FAQ:What is rPath Appliance Platform

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Appliance: The rPath Appliance Platform encompasses the services rPath provides to customers to update and maintain appliances. Services include maintenance, configuration, backup, networking, and user management. These tasks are provided in a web interface designed as a plug-in architecture, and appliance developers can select or develop the plugins appropriate to the appliance.

The rPath Appliance Platform uses the rPath™ Appliance Platform Agent to accomplish these tasks. The rPath Appliance Agent was the previous product brand for the agent that drives the rPath Appliance Platform.