Architecture that teams can operate.
From the first container to governed architecture review and observed topology: practical guides for deploying, configuring, and using Stratum inside your organization.
Set up, model, review, and govern
Every guide has a permanent URL that can be shared with operators, architects, reviewers, and administrators.
Get started with Stratum
Run Stratum, create the first administrator, and build your first structured system design.
Read guideDeploy the containers
Choose the all-in-one image or separate UI and backend images, then set production runtime boundaries.
Read guideConfigure storage and PostgreSQL
Understand stateless mode, connect PostgreSQL, test the connection, and migrate the initial users.
Read guideModel systems on the canvas
Build structured architecture using components, connections, frames, notes, and reusable catalog assets.
Read guideVersion and review architecture
Create deliberate checkpoints, request reviewers, capture decisions, and promote reviewed architecture to live.
Read guideExplain with journeys, docs, and analysis
Turn a topology into a guided request story, keep written context beside it, and run structured evaluation.
Read guideUse design review and architecture chat
Run grounded reviews against working or saved versions and continue the reasoning in persistent design conversations.
Read guideView observed topology from Prometheus
Turn OpenTelemetry service-graph metrics into a read-only current-state view and fork useful snapshots into designs.
Read guideReuse the enterprise catalog
Promote canonical services and infrastructure, avoid duplicates, and reuse governed assets across designs.
Read guideConfigure identity, ACLs, and Okta
Manage users, groups, workspace/design grants, local passwords, and Okta OIDC group mapping.
Read guideAdminister AI, telemetry, and integrations
Operate the admin console, configure central AI, enable integrations, and keep secrets server-side.
Read guideTroubleshoot Stratum
Diagnose startup, persistence, browser, WebSocket, database, SSO, and container issues.
Read guideDeploy Stratum where your systems live.
Use the free self-hosted container, connect your own PostgreSQL, and keep architecture data inside your environment.