Question 1

What is eryph and who is it for?

Accepted Answer

eryph is your local cloud platform for rapid VM deployment. It's perfect for developers, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals who need to quickly spin up test, development, staging, training, or POC environments without the complexity and licensing costs of traditional virtualization platforms.

Question 2

How fast can I deploy a VM with eryph?

Accepted Answer

eryph can deploy a fully configured VM in under 5 minutes, compared to traditional methods that take 45+ minutes. This 90% reduction in setup time is achieved through our gene system that allows VM templates to inherit from each other.

Question 3

Does eryph work with my existing Windows infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

Yes! eryph runs on Windows Server with Hyper-V and integrates seamlessly with your existing Windows infrastructure. It supports PowerShell automation, Active Directory, and can create both Windows and Linux VMs.

Question 4

What's the difference between eryph and VMware?

Accepted Answer

eryph provides cloud-like speed with no per-VM licensing fees, 90% faster deployments, and a revolutionary gene system for VM inheritance. While VMware is a full enterprise virtualization platform, eryph focuses on making dev, test, and staging environments simple and cost-effective.

Question 5

Can I use eryph with my CI/CD pipeline?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely! eryph provides native PowerShell cmdlets, a REST API, and a .NET SDK. It works with any CI/CD tool that supports PowerShell including Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and GitLab CI.

Question 6

What are VM genes and how do they work?

Accepted Answer

Genes are eryph's revolutionary approach to VM templates. Unlike traditional templates, genes can inherit from parent genes, allowing you to build complex environments from simple, reusable building blocks. For example, a 'web-server' gene can inherit from 'ubuntu-base' and add nginx configuration.

Question 7

Is eryph free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes! eryph-zero is completely free with no per-VM licensing. You only pay for the Windows Server licenses you already have. This makes it perfect for development and testing environments where traditional virtualization licensing can be prohibitively expensive.

Question 8

How do I get started with eryph?

Accepted Answer

You can download eryph-zero and follow our quickstart guide to have your first VM running in minutes. We provide pre-built genes for common scenarios, visual tools for easy management, and comprehensive documentation for automation.