# Deployment overview

Deployment mode changes where aggregation and visibility live.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  subgraph Local[Fully local]
    E1[Edge node] --> S1[Site hub]
    S1 --> D1[(Local DB/storage)]
  end

  subgraph Hybrid[Hybrid (optional cloud visibility)]
    E2[Edge node] --> S2[Site hub]
    S2 --> C2[Cloud analytics/reporting]
  end

  subgraph Ali[Alibaba Cloud (marketing + app)]
    WWW[www.intelfactor.ai] --> CDN[CDN/DCDN] --> OSS[OSS static]
    APP[app/api] --> WAF[WAF] --> ACK[ACK Kubernetes] --> DB[(RDS/PolarDB)]
  end

  note1((OT boundary)) -. separate .- Ali
```

### Notes

* OT inspection is edge-first.
* Hybrid visibility is optional.
* Marketing/app cloud is separated from OT.

### Next steps

* [System overview](/doc/intelfactor-ai/architecture-and-data/system-overview.md)
* [Edge pipeline](/doc/intelfactor-ai/architecture-and-data/edge-pipeline.md)
* [Cloud services](/doc/intelfactor-ai/architecture-and-data/cloud-services.md)


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