# Stella Ops

> **Self‑hosted, SBOM‑first DevSecOps platform – offline‑friendly, AGPL‑3.0, free up to {{ quota_token }} scans per UTC day (soft delay only, never blocks).**

Stella Ops lets you discover container vulnerabilities in **< 5 s** without sending a single byte outside your network.  
Everything here is open‑source and versioned — when you check out a git tag, the docs match the code you are running.

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## 🚀 Start here (first 60 minutes)

| Step | What you will learn | Doc |
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| 1 ️⃣ | 90‑second elevator pitch & pillars | **[What Is Stella Ops?](01_WHAT_IS_IT.md)** |
| 2 ️⃣ | Pain points it solves | **[Why Does It Exist?](02_WHY.md)** |
| 3 ️⃣ | Install & run a scan in 10 min | **[Install Guide](21_INSTALL_GUIDE.md)** |
| 4 ️⃣ | Components & data‑flow | **[High‑Level Architecture](07_HIGH_LEVEL_ARCHITECTURE.md)** |
| 5 ️⃣ | Integrate the CLI / REST API | **[API & CLI Reference](09_API_CLI_REFERENCE.md)** |
| 6 ️⃣ | Vocabulary used throughout the docs | **[Glossary](14_GLOSSARY_OF_TERMS.md)** |

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## 📚 Complete Table of Contents

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### Overview
- **01 – [What Is Stella Ops?](01_WHAT_IS_IT.md)**
- **02 – [Why Does It Exist?](02_WHY.md)**
- **03 – [Vision & Road‑map](03_VISION.md)**
- **04 – [Feature Matrix](04_FEATURE_MATRIX.md)**

### Reference & concepts
- **05 – [System Requirements Specification](05_SYSTEM_REQUIREMENTS_SPEC.md)**
- **07 – [High‑Level Architecture](07_HIGH_LEVEL_ARCHITECTURE.md)**
- **08 – [Architecture Decision Records](adr/index.md)**
- **08 – Module Architecture Dossiers**  
  - [Scanner](ARCHITECTURE_SCANNER.md)  
  - [Concelier](ARCHITECTURE_CONCELIER.md)  
  - [Excititor](ARCHITECTURE_EXCITITOR.md)  
  - [Excititor Mirrors](ARCHITECTURE_EXCITITOR_MIRRORS.md)  
  - [Signer](ARCHITECTURE_SIGNER.md)  
  - [Attestor](ARCHITECTURE_ATTESTOR.md)  
  - [Authority](ARCHITECTURE_AUTHORITY.md)
  - [Notify](ARCHITECTURE_NOTIFY.md)
  - [Scheduler](ARCHITECTURE_SCHEDULER.md)  
  - [CLI](ARCHITECTURE_CLI.md)  
  - [Web UI](ARCHITECTURE_UI.md)  
  - [Zastava Runtime](ARCHITECTURE_ZASTAVA.md)  
  - [Release & Operations](ARCHITECTURE_DEVOPS.md)
- **09 – [API & CLI Reference](09_API_CLI_REFERENCE.md)**
- **10 – [Plug‑in SDK Guide](10_PLUGIN_SDK_GUIDE.md)**
- **10 – [Concelier CLI Quickstart](10_CONCELIER_CLI_QUICKSTART.md)**
- **10 – [BuildX Generator Quickstart](dev/BUILDX_PLUGIN_QUICKSTART.md)**
- **10 – [Scanner Cache Configuration](dev/SCANNER_CACHE_CONFIGURATION.md)**
- **30 – [Excititor Connector Packaging Guide](dev/30_EXCITITOR_CONNECTOR_GUIDE.md)**
- **30 – Developer Templates**  
  - [Excititor Connector Skeleton](dev/templates/excititor-connector/)
- **11 – [Authority Service](11_AUTHORITY.md)**
- **11 – [Data Schemas](11_DATA_SCHEMAS.md)**
- **12 – [Performance Workbook](12_PERFORMANCE_WORKBOOK.md)**
- **13 – [Release‑Engineering Playbook](13_RELEASE_ENGINEERING_PLAYBOOK.md)**
- **30 – [Fixture Maintenance](dev/fixtures.md)**

### User & operator guides
- **14 – [Glossary](14_GLOSSARY_OF_TERMS.md)**
- **15 – [UI Guide](15_UI_GUIDE.md)**
- **17 – [Security Hardening Guide](17_SECURITY_HARDENING_GUIDE.md)**
- **18 – [Coding Standards](18_CODING_STANDARDS.md)**
- **19 – [Test‑Suite Overview](19_TEST_SUITE_OVERVIEW.md)**
- **21 – [Install Guide](21_INSTALL_GUIDE.md)**
- **22 – [CI/CD Recipes Library](ci/20_CI_RECIPES.md)**
- **23 – [FAQ](23_FAQ_MATRIX.md)**
- **24 – [Offline Update Kit Admin Guide](24_OFFLINE_KIT.md)**
- **25 – [Concelier Apple Connector Operations](ops/concelier-apple-operations.md)**
- **26 – [Authority Key Rotation Playbook](ops/authority-key-rotation.md)**
- **27 – [Concelier CCCS Connector Operations](ops/concelier-cccs-operations.md)**
- **28 – [Concelier CISA ICS Connector Operations](ops/concelier-icscisa-operations.md)**
- **29 – [Concelier CERT-Bund Connector Operations](ops/concelier-certbund-operations.md)**
- **30 – [Concelier MSRC Connector – AAD Onboarding](ops/concelier-msrc-operations.md)**

### Legal & licence
- **31 – [Legal & Quota FAQ](29_LEGAL_FAQ_QUOTA.md)**

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