Introduction¶
Enterprise Solid Server (ESS) is a Solid Pod Server. That is, ESS provides/hosts Solid Pods (where Pods are data storage locations) in accordance with the Solid specification.
ESS Architecture¶
ESS’ microservices architecture:
Enables support for highly available deployment configurations.
Enables simple scaling.
Pod Management¶
Pods are where users store their data. When ESS provisions a new Pod,
it creates the Pod with the URL https://<ESS domain>/<username>/.
As part of the process, ESS also creates a WebID,
https://<ESS domain>/<username>/profile/card#me, for the user.
When creating a Pod, ESS creates the following default structure under the Pod’s root (where the Pod is represented as a directory structure):
<Pod's root> = https://<ESS domain>/<username>/
│
├── 📁 policies/
│
├── 📁 profile/
│ └──📄 card
├── 📁 inbox/
│
├── 📁 private/
│
├── 📁 public/
│
└── 📁 settings/
└── 📄publicTypeIndex.ttl
└── 📄privateTypeIndex.ttl
└── 📄prefs.ttl
ESS fully supports the W3C Linked Data Platform (LDP) specification. As such, navigating, creating, deleting and editing resources within a Pod is directly supported via the standard interfaces. For more information, see LDP Service.
Notifications¶
New in version 1.1.
ESS provides a secure implementation of a WebSockets notification protocol. ESS WebSocket service sends notifications upon changes to Resources. Applications can subscribe to a particular Resource, including a Container, and receive notifications upon changes to the subscribed Resource(s).
For more information, see WebSocket Notification Service.
Advanced Security¶
ESS’ security features include:
Solid OpenID Connect (OIDC) Service to support login with any existing OIDC-compliant identity provider.
Support for Access Control Policies (ACP).
For more information, see Security.
Administrative Operations¶
You can set up a centralized logging system to a backend logging system.
You can backup and restore at the individual Pod level or at the database level.
For more information, see Administration.
Discovery¶
New in version 1.1.3.
To help the discovery of various feature endpoints (such as the
GraphQL endpoint, the WebSocket
notification endpoint), ESS provides the
.well-known/solid resource.
For more information, see Discovery.
Support¶
Inrupt offers up to 24/7 support for operators and developers with a commercial license for ESS.
Additional Information on Solid¶
The Solid specification defines various Solid server/Pod behaviors, such as those related to: