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Scope types

A scope type defines what kind of infrastructure backs your deployment environment: how it's provisioned, how your application runs, and how traffic reaches it.

Nullplatform ships with built-in scope types that cover the most common deployment patterns.

Containers​

The Containers scope type runs your application as Docker containers on Kubernetes. It's the default scope type and the right choice for web applications, APIs, microservices, and any long-running workload.

It supports multiple cloud providers (AWS EKS, Azure AKS, Azure ARO, Google Cloud GKE, Oracle Cloud OKE) and includes built-in support for autoscaling, blue-green deployments, health checks, and traffic routing.

Scheduled tasks​

The Scheduled tasks scope type runs periodic jobs on Kubernetes using CronJobs. Use it for ETL pipelines, report generation, data cleanup, and any workload that runs on a schedule and exits.

It includes built-in support for cron scheduling, concurrency control, retries, and job history management.

Legacy scope types​

Nullplatform also supports legacy scope types for existing workloads:

  • Server instances (EC2): VM-based deployments with auto-scaling groups
  • Serverless (AWS Lambda): serverless function deployments

These remain available for backward compatibility, but we recommend using the scope types above for new implementations.

Choosing a scope type​

WorkloadRecommended type
Web apps, APIs, microservicesContainers
Scheduled tasks, batch jobsScheduled tasks
PL/SQL, static sites, on-premCraft a scope from scratch
Existing EC2 or Lambda workloadsLegacy scopes

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