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Modes

xpanse doesn't have an opinionated implementation. It aims to provide a framework which is flexible and has all building blocks necessary to use it in different contexts/modes.

Current possible modes of xpanse are app store mode and cloud provider integration mode.

Cloud Provider Integrated Mode​

In this mode, xpanse is deployed on the management zone of the specific cloud provider that supports xpanse.

With this mode, the services from software vendors are offered as fully native managed services on that specific cloud provider. The end user won't notice if the service is from an independent software vendor or from the cloud provider itself.

cloud-provider-integrated-mode-architecture

App Store Mode​

In this mode, xpanse is deployed outside any specific cloud provider's management layer. Using this mode, the service vendors can use the xpanse platform to sell services on any cloud providers supported by xpanse.

The end user then uses this one stop-shop to consume services from the cloud provider of his choice.

app-store-mode-architecture

High-Level Sequence Diagram​

A very high level happy-case service offering and service ordering via xpanse will look like below.