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title: "For Air-Gapped Operators"
description: "Start here if you deploy and operate Mattermost in network-isolated enclaves."
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# For Air-Gapped Operators

You deploy and operate Mattermost in network-isolated enclaves — air-gapped classified networks, sovereign-cloud enclaves, DoD IL4/IL5 environments, or tactical edges with DDIL connectivity. This page is a curated entry point — every link goes to the canonical guide.

:::important[No internet egress]
Every page linked from here works without internet access. Stage artifacts on an operator workstation, transfer across your approved boundary, and operate offline.
:::

## Start here

<CardGrid columns={3} cards={[
  {title: 'Air-gapped deployment runbook', to: '/deployment-guide/air-gapped-operations/quick-start-runbook', description: 'High-level steps to deploy Mattermost in an air-gapped enclave.'},
  {title: 'Bill of Materials and Registry Mirroring', to: '/deployment-guide/air-gapped-operations/mirror-package-repositories', description: 'Internal package mirror + container registry.'},
  {title: 'FIPS / STIG container builds', to: '/deployment-guide/server/containers/fips-stig', description: 'Deploy the FIPS-compliant, STIG-hardened container image.'},
]} />

## Common tasks

<CardGrid columns={3} cards={[
  {title: 'Configure for Air-Gapped Operation', to: '/deployment-guide/air-gapped-operations/disable-phone-home-features', description: 'Server settings that depend on internet access.'},
  {title: 'CMMC compliance', to: '/security-guide/cmmc-compliance', description: 'CMMC 2.0 Level 2 requirement coverage.'},
  {title: 'Zero Trust architecture', to: '/security-guide/zero-trust', description: 'Mattermost in a Zero Trust deployment.'},
  {title: 'Application architecture', to: '/deployment-guide/application-architecture', description: 'Components and topology of a Mattermost deployment.'},
]} />

## Other personas

<CardGrid columns={3} cards={[
  {title: 'For SREs / platform operators', to: '/for/sre', description: 'General deployment, scaling, operations.'},
  {title: 'For security architects', to: '/for/security-architect', description: 'Authorization, control mappings, FIPS posture.'},
  {title: 'For compliance officers', to: '/for/compliance-officer', description: 'Audit evidence and regulatory mapping.'},
]} />