Some questiones about the description "When a Constellation node image boots inside a CVM, ..."

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Some questiones about the description "When a Constellation node image boots inside a CVM, ..." on https://docs.edgeless.systems/constellation/next/architecture/attestation#node-attestation:

1、How to boot a Constellation node image in a CVM for Constellation ?

2、Is the launched Constellation node image treated as a Constellation node or is the CVM treated as a Constellation node?

3、Is Constellation running multiple k8s pods in the Constellation node？

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[3u13r]

Hello,

1、How to boot a Constellation node image in a CVM for Constellation ?

Constellation is primarily build to be deployed in AWS, Azure, or GCP. We leverage their CVM offerings and start up VMs with confidential computing enabled. If you follow our quick-start guide you will deploy a Constellation including CVMs.
If you just want to see the general architecture of your VM images, then you can have a look at the "local deployment" called miniconstellation. This will use KVM to start up 2 VMs/nodes on your local machine but with CC disabled.

2、Is the launched Constellation node image treated as a Constellation node or is the CVM treated as a Constellation node?

The Constellation node image is a VM image. Therefore, a Constellation node and a CVM have a 1:1 relationship and the terms can be used interchangeably.

3、Is Constellation running multiple k8s pods in the Constellation node？

Yes, as Constellation nodes are Kubernetes nodes, you can run multiple pods inside each node.