Advanced Topics
Deep dives into performance, clustering, and customization
What’s in This Section?
This section covers advanced operational topics for users who need to optimize performance, scale to multiple nodes, customize algorithms, or extend TrustGraph’s functionality.
This Section is For:
- Performance engineers optimizing TrustGraph deployments
- Platform architects designing large-scale systems
- Advanced operators managing complex deployments
- Developers building custom extensions
Not What You Need?
- Just getting started? → Begin with Getting Started
- Deploying for first time? → See Deployment
- Learning the basics? → Read Overview
Prerequisites
Before diving into advanced topics:
✅ You should have:
- Successfully deployed TrustGraph (see Getting Started)
- Basic understanding of TrustGraph architecture (see Overview)
- Completed at least one workflow (see How-to Guides)
⚠️ These topics assume:
- Familiarity with distributed systems
- Knowledge of Kubernetes (for clustering topics)
- Understanding of performance profiling
- Experience with system administration
Advanced Topics
Work in Progress Most advanced topics are planned for future releases. Check back or contribute!
Extending TrustGraph
Build custom functionality - Develop custom processors, algorithms, and plugins.
Planned content includes:
- Custom processor development
- Plugin architecture
- Service extension patterns
- Integration hooks
When you need this: Building custom extraction logic, integrating proprietary systems, or adding new capabilities.
Performance Tuning
Optimize for speed and throughput - Techniques for improving TrustGraph performance.
Planned content includes:
- Resource allocation tuning
- Query optimization
- Batch processing configuration
- Caching strategies
- Database tuning
When you need this: Processing large document sets, handling high query volumes, or optimizing resource usage.
Clustering
Multi-node deployment - Scale TrustGraph across multiple nodes for high availability and load distribution.
Planned content includes:
- Multi-node architecture
- Load balancing
- Service distribution
- State management
- Failover configuration
When you need this: Scaling beyond single-node capacity, achieving high availability, or distributing workload.
Backup & Restore
Data protection - Strategies for backing up and restoring TrustGraph data.
Planned content includes:
- Backup strategies
- Data export/import
- Point-in-time recovery
- Incremental backups
- Backup automation
When you need this: Protecting production data, migrating between environments, or disaster recovery planning.
Disaster Recovery
Business continuity - Planning and implementing disaster recovery for TrustGraph.
Planned content includes:
- DR strategy planning
- RTO/RPO considerations
- Failover procedures
- Recovery testing
- Geo-redundancy
When you need this: Production deployments requiring business continuity guarantees.
Custom Algorithms
Algorithm development - Implementing custom entity extraction and relationship discovery algorithms.
Planned content includes:
- Algorithm development framework
- Entity extraction customization
- Relationship discovery
- Custom ranking algorithms
- Integration with TrustGraph pipeline
When you need this: Domain-specific extraction requirements or specialized knowledge graph construction.
Topic Roadmap
Available Now
Currently, most advanced topics are in planning. The community welcomes contributions!
Coming Soon
- Performance Tuning basics
- Extending TrustGraph patterns
- Backup & Restore procedures
Future Plans
- Complete clustering guide
- Disaster recovery playbooks
- Custom algorithm development
- Advanced monitoring
- Multi-region deployment
When to Use Advanced Topics
Start Here If…
| Your Situation | Relevant Topic |
|---|---|
| TrustGraph is too slow | Performance Tuning |
| Need high availability | Clustering |
| Building custom features | Extending TrustGraph |
| Planning for failures | Disaster Recovery |
| Need data backups | Backup & Restore |
| Domain-specific extraction | Custom Algorithms |
Don’t Start Here If…
- ❌ You haven’t deployed TrustGraph yet → Getting Started
- ❌ You don’t understand basic concepts → Overview
- ❌ You’re looking for common tasks → How-to Guides
- ❌ You need API documentation → Reference
Contributing to Advanced Topics
Many advanced topics are currently placeholders. We welcome contributions from the community!
How to contribute:
- Review Contributing Guidelines
- Check existing content and identify gaps
- Share your expertise with the community
- Submit pull requests with documentation
Especially valuable:
- Real-world performance tuning experiences
- Clustering deployment lessons learned
- Custom extension examples
- Backup/restore procedures you’ve tested
Getting Help with Advanced Topics
Community Resources
- Discord - Ask advanced questions in community channels
- GitHub Discussions - Share your use cases and solutions
- GitHub Issues - Report advanced configuration issues
Documentation
- Troubleshooting - Operational issues
- Reference - Technical specifications
- Examples - Working code samples
Professional Support
For enterprise deployments needing advanced configurations, consider:
- Community consulting partnerships
- Contributing your requirements to the roadmap
- Participating in working groups
Next Steps
Not Finding What You Need?
- Check if it’s in another section:
- How-to Guides for task instructions
- Reference for technical specs
- Deployment for setup guides
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Search the documentation (Ctrl+K)
- Ask the community:
- Getting Help
- Discord community
- GitHub Discussions
- Contribute:
- Share your advanced use cases
- Document your solutions
- Help build these guides
Have advanced TrustGraph experience? We’d love your contributions! See Contributing to get started.