ArchitectureOverview

How ferryd starts

The ferryd program connects the other crates and starts the parts of the server in a fixed order.

Options. ferryd reads the server options.

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ferryd is the program of the server. Its crate connects all the other crates.

Step	More
Options	Server options
Lock	The file `ferryd.lock` of the data directory. `ferryd` holds it while it runs.
Prefix	The name prefix of the Docker names. See the security model.
Engine	The engine first repairs what a previous process left. See At boot.

The crates

Ferry is a Cargo workspace of ten crates whose dependencies go in one direction.

Deploy pipeline

The deploy pipeline is the list of steps that the engine runs to put a new version online.