Deploy in your VPC
The control plane and data plane both run in your AWS account. Raw data never leaves your VPC.
1 · Prerequisites
- An AWS account with permission to create EC2, RDS, and IAM roles.
- A VPC with subnets for the control plane, data plane, and database.
terraform≥ 1.5 and AWS credentials.- An SSH key pair for the two hosts.
- A DNS name for the dashboard (e.g.
enclavia.acme.com).
2 · Provision with Terraform
The Enclavia Terraform module provisions RDS, the control plane host, the Nitro data plane host, security groups, and IAM. Fill in the required inputs and apply.
module "enclavia" {
source = "./terraform/enclavia"
region = "us-east-1"
vpc_id = "vpc-xxxx"
control_plane_subnet_id = "subnet-cp"
data_plane_subnet_id = "subnet-dp"
db_subnet_ids = ["subnet-a", "subnet-b"]
key_name = "my-keypair"
db_username = "enclavia"
db_password = var.db_password
dashboard_domain = "enclavia.acme.com"
nexauth_secret = var.nexauth_secret
control_plane_service_token = var.service_token
policy_signing_private_key = var.signing_private_key
policy_public_key = var.signing_public_key
}
Outputs include the dashboard URL, the data plane endpoint, and the database endpoint.
3 · Policy signing key (decide up front)
Runtime policy changes are only enforced when signed by an Ed25519 keypair. Choose one custody model before onboarding:
Enclavia-held (default)
Enclavia keeps the private key. Every policy change still requires an Enclavia super-admin approval, preserving the "rogue insider cannot forge an allowlist" guarantee.
Customer-held
Your team holds the keypair and runs its own super admins. Full runtime autonomy, but your super admin can sign arbitrary allowlists.
4 · Operations
Backups & restore
RDS automated backups are on. Test a restore quarterly: restore to a scratch instance and confirm the dashboard loads.
Rotate keys
Workload API keys rotate from the dashboard (Workloads → the workload → Rotate key). LLM keys rotate under Teams → LLM Provider (BYOK). The signing key rotates via a key ring with no downtime.
Restart the enclave
The Nitro Enclave does not auto-start on host reboot. After a data-plane reboot, run the enclave start step (or automate it with a systemd unit).
Monitoring
Runtime diagnostics (build SHA, DB identity, data-plane reachability), a command center for incidents, and Slack-compatible alert webhooks.