# Architecture

This section describes the seven (7) core pieces of the Axilon platform architecture, with two sub-sections for each component describing a given component's "purpose" and "how it works."

The core pieces of the platform archtecture are:

1. [Networking Daemon](https://docs.axilon.com/devops-desktop/resilience/architecture/networking-daemon)
2. [Clone Virtual Machines (VMs)](https://docs.axilon.com/devops-desktop/resilience/architecture/clone-vms)
3. [Configuration Adapters](https://docs.axilon.com/devops-desktop/resilience/architecture/configuration-adapters)
4. [Orchestrator](https://docs.axilon.com/devops-desktop/resilience/architecture/orchestrator)
5. [Configuration Management Engine](https://docs.axilon.com/devops-desktop/resilience/architecture/configuration-management-engine)
6. [Metadata Webserver](https://docs.axilon.com/devops-desktop/resilience/architecture/metadata-webserver)
7. [Frontend Application](https://docs.axilon.com/devops-desktop/resilience/architecture/frontend-application)

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