Teleport Architecture Guides

In this section, you will find detailed information about Teleport's internal architecture. Read these guides if you are interested in learning how Teleport works.

• API Architecture: Architectural overview of the Teleport gRPC API.
• Agent Update Management: This chapter explains how Teleport agent automatic update is working.
• Kubernetes App Discovery Architecture: Learn how Teleport automatically discovers applications running on Kubernetes.
• Machine ID Architecture: How Teleport Machine ID works.
• Proxy Peering: How Teleport implements more efficient networking with Proxy Peering.
• TLS Routing: How Teleport implements a single-port setup with TLS routing
• Teleport Agent Architecture: Describes the architecture that enables Teleport to securely proxy client traffic to infrastructure resources.
• Teleport Authentication: This chapter explains how Teleport uses certificate authorities to authenticate users and services.
• Teleport Authorization: This chapter explains how Teleport authorizes users and roles.
• Teleport Enterprise Cloud Architecture: Cloud security, availability, and networking details.
• Teleport Proxy Service: Architecture of Teleport's identity-aware proxy service
• Teleport Session Recording: An overview of Teleport's session recording and its configuration
• Trusted Clusters Architecture: Deep dive into design of Teleport Trusted Clusters.