Overview
The Defense Center is the server-side stack of RavenXcope. It is deployed as a single docker-compose project (defense_center-deployment/compose.yml) that runs the backend, the frontend, the Kafka-based event pipeline, and the OpenSearch storage layer.
Messaging & Storage
The Defense Center is built around a Kafka pipeline that feeds OpenSearch, plus a set of stores the backend uses directly. This page describes each layer and the topics/indices that tie them together.
Configuration
The backend is configured entirely through environment variables (using the ` nesting convention for .NET options). This page groups the ravenxcope-backend env block from compose.yml by concern. Values shown as ${...} come from the deployment .env` file.