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Multi-cloud services

You have several options when deploying a Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows environment. For an overview of the Qlik Sense multi-cloud architecture and your different deployment options, see Qlik Sense deployments in a cloud environment. The services that you need to run in a multi-cloud deployment can be categorized as follows.

Typically the services running in a Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS deployment are similar to those running in a Qlik Sense Enterprise on Kubernetes deployment but are not accessible, because Qlik manages the infrastructure. You can connect to Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS but do not have the same configuration options as a Kubernetes deployment.

Services on Windows deployments

The services listed below are required if you use the multi-cloud capabilities in a Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows deployment.

Multi-cloud services
Service Description
App Distribution Service Distributes apps and associated metadata to defined distribution targets, based on policy-based app distribution rules.

Hybrid Deployment Service

 Stores configuration details including credentials and URLs for all target environments in a multi-cloud deployment.

Hybrid Setup Console Service

 Multi-cloud Setup Console UI functions for managing target environments configured in a multi-cloud deployment including credentials and service URLs.
Resource Distribution Service Publishes installed extensions and themes to the Resource Library in each cloud environment.

Services on Kubernetes and Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS deployments

The services that you run in Qlik Sense Enterprise on Kubernetes can vary depending on your deployment requirements.

Deployment services
Service Description  
Chronos Scheduler back end service.  

Cloud hub

Serves the hub functionality to users in Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS and Qlik Sense Enterprise on Kubernetes.

  

Collections

 Organizes and structures content supplied to the hub. It also applies access control rules.  
datafiles Allows user to upload/manage data files that can be accessed during reload of an app.  

edge-auth

 Service that works together with external Identity Providers to authenticate users upon entry to the deployment. Also manages tickets that authorize secure access to internal resources.  

elastic-infra

 A collection containing non-Qlik services: MongoDB, Redis, and nginx-ingress. It bootstraps an elastic-infra deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager. It starts up the basic resources needed to connect all the components and functionality required in a cloud environment.  

Engine

 Handles all application calculations and logic.  

Feature Flags

 Responsible for toggling features on and off in advanced scenarios.  
Insights REST service for the functionality behind the “Share” dialog on a sheet. The service is responsible for sharing Qlik Sense insights by generating, tracking and serving persistent permalinks to the shared resources. Permalinks can be shared in various social media.  

Licenses

 The license service is used to enforce user licensing in Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS and Qlik Sense Enterprise on Kubernetes.  
Locale Handles user locale selection for the client.  

Mira

 Provides a discovery service for Engines in the deployment, their current health, and availability of applications.  
ODAG Service for on-demand app generation of Qlik Sense apps.  

Policy Decision

Processes a set of rules on Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS and Qlik Sense Enterprise on Kubernetes that perform ABAC security evaluation against Qlik objects (for example, apps). It is sometimes referred to as the Rules Service. It uses a REST API for the rules engine and management API for rule based policies and replaces the QRS Rules Engine, Policy Decision Service.

  
qix-data-connection Handles engine requests for connection management.  

qix-sessions

 Responsible for routing user session traffic to the Engine services.  
Reporting Implements the productions of Reports with data and chart images.  

Resource Library

A general-purpose resource storage service for supporting content such as themes and extensions.

  

Tenant

 Used to store and return tenant (user) information.  
temporary-contents Manages resources that are made available temporarily.  

User

 Responsible for managing and retrieving user information.  

Sense Client

The Desktop and web browser instance of the Qlik Sense client run by developers on Qlik Sense Enterprise and by consumers on Qlik Sense Enterprise SaaS and Qlik Sense Enterprise on Kubernetes.