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Harness Self-Managed Enterprise Edition Overview

Harness Self-Managed Enterprise Edition is an end-to-end solution for continuous, self-managed delivery. You can install and update Harness Self-Managed Enterprise Edition using online or offline (air-gapped) methods. This topic provides a summary comparison of Harness SaaS and self-managed offerings and describes the options for self-managed delivery.

For information about supported platforms, go to Supported platforms and technologies.

Compare Harness SaaS with self-managed

The following tables provide a summary of key differences between Harness SaaS and self-managed products.

Table 1. Impacts

Harness SaaSHarness Self-Managed Enterprise Edition
Platform ManagementHarnessCustomer
Hardware Cost~$25,000
Hardware MaintenanceRequired
Continuous UpdatesDailyWeekly
SecurityTLS/SSL OutboundTLS/SSL Outbound
Data GovernanceNo Corporate Data Leaves FirewallNo Corporate Data Leaves Firewall
Avg. Onboarding TimeDaysWeeks
Avg. Site ReadinessDaysWeeks
Avg. Support Res. TimeDaysWeeks

Table 2. Modules and Features

ModuleHelm InstallKOTS InstallNotes
Continuous Delivery (FirstGen and NextGen)
Security Testing OrchestrationX
Service Reliability Management
Continuous Integration
Feature Flags
Cloud Costs ManagementXThis module is currently available in beta. Contact Harness Support to enable it.
Continuous Error TrackingXThis module is currently available in beta. Contact Harness Support to enable it.
Harness Chaos EngineeringX
Harness Platform

Architecture overview

Harness Self-Managed Enterprise Edition can be installed in a Kubernetes cluster or on virtual machines.

Review the following diagrams for your installation type.

Kubernetes cluster configuration

Harness Self-Managed Enterprise Edition is installed in a Kubernetes cluster in the following configuration.

To install Harness Self-Managed Enterprise Edition in a Kubernetes cluster, use the following instructions:

  1. For Self-Managed Enterprise Edition with Helm, go to Install Harness Self-Managed Enterprise Edition Using Helm.
  2. For Self-Managed Enterprise Edition with KOTS, go to Install Self-Managed Enterprise Edition Using KOTS.

AWS architecture

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