Concepts
The product model: server, agent, project, version and where data lives.
Concepts explain how Nolay works, and guides link to them. Short definitions:
The product model: server, agent, project, version and where data lives.


Concepts explain how Nolay works, and guides link to them. Short definitions:
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Server | A computer on the internet you rent from a hosting provider (a VPS). Projects run on it |
| Agent | The Nolay program on the server. It builds and runs projects and tells the panel what is happening |
| Hub | The Nolay agent gateway: the panel and the agent exchange messages through it |
| Project | One application or site on a server: code, domain, settings |
| Version | The result of one deploy, for example v12. You can roll back to any of them |
| Secret | An environment variable whose value is not stored in the panel |
| Token | A secret string that links the agent to your organization |