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Installation environments

Codefresh supports two installation environments:

Hosted environments (Beta), with Argo CD installed in the Codefresh cluster. The runtime is installed and provisioned in a Codefresh cluster, and managed by Codefresh.
Hosted enviroments are full-cloud environments, where all updates and improvements are managed by Codefresh, with zero-maintenance overhead for you as the customer. Currently, you can add one hosted runtime per account. For the architecture illustration, see Hosted runtime architecture.

For more information on how to set up the hosted environment, including provisioning hosted runtimes, see Set up a hosted (Hosted GitOps) environment.

Hybrid environments, with Argo CD installed in the customer’s cluster.
The runtime is installed in the customer’s cluster, and managed by the customer.
Hybrid environments are optimal for organizations that want to manage CI/CD operations within their premises, or have other security constraints. Hybrid installations strike the perfect balance between security, flexibility, and ease of use. Codefresh maintains and manages most aspects of the platform, apart from installing and upgrading runtimes which are managed by the customer.

For more information on hybrid environments, see Hybrid runtime requirements and Installling hybrid runtimes.

Codefresh Runtime creates three repositories in your organization’s Git provider account:

The table below highlights the main differences between hosted and hybrid environments.

Functionality	Feature	Hosted	Hybrid
Runtime	Installation	Provisioned by Codefresh	Provisioned by customer
	Runtime cluster	Managed by Codefresh	Managed by customer
	Number per account	One runtime	Multiple runtimes
	External cluster	Managed by customer	Managed by customer
	Upgrade	Managed by Codefresh	Managed by customer
	Uninstall	Managed by customer	Managed by customer
Argo CD		Codefresh cluster	Customer cluster
CI Ops	Delivery Pipelines	Not supported	Supported
	Workflows	Not supported	Supported
	Workflow Templates	Not supported	Supported
CD Ops	Applications	Supported	Supported
	Image enrichment	Supported	Supported
	Rollouts	Supported	Supported
Integrations		Supported	Supported
Dashboards	Home Analytics	Hosted runtime and deployments	Runtimes, deployments, Delivery Pipelines
	DORA metrics	Supported	Supported
	Applications	Supported	Supported