Glossary

Clova uses specific terminology to refer to certain concepts throughout its CLI, the documentation and the code. This section will provide definitions for these terms.

Home : The location for which Clova data should be stored on target(s), including synchronised services.

Service : A single deployable program that can be run on a target, e.g. a Docker Compose definition, a Node application or a web server.

Service Definition : Configuration which tells Clova information about a service and how to deploy it.

Target : A destination server for services to be deployed on.

Target Definition : Configuration which tells Clova information about a target and how to interact with it.