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# Deployment

## Deployment options

Hosting the open smart grid platform in the cloud is possible, as well as on premises.

![Typical platform setup including webapplications and devices](/files/poO9VNM4WBXK2v70g5A5)

## Active-active setup over multiple datacenters

If you like to setup an active-active installation over multiple datacenters. Make sure that the open smart grid platform database runs redundant over both datacenters (master-slave configuration).

## Maintenance

There's not much maintenance that needs to be performed. Archiving some old log files, checking up on available disk space and creating a backup of the databases. Looking into the queues to see if there are no messages in the dead letter queue.