Hi, I'm trying to figure out if I can use Prefect for an ETL-type scenario. Basically, we'll be receiving large text files via SFTP/HTTPS and we need to process these files eventually into a data warehouse. The Prefect documentation is a bit confusing to me as it mostly focuses on Cloud. I am primarily interested in an on-premise deployment. Would appreciate if anyone can point me to resources that could help me answer these questions: 1. Is Prefect Core = Server + UI? 2. Is there a deployment guide for on-premise that doesn't require Docker/Compose? Thanks!

Hey @Joseph Harrison, welcome to Prefect. Prefect Core is just the framework to define flows. Server or Cloud are the backends. The UI is part of Server or Cloud

Thanks, Kevin!

If you can’t use

docker-compose

, the helm chart instructions are in the README here

So basically, the server has to be containerized when deployed?

Pretty much because it’s 6 services that interact with each other and need to be on sync version-wise.

Welcome, @Joseph Harrison!

@Kevin Kho it's not so much that I can't use containers. My use case is pretty simple and containers add a lot of complexity to the environment. A bit of overkill in my mind. Your point about the 6 services needing to remain in sync is well taken and makes sense. I'll test it out and see if it actually complicates the environment or not. Thanks!