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# Itential Cloud architecture

> Use Itential-managed cloud hosting for platform infrastructure while you maintain Itential Gateway in your environment.

Itential Cloud is a deployment model where Itential hosts and manages Itential Platform and its dependencies in the cloud. You maintain Itential Gateway in your environment while Itential handles platform operations, upgrades, and support.

## Cloud Platform overview

In the cloud deployment model, infrastructure responsibilities are divided between Itential and you.

![Platform Cloud deployment](/_fern-files/itential.docs.buildwithfern.com/5622b5b4f55acd85b2a7e52df0f4ba502096c8a6d6560b1c68d7725c2eddc902/docs/assets/images/platform/itential-cloud-architecture.svg)

### What Itential manages

Itential hosts and operates:

* **Platform servers**: All platform application servers
* **Database infrastructure**: MongoDB and Redis clusters
* **Platform upgrades**: Version updates and patches
* **Monitoring and logging**: System health and performance monitoring
* **Data management**: Job data pruning and retention
* **Infrastructure scaling**: Capacity planning and scaling

### What you manage

You maintain in your environment:

* **Itential Gateway**: Deployed in your network
* **Network connectivity**: VPN tunnel to Itential Cloud
* **Adapter configuration**: Service accounts and credentials
* **Network devices**: Infrastructure being automated
* **User access**: User accounts and permissions

> Use Itential-managed cloud hosting for platform infrastructure while you maintain Itential Gateway in your environment.