hosting.md

title	summary	component	reviewed
ServiceControl Hosting Options	Hosting options for running ServiceControl instances	ServiceControl	2024-12-16

ServiceControl instances can be hosted on:

• Windows Server (virtual machines)
• Linux containers

Deployment options:

• Monitoring instances
• Audit instances
• Error instances

Windows Server

Instances can be installed on Windows Server (virtual) machines using:

• Management UI: ServiceControl Management Utility
• Commandline: ServiceControl Powershell Module

Supported editions

• Datacenter
• Standard

Supported versions

The supported Windows Server versions are aligned with the Microsoft Mainstream support end date for Windows Server.

Containers

Various containerized hosting options are available:

• Docker
• Kubernetes

Supported architectures

• linux/arm64
• linux/amd64

Supported environments

The following environments are getting production supports

• Azure Container Apps
• Azure Managed Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
• Docker Engine on Windows 2022

Known working environments

Docker and Kubernetes are available in many configurations and environments. Many will "just work" but are unsupported for production deployments.

The following additional environments are known to work:

• Docker Desktop for Windows
• Docker Desktop for Mac
• Docker on Fedora
• Podman on Fedora Workstation 41