Deploy a Container Appliance¶

This tutorial walks you through the complete lifecycle of deploying a container appliance. By the end of this guide, you will have a fully functioning appliance hosting containers, and your end-users will be able to access them through their Reemo interface.

Prerequisites¶

Administrator access to your Reemo instance.
An active organization already created on your instance.

Step 1: Provision the Appliance¶

To host your containers, you first need to deploy an appliance that will communicate with the Reemo infrastructure.

Review the hardware, network, and sizing prerequisites in the Appliance Provisioning guide.
Choose your deployment mode and follow the corresponding installation steps:
- For a single machine setup: Standard Appliance Deployment
- For separated components or clusters: Advanced Appliance Deployment

Checkpoint: Ensure your appliance is visible and reporting as “Online” in your Instance dashboard before proceeding.

Step 2: Create Blueprints¶

Blueprints define the technical configuration of your containers (image, resource limits, environment variables).

To set this up, you need to configure a new blueprint in your Admin Area. Follow the step-by-step instructions in the Container Blueprints guide to create your first blueprint (e.g., a secure Chromium browser or an SSH sandbox).

Step 3: Associate Blueprints to Organizations¶

Now that your infrastructure and blueprints are ready, you must grant an Organization the right to use them.

Navigate to your Container Providers settings to link the blueprints you just created to the target Organization. See the Associating a Private Provider with an Organization guide for exact instructions.

Step 4: Create Container Profiles¶

The Organization now has access to the blueprints, but needs to define how users can consume them.

This is done by creating a Container Profile in the Organization management interface. Refer to the Container Management guide to select your blueprint and define usage policies (such as duration and limits).

Step 5: Associate Users¶

The final step is to grant your end-users access to the newly created Container Profile.

Navigate to the Users section of your Organization. Refer to the Users guide for detailed steps on assigning the target users or groups to the Container Profile.

Result: When the assigned users log in to Reemo, they will now see the option to launch the container environment directly from their dashboard.