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Aviatrix Controller is the control plane of the Aviatrix platform. It centrally orchestrates gateway provisioning, routing policy, and cloud account management across your multicloud network. The Controller provides a full REST API and a certified Terraform provider that enable network and platform engineering teams to automate the deployment and lifecycle management of Aviatrix Transit Gateways, Spoke Gateways, and Edge Gateways. It maintains network state, drives gateway configuration, and distributes policy to the data plane across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). All gateways provisioned by the Controller remain within your own cloud accounts and network perimeter. Aviatrix CoPilot connects to the Controller to deliver operational visibility and day-2 management capabilities across your multicloud environment. The Controller handles gateway provisioning and policy control; CoPilot surfaces the resulting network telemetry, topology, and health data. To use CoPilot, you must have an operational Aviatrix Controller.

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Controller User Interface

Aviatrix CoPilot is the primary web-based management interface for the Aviatrix platform. Starting in Controller 10.1, the Controller also ships with a Controller UI for administrative break-glass access when CoPilot is unavailable, such as before CoPilot is deployed or during CoPilot downtime. For new deployments, use Launch Aviatrix or Terraform to deploy Controller and CoPilot together rather than the Controller UI. The Controller UI supports the following administrative tasks:
  • Deploying a new CoPilot instance
  • Backing up and restoring the Controller
  • Opening a remote support session
  • Resetting your password
For Controller functionality not yet available in CoPilot, click Legacy Controller UI to open the previous Controller UI at the /legacy/ path.
Aviatrix recommends performing configuration and monitoring tasks in CoPilot. Use the legacy Controller UI only when CoPilot is unavailable or does not yet support the task you need.

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Controller Deployment Model

The Controller is deployed as a virtual appliance and is available on AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI marketplaces. For information about base image releases that become available in the marketplaces, see the Aviatrix Controller Image Release Notes . For AWS and Azure deployments, the Launch Aviatrix guided experience at launch.aviatrix.com automates Controller and CoPilot provisioning, IAM configuration, security group setup, and initial platform integration. For Google Cloud and OCI, Terraform is the recommended deployment method. Aviatrix publishes certified modules for all supported cloud providers at the Terraform Registry. For information about sizing requirements, high availability, and deployment prerequisites, see Planning Your Controller Deployment .

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Controller Licensing and Trials

A valid license (customer ID) is required to activate Aviatrix Controller. You obtain the customer ID by subscribing to the Aviatrix Enterprise Contract offer in your cloud provider marketplace. See Aviatrix Licensing for information about the required marketplace offers and supported cloud providers. If you are interested in a trial of Aviatrix Controller, contact Aviatrix through the online form, or contact your Aviatrix Sales representative.

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Controller Product Guides

Controller product guides are as follows: