Instance

An Ascend Instance is the top-level resource that contains all your Ascend resources: Environments, Workspaces, and Deployments. An Instance can be hosted in Ascend Cloud (managed by us) or self-hosted (managed by you on your infrastructure).

An Instance and its Environments act as security boundaries, allowing you to provide separate access for development, staging, and production data infrastructure.

Instance Vault

Each Instance has a Vault used for secrets for Otto (e.g., your OpenAI API key).

By default, the Instance Vault is managed by Ascend in Ascend Cloud. You may self-host any supported Vault as your Instance Vault.