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title: "FINBOURNE platform architecture"
slug: "finbourne-platform-architecture"
status: "update"
updated: 2026-10-06T14:04:37Z
published: 2026-10-06T14:04:41Z
canonical: "support.lusid.com/finbourne-platform-architecture"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lusid.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# FINBOURNE platform architecture

The FINBOURNE platform is hosted on your choice of the AWS or Azure cloud computing platform. [Regions and VPN Support](/v1/docs/aws-and-azure-regions-and-vpn-support).

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Key concepts:

- **Environment**: Your choice of either [single tenant or multi-tenant](/v1/docs/understanding-single-and-multi-tenant-hosting-options).
- **Cell**: A dedicated set of resources running a single version of the FINBOURNE platform software. A cell must have one, and can have many, domains. All domains in a cell run on the same version of the platform software. A single tenant environment can have multiple cells.
- **Domain**: A logical tenant within a cell, identified by client ID (for example `acme-sit`) and addressed by URL (for example `https://acme-sit.lusid.com`).
- **Admin Portal**: An application for centrally managing cells and their domains, handling updates to the platform software and synchonisation of configuration resources.
- **Primary domain**: The domain in a cell that is licensed to communicate with Admin Portal on behalf of all the domains in that cell.
- **Registered cell**: A cell that is licensed and set up to securely communicate with Admin Portal, enabling domains to be managed centrally. Only available in single tenant environments at the moment.

[Get started with Admin Portal](/v1/docs/admin-portal).