Cloud Deployment
SemanticFed is offered as a managed, multi-tenant cloud service at launch. You do not deploy or operate SemanticFed yourself — you sign in at app.semanticfed.com, pick a workspace, and start federating. This page explains what the managed service covers and what your data sources need.
The managed service
Everything below is operated for you:
- No infrastructure to run — no servers, databases, or agents to install, patch, or scale on your side
- Multi-tenant with workspace isolation — every connector, source, model, query, and policy is scoped to your workspace
- Encrypted in transit and at rest — including the credential references you register, which live in encrypted, environment-isolated secret storage and are never returned by the API
- Metadata only — SemanticFed stores your models, queries, policies, and run history; your data stays in your own systems
- High availability — health-checked, horizontally scaled, and updated with rolling releases
- Reviewed releases — every change is validated in an isolated pre-production environment and promoted to production only after explicit approval
Connecting your data sources
Because SemanticFed queries data in place, your sources stay where they are — in your own cloud, data center, or SaaS accounts. You provide:
- An endpoint the SemanticFed service can reach for each source
- A credential reference (
secretRef) — you register a pointer, never an inline secret; the secret value is held in encrypted secret storage and is never returned by the API - Network access (private connectivity options are part of enterprise deployment planning)
Data-residency-sensitive sources can stay inside their jurisdiction; the engine pushes work to the source and access policy controls exactly what may cross a boundary.
Environment selection
The managed service runs in production by default. The alpha environment is used for pre-production validation.
BURDENOFF_ENV | Workspace gateway | Global gateway |
|---|---|---|
prod (default) | https://graphqlworkspaces.burdenoff.com/workspaces/graphql | https://graphql.burdenoff.com/global/graphql |
alpha | https://alphagraphqlworkspaces.burdenoff.com/workspaces/graphql | https://alphagraphql.burdenoff.com/global/graphql |
All clients and SDKs default to production. Switch environments via BURDENOFF_ENV or explicit endpoint configuration. See Environment Selection.
Self-host (roadmap)
A private-cloud / self-host deployment for regulated industries is on the roadmap, so an organization can run SemanticFed entirely inside its own boundary.
For deployment and enterprise questions, contact our team at [email protected].