diff --git a/docs/documentation/install.md b/docs/documentation/install.md index 9d8aac0..10f8904 100644 --- a/docs/documentation/install.md +++ b/docs/documentation/install.md @@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ central location (usually a cloud environment on Kubernetes). The instructions below are for installing the **Control Plane**. If you just need to install the **Orb Agent** (`orb-agent`), [see these instructions instead](/documentation/running_orb_agent). -The **Control Plane** can be [self-hosted](#self-host), or you can use our free [Orb SaaS](#orblive) service. Self-hosting gives you full privacy and control but is more complex. On the other hand, our SaaS gets you up and running quickly since you only need to create a free account on orb.live and then install the **Orb Agent** to your infrastructure. - - -## Orb.live -The Orb SaaS platform ([**orb.live**](http://orb.live)) is now in active development. This free service allows you to enjoy the benefits of the Orb platform without having to run your own control plane. - -If you need to install the **Orb Agent** to be used with orb.live, [see these instructions](/documentation/running_orb_agent). ## Self-host diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md index 55ad341..ba1bd38 100644 --- a/docs/getting_started.md +++ b/docs/getting_started.md @@ -1,10 +1,8 @@ !!! info - To get started, we suggest registering for a free account on our SaaS Orb.live platform. For those who prefer self hosting Orb, you can find detailed installation instructions in the Documentation section of this site ([Installation](documentation/install.md)). + You can find detailed installation instructions in the Documentation section of this site ([Installation](documentation/install.md)). ## Connect to Orb -Register for a free Orb.live account here - 1. **Register a new account** ![Register](./img/register.png) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index f1daf7e..05fbcd2 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ hide: ![](img/01_Edge-Observability.png){ align=right .observability } ### Introducing Orb -**Orb** is a modern network observability platform built to provide critical visibility into increasingly complex and distributed networks. It can analyze network traffic, run synthetic network probes, and connect the resulting telemetry directly to your existing observability stacks with OpenTelemetry. +**Orb** is a modern network observability platform built to provide critical visibility into increasingly complex, segmented, and distributed networks. It can discover devices, analyze network traffic, run synthetic network probes, and connect telemetry to your existing observability stacks with OpenTelemetry. -**Orb** differentiates from other solutions by pushing analysis close to the traffic sources (reducing inactionable metrics and processing costs), and allows for dynamic reconfiguration of remote agents in real time. +**Orb** differentiates from other solutions by providing agent fleet management and allowing for dynamic reconfiguration of remote agents in real time.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ to modern observability stacks via OpenTelemetry

Integrate

-The Orb control plane is a modern microservices application with well defined APIs that can be deployed to any Kubernetes service in a private or public cloud, avoiding vendor lock-in. The Orb agent is a lightweight, modular analyzer that can scale down +The Orb control plane is a modern microservices application with well defined APIs that can be deployed to any Kubernetes service in a private or public cloud, avoiding vendor lock-in. The Orb agent is lightweight and modular, and can scale down to embedded platforms or up to full servers. Orb is designed to easily integrate into the larger Network Automation ecosystem.

@@ -64,10 +64,8 @@ Orb is designed to easily integrate into the larger Network Automation ecosystem ![](img/06_WhereOrbFits.png){ align=left .wherefits .small} ### Where Orb fits -**Orb**’s focus is on providing full network visibility across control and data planes by pushing analysis close to devices and dynamically defining observability parameters which can change in real time via automation. +**Orb**’s focus is enabling network automation and visibility across network device control and data planes using a dynamically reconfigurable agent based system. It is free, open-source software released under Mozilla Public License (MPL). -You can host **Orb** yourself, or run it through our hosted SaaS platform at orb.live. - ***