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ARCHITECTURE

Fleet Architecture

Multi-cluster inventory today and federation roadmap.

Now (shipped)

Capability Description
Kubeconfig contexts Dashboard Clusters page lists contexts from merged kubeconfig
Per-workload runtime Each workload bound to one runtime + cluster context
GitOps reconcile Push spec → Aether applies to configured target
Policy (OPA) Central policy check before deploy/migrate
Audit/events Central log of mutations across workloads

Model: One Aether control plane, many cluster contexts — not a separate fleet controller per cluster.

Roadmap

Capability Target
Fleet overview dashboard Read-only aggregate of /api/clusters
Policy propagation GitOps + OPA bundles to agents
Federation engine Central placement across clusters
Edge agents Lightweight reconcile at edge sites

Issues tagged fleet in ROADMAP.md.

Policy propagation (planned path)

Git repo (specs + policies)
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Aether GitOps loop ──► OPA evaluate ──► target cluster apply

Today: single control plane evaluates policy; federation of policy bundles is Roadmap.

Comparison

Approach Aether now Full federation (roadmap)
Inventory Kubeconfig contexts Agent-reported fleet registry
Deploy Per-context API/CLI Policy-driven batch placement
Migrate Per workload Coordinated fleet migrations
Drift Per workload Fleet-wide drift dashboard