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+# Huly Self-Hosted Architecture Overview
+
+## Service Overview
+
+The Huly self-hosted deployment consists of 14 services working together. This section describes each service and its role in the platform.
+
+### Application Services
+
+| Service | Description |
+|---------|-------------|
+| **front** | Web application server that serves the Huly UI. Handles static assets, client-side routing, and coordinates with backend services for data and authentication. |
+| **account** | Authentication and user management service. Handles user registration, login, JWT token generation/validation, and workspace membership. |
+| **transactor** | Core transaction processing engine. Maintains WebSocket connections with clients for real-time updates, processes all data mutations, enforces business logic, and publishes events to the message queue. |
+| **workspace** | Workspace lifecycle management. Handles workspace creation, initialization, upgrades, and configuration. Runs background jobs for workspace maintenance. |
+| **collaborator** | Real-time document collaboration service using Y.js CRDT. Enables multiple users to edit documents simultaneously with automatic conflict resolution and presence awareness. |
+| **fulltext** | Search indexing service. Consumes events from the message queue, extracts content from documents, and maintains the Elasticsearch search index for fast full-text search. |
+| **rekoni** | Content intelligence service. Extracts text and structured data from binary documents (PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF) to make them searchable. Used by fulltext service for indexing document attachments. |
+| **stats** | Metrics collection service. Aggregates usage statistics and health metrics from all services for monitoring and debugging. |
+
+### Infrastructure Services
+
+| Service | Description |
+|---------|-------------|
+| **nginx** | Reverse proxy and SSL termination. Routes external requests to internal services, handles HTTPS certificates, and provides a single entry point for all client connections. |
+| **cockroach** | CockroachDB - the primary database. Stores all application data including users, workspaces, documents, and metadata. Provides ACID transactions and horizontal scalability. |
+| **elastic** | Elasticsearch search engine. Stores and indexes document content for fast full-text search queries. Managed by the fulltext service. |
+| **minio** | S3-compatible object storage. Stores all binary files including attachments, images, and document blobs. Accessed directly by nginx for file downloads. |
+| **redpanda** | Kafka-compatible event streaming platform. Provides reliable message delivery between services for asynchronous processing (e.g., search indexing after document changes). |
+| **kvs (HulyKVS)** | Key-value store service. Provides fast key-value storage for application configuration, user preferences, and cached data. |
+
+### Service Communication Patterns
+
+- **Synchronous (HTTP/WebSocket)**: Client ↔ Nginx ↔ Services
+- **Asynchronous (Events)**: Transactor → Redpanda → Fulltext
+- **Direct Database**: Services → CockroachDB
+- **File Storage**: Services → MinIO (via S3 API)
+
+---
+
+## 1. High-Level System Architecture
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+ subgraph "Client Layer"
+ Browser[Web Browser]
+ Desktop[Desktop App]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Reverse Proxy"
+ Nginx[Nginx
:80/:443]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Frontend Layer"
+ Front[Frontend Server
:8080]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Core Backend Services"
+ Account[Account Service
:3000
Authentication & Users]
+ Workspace[Workspace Service
Workspace Management]
+ Transactor[Transactor Service
:3333
Transaction Processing]
+ Collaborator[Collaborator Service
:3078
Real-time Collaboration]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Data Services"
+ HulyKVS[HulyKVS
:8094
Key-Value Store]
+ Fulltext[Fulltext Service
:4700
Search Indexing]
+ Rekoni[Rekoni Service
:4004
AI/ML Recognition]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Monitoring"
+ Stats[Stats Service
:4900
Metrics Collection]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Primary Database"
+ CockroachDB[(CockroachDB
:26257
Distributed SQL)]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Supporting Infrastructure"
+ Elasticsearch[(Elasticsearch
:9200
Search Engine)]
+ Minio[(MinIO
:9000
Object Storage)]
+ Redpanda[Redpanda
:9092
Event Streaming]
+ end
+
+ Browser --> Nginx
+ Desktop --> Nginx
+ Nginx --> Front
+ Nginx --> Account
+ Nginx --> Transactor
+ Nginx --> Collaborator
+
+ Account --> CockroachDB
+ Workspace --> CockroachDB
+ Transactor --> CockroachDB
+ Transactor --> Fulltext
+ Transactor --> Redpanda
+
+ HulyKVS --> CockroachDB
+
+ Fulltext --> Elasticsearch
+ Fulltext --> CockroachDB
+ Fulltext --> Rekoni
+ Fulltext --> Redpanda
+
+ Workspace --> Redpanda
+ Account --> Redpanda
+
+ Collaborator --> Minio
+ Front --> Minio
+
+ style Front fill:#4A90E2
+ style Account fill:#E24A4A
+ style Transactor fill:#E24A4A
+ style CockroachDB fill:#7ED321
+ style Redpanda fill:#F5A623
+ style Nginx fill:#009639
+```
+
+---
+
+
+## 2. Network Topology & Nginx Routing
+
+```mermaid
+graph TB
+ subgraph "External Access"
+ Client[Client Browser/Desktop]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Reverse Proxy - Nginx :80/:443"
+ Nginx[Nginx]
+
+ subgraph "Route Mappings"
+ R1["/ → front:8080"]
+ R2["/_accounts → account:3000"]
+ R3["/_transactor → transactor:3333"]
+ R4["/_collaborator → collaborator:3078"]
+ R5["/_rekoni → rekoni:4004"]
+ R6["/_stats → stats:4900"]
+ R7["/files → minio:9000"]
+ end
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Application Services"
+ Front[Front :8080]
+ Account[Account :3000]
+ Transactor[Transactor :3333]
+ Collaborator[Collaborator :3078]
+ Rekoni[Rekoni :4004]
+ Stats[Stats :4900]
+ Workspace[Workspace]
+ Fulltext[Fulltext :4700]
+ HulyKVS[HulyKVS :8094]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Primary Database"
+ CockroachDB[(CockroachDB :26257)]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Supporting Infrastructure"
+ Elasticsearch[(Elasticsearch :9200)]
+ Minio[(MinIO :9000/:9001)]
+ Redpanda[Redpanda :9092/:19092]
+ end
+
+ Client --> Nginx
+
+ Nginx --> R1 --> Front
+ Nginx --> R2 --> Account
+ Nginx --> R3 --> Transactor
+ Nginx --> R4 --> Collaborator
+ Nginx --> R5 --> Rekoni
+ Nginx --> R6 --> Stats
+ Nginx --> R7 --> Minio
+
+ style Nginx fill:#009639
+ style Front fill:#4A90E2
+ style Transactor fill:#E24A4A
+ style CockroachDB fill:#7ED321
+ style Redpanda fill:#F5A623
+```
+
+---
+
+## 3. Event-Driven Architecture (Redpanda/Kafka)
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR
+ subgraph "Event Producers"
+ Transactor[Transactor
Transaction Events]
+ Workspace[Workspace
Workspace Events]
+ Account[Account
Account Events]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Event Bus"
+ Redpanda[Redpanda
Kafka Topics
:9092]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Event Consumers"
+ Fulltext[Fulltext
Indexing]
+ end
+
+ subgraph "Queue Configuration"
+ QC[QUEUE_CONFIG
redpanda:9092]
+ end
+
+ Transactor -->|Document Events| Redpanda
+ Transactor -->|User Actions| Redpanda
+ Workspace -->|Workspace Events| Redpanda
+ Account -->|Account Events| Redpanda
+
+ Redpanda -->|Index Events| Fulltext
+
+ QC -.Config.-> Transactor
+ QC -.Config.-> Workspace
+ QC -.Config.-> Fulltext
+ QC -.Config.-> Account
+
+ style Redpanda fill:#F5A623
+ style Transactor fill:#E24A4A
+```
+
+---
+
+## 4. Authentication & Authorization Flow
+
+```mermaid
+sequenceDiagram
+ participant Client
+ participant Nginx
+ participant Front
+ participant Account
+ participant Transactor
+ participant Workspace
+ participant CockroachDB
+
+ Client->>Nginx: Login Request
+ Nginx->>Front: Proxy
+ Front->>Account: Authenticate
+ Account->>CockroachDB: Verify Credentials
+ CockroachDB-->>Account: User Record
+ Account->>Account: Generate Token
(SERVER_SECRET)
+ Account-->>Front: JWT Token
+ Front-->>Client: Token + Workspace List
+
+ Client->>Nginx: Connect to Workspace
+ Nginx->>Account: Verify Token (/_accounts)
+ Account-->>Nginx: Token Valid + User Info
+
+ Nginx->>Workspace: Get Workspace Info
+ Workspace->>CockroachDB: Query Workspace
+ CockroachDB-->>Workspace: Workspace Data
+ Workspace-->>Nginx: Workspace Config
+
+ Client->>Nginx: WebSocket Connect
+ Nginx->>Transactor: Proxy to /_transactor
+ Transactor->>Account: Verify Token
+ Account-->>Transactor: User Authorized
+ Transactor->>CockroachDB: Load User Permissions
+ Transactor-->>Client: Connected
+
+ Note over Client,CockroachDB: All services share SERVER_SECRET
for internal authentication
+```
+
+---
+
+## Service Summary Table
+
+| Service | Container | Port | Purpose | Dependencies |
+|---------|-----------|------|---------|--------------|
+| **Reverse Proxy** | | | | |
+| nginx | nginx:1.21.3 | 80/443 | Reverse proxy, SSL termination | all services |
+| **Frontend** | | | | |
+| front | hardcoreeng/front | 8080 | Web application server | account, minio |
+| **Core** | | | | |
+| account | hardcoreeng/account | 3000 | Authentication & user management | cockroach, redpanda |
+| transactor | hardcoreeng/transactor | 3333 | Transaction processing (WebSocket) | cockroach, redpanda, fulltext |
+| workspace | hardcoreeng/workspace | - | Workspace management | cockroach, redpanda, minio |
+| collaborator | hardcoreeng/collaborator | 3078 | Real-time document collaboration | account, minio |
+| **Storage** | | | | |
+| kvs (HulyKVS) | hardcoreeng/hulykvs | 8094 | Key-value store | cockroach |
+| **Search** | | | | |
+| fulltext | hardcoreeng/fulltext | 4700 | Full-text search indexing | elasticsearch, cockroach, rekoni, redpanda |
+| rekoni | hardcoreeng/rekoni-service | 4004 | AI/ML recognition service | - |
+| **Monitoring** | | | | |
+| stats | hardcoreeng/stats | 4900 | Metrics collection | - |
+| **Primary Database** | | | | |
+| cockroach | cockroachdb/cockroach | 26257 | Distributed SQL database | - |
+| **Supporting Infrastructure** | | | | |
+| elastic | elasticsearch:7.14.2 | 9200 | Search engine | - |
+| minio | minio/minio | 9000/9001 | Object storage | - |
+| redpanda | redpandadata/redpanda | 9092/19092 | Event streaming (Kafka) | - |
+
+---
+
+## Environment Variables Summary
+
+### Common Configuration
+- `SECRET` / `SERVER_SECRET`: Shared authentication secret
+- `STORAGE_CONFIG`: `minio|minio?accessKey=minioadmin&secretKey=minioadmin`
+- `QUEUE_CONFIG`: `redpanda:9092`
+
+### Database Configuration
+- `DB_URL`: CockroachDB connection string (e.g., `postgresql://user:pass@cockroach:26257/huly`)
+- `FULLTEXT_DB_URL`: `http://elastic:9200`
+
+### Service URLs (Internal)
+- `ACCOUNTS_URL`: `http://account:3000`
+- `TRANSACTOR_URL`: `ws://transactor:3333`
+- `FULLTEXT_URL`: `http://fulltext:4700`
+- `REKONI_URL`: `http://rekoni:4004`
+- `STATS_URL`: `http://stats:4900`
+
+### External URLs (via Nginx)
+- Frontend: `http(s)://${HOST_ADDRESS}/`
+- Accounts API: `http(s)://${HOST_ADDRESS}/_accounts`
+- Transactor WebSocket: `ws(s)://${HOST_ADDRESS}/_transactor`
+- Collaborator WebSocket: `ws(s)://${HOST_ADDRESS}/_collaborator`
+- Files: `http(s)://${HOST_ADDRESS}/files`
+- Rekoni: `http(s)://${HOST_ADDRESS}/_rekoni`
+- Stats: `http(s)://${HOST_ADDRESS}/_stats`
+
+---
+
+## Services NOT Included in Self-Hosted
+
+The following services are available in Huly Cloud/Enterprise but **not included** in the self-hosted deployment:
+
+| Service | Purpose |
+|---------|---------|
+| Datalake | Advanced blob storage management |
+| Hulylake | Storage adapter API |
+| HulyPulse | WebSocket push notifications |
+| HulyGun | Event processing |
+| Redis | Cache & pub/sub |
+| Rating | Content rating service |
+| Print | PDF generation |
+| Sign | Digital signatures |
+| Payment | Billing integration |
+| Export | Data export |
+| Analytics | Analytics collection |
+| Process | Workflow automation |
+| Stream | Video streaming |
+| Media | Media processing |
+| Preview | Thumbnail generation |
+| Backup/Backup-API | Backup services |
+| Jaeger | Distributed tracing |