Deployment Options
Overview
Section titled “Overview”realvirtual WEB is delivered as a static set of browser files. You can host that set on your own web server, a CDN or infrastructure inside the machine network. No mandatory realvirtual cloud service is required to render and operate a prepared standalone twin.
Choose the deployment model from the machine owner’s availability, privacy and network requirements. Live PLC data and optional local services can be added through realvirtual CONNECT, while the viewer and model remain under your hosting control.
Deployment options
Section titled “Deployment options”- Static hosting serves the viewer, model and documentation from a conventional HTTPS web server or CDN.
- Own infrastructure keeps the deployment on an intranet, machine IPC or other customer-controlled server.
- Air-gapped delivery serves the complete file set inside an isolated network without a required cloud dependency.
- Frozen delivery archives the tested viewer, model and documentation together as one versioned, self-contained release.
- Open-source hosting uses the AGPL viewer source available from the realvirtual WEB repository.
Frozen delivery and EU availability
Section titled “Frozen delivery and EU availability”Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 applies from 20 January 2027. For digital instructions, it requires a way to download, print and store the documentation offline, and it places long-term availability responsibilities on the machine manufacturer. Online documentation must remain available for at least ten years after the machine is placed on the market, or for the expected machine lifetime when that is longer.
A frozen release supports this responsibility because the complete tested delivery can be archived, reproduced and moved to replacement hosting without depending on a continuously changing application service. It does not by itself establish regulatory compliance: the machine manufacturer remains responsible for the access information, retained version, availability period and any required paper or safety information.
Quick Start
Section titled “Quick Start”- Decide whether the twin must be public, intranet-only or air-gapped.
- Build and test one complete viewer, model and documentation file set.
- Publish that unchanged set to the chosen static host and record its release version.
- Verify the final URL, browser operation, downloads and offline-storage path from the target network.
- Archive the exact delivered files and define who maintains their long-term availability.