Graphic: The "Architecture" chapter outlines anynode's modular design, core components, secure communication, and cross-platform support for deployments.

Security Architecture

The anynode architecture is built on a modular and scalable design that ensures separation of concerns, robust security, and efficient resource utilization. It consists of several key processes that handle distinct functional areas, allowing for high availability, cross-platform compatibility, and secure interprocess communication.

Secure Interprocess Communication

All anynode processes communicate exclusively over TLS-secured connections, even when running on the same machine. This approach ensures that all internal data exchange remains:

  • Encrypted: Prevents interception of sensitive data.

  • Authenticated: Ensures that only trusted components communicate with each other.

Although anynode is typically deployed as a single-system solution, its modular architecture also supports distributed deployments, allowing components to run across multiple machines in specific high-scale or custom scenarios.

Cross-Platform Availability and Architecture Support

anynode is designed for maximum flexibility and portability, ensuring consistent operation across different operating systems and hardware platforms.

Supported Operating Systems

  • Windows (fully integrated installation package)

  • Linux (officially supports Debian, Ubuntu, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL))

To maintain consistency across platforms, anynode is built on a custom, in-house-developed C-based abstraction layer, providing:

  • Unified cross-platform compatibility

  • Optimized performance for each operating system

  • Security enhancements tailored to different environments

anynode is primarily developed and optimized for

  • x86_64 (x64): Standard for enterprise-grade deployments. a

  • arm64: Ensuring compatibility with energy-efficient, high-performance ARM-based systems.

Additional CPU Architectures (for testing and codebase validation)

While not officially supported for production, anynode maintains internal builds for:

  • x86 (32-bit)

  • armhf (ARM hard float)

  • MIPS

These additional builds ensure adaptability and long-term maintainability, validating that anynode’s codebase remains robust across various architectures.