What is eryph and how does it work?

eryph is your local cloud platform where VMs inherit configurations from parent templates called genes. This inheritance system enables cloud-speed deployments (90% faster) for development, testing, staging, training, and POC environments. VMs can evolve and improve over time, with fixes in parent templates automatically benefiting all child VMs. Get cloud-like capabilities on your own infrastructure.

How does eryph compare to VMware for dev/test environments?

eryph offers no per-VM licensing fees while VMware prices have increased 200-500%. Your local cloud provides cloud-speed deployments (minutes vs hours or days), inheritance-based VM management, and cloud-like capabilities on your infrastructure. Teams typically save 8+ hours monthly and achieve break-even in 6 weeks.

What are the main benefits of VMs that inherit from each other?

VM inheritance reduces setup time from hours to a few minutes, ensures consistency across environments, preserves institutional knowledge when team members leave, enables continuous improvement where fixes automatically propagate, and eliminates repetitive configuration work.

How do I get started with eryph?

Download the eryph App for Windows from www.eryph.io/get-started. Install and configure your first project using the setup wizard. Create VMs using the GUI wizard or browse the Genepool for pre-configured templates. Deploy your first VM in a few minutes.

What types of workloads can I run on my local cloud with eryph?

Your local cloud with eryph excels at development environments, testing and QA, staging environments, training labs, POC and demo environments, and simple infrastructure without clustering complexity like branch offices. Get cloud-like agility while keeping data on your infrastructure.

Does eryph support both Windows and Linux VMs?

Yes, eryph runs on Windows hosts (using Hyper-V) and can create both Windows and Linux VMs. The gene system works with any operating system, and the Genepool includes templates for Ubuntu, Windows Server, and other popular systems.

How do I get started with eryph?

Download eryph App for Windows to create your local cloud in a few minutes with GUI wizard or PowerShell automation. Get cloud-speed deployments on your infrastructure.

Why should I use eryph instead of traditional VM management?

eryph saves 90% setup time with VM inheritance, eliminates per-VM licensing, preserves team knowledge, and saves teams 8+ hours every month.

What features does the eryph platform offer?

eryph offers VM inheritance (gene system), GUI and PowerShell interfaces, Genepool template library, catlet specifications, and infrastructure as code.

How quickly can I deploy my first VM with eryph?

Deploy your first VM in under 10 minutes. Download eryph, run the installer, configure your project, and use templates from the Genepool.

What problems does eryph solve?

eryph solves VM setup delays (hours to minutes), lost configurations when team members leave, and high VMware licensing costs (200-500% increases) for development and testing environments.

Why should teams switch to eryph?

Teams save 90% setup time, preserve configurations when staff leaves, eliminate per-VM licensing costs, and save 8+ hours every month on VM deployments.

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ReBuild fast.Evolve.

Your local cloud for dev, test, staging & POC. Cloud-speed deployments on your infrastructure.

50 → 5 minutes. How?↓

Save 90% of VM setup time. Fix once, everyone inherits the solution. That's evolution.

5min

Deploy Time

90%

Faster Setup

8+hours/mo

Time Saved

Runs on Windows

Build Windows & Linux VMs

Windows Powershell

PS C:\> gc my-vm.yaml | New-Catlet

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How much time did your team waste this week?

Your best people spend hours on setups while teams wait. Time to automate what experts know.

Hours setting up VMs

Deploy in minutes

Lost configurations

Captured expertise

Waiting for environments

Self-service deployment

Environment drift

Perfect consistency

Local cloud platform

Cloud Capabilities. Your Control.

Deploy VMs in minutes with cloud-like automation on your infrastructure. Templates inherit and evolve through the gene system, turning your expertise into reusable building blocks.

Project isolation keeps teams from stepping on each other
Storage pools and virtual networks work like the cloud
Templates inherit improvements - fix once, benefit everywhere
Your expertise becomes code that can't walk out the door

Perfect for Windows development teams

Who uses eryph

Teams spinning up environments in minutes, not hours.

Development Teams

Developers productive on day one

Complete dev stack pre-configured
No setup questions, just code

IT Teams

Infrastructure ready when needed

Spin up test environments in minutes
Standardized templates across teams

QA Teams

Identical test environments every time

Exact production replicas for every tester
Eliminate "works on my machine" forever

Sales Engineers

Demo environments that always work

Complete stack ready for any demo
Never touch production systems

For Windows Infrastructure

Windows expertise meets modern DevOps

Use what you know. Build what you need.

Windows Native

Runs on Windows with Hyper-V

Built-in hypervisor, no extra licensing needed

PowerShell Native

Automate everything with familiar commands

Windows & Linux VMs

Create any environment your team needs

DevOps Ready

Infrastructure as Code

YAML configurations for version-controlled infrastructure

Git-based Collaboration

Share configurations and templates across teams

Template Building

eryph-packer for custom template creation

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Cloud Experience on Your Hardware

eryph-zero brings cloud-like agility to dev, test, staging, and POC environments.

Perfect if you:

• Waste time on VM setup
• Lose configs when people leave
• Need standardization without complexity

Your local cloud offers:

• Cloud-speed deployments (5 min)
• Single-host simplicity
• Full control & data sovereignty

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Understanding eryph Terminology

A few key concepts that make eryph unique

Gene

A building block template that can inherit from others

Think of it like: Docker layers but for full VMs. Each gene adds or modifies something specific.

Catlet

Your running VM built from genes

Why "catlet"? Cat + let = small, agile VM. It's what you deploy and work with.

Geneset

Versioned collection of genes

Like Docker tags: latest, v1.0, stable. Makes it easy to use specific versions.

Genepool

Community marketplace for VM templates

Your starting point: Browse ready-made templates or share your own creations.

These concepts enable VMs that inherit, evolve, and share knowledge across your organization.

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