI server-side architecture where the components are what you need to install and configure.
Each border-connected group of components is intended to be run on the same server, but you may split them into multiple servers or merge different groups into a single server as you need. For example, you can run separate servers for the nginx reverse-proxy and the Backend.AI manager or run both on a single server. In the development setup </dev/development-setup>, all these components run on a single PC such as your laptop.
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