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title: '02 — Environmental Constraints'
description: 'Environmental constraints that affect architecture decisions.'
status: draft
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# Environmental Constraints

> e.g., deployment environments, cloud provider limitations.

Environmental constraints affecting the architecture include:

1. **Deployment Environments**: The architecture must accommodate various deployment environments (development, testing, production) with differing configurations and resource allocations.
2. **Cloud Provider Limitations**: If deployed on a specific cloud provider, the architecture may need to align with the provider's services, limitations, and best practices, such as using managed databases or specific container orchestration tools.
3. **Containerization**: The use of Docker for containerization imposes constraints on how the application is packaged, deployed, and scaled, influencing the architecture to ensure compatibility with container orchestration platforms.
4. **Scalability Requirements**: The architecture must be designed to scale efficiently based on anticipated load and usage patterns, considering the limitations of the chosen infrastructure.