Platform Overview
Conncentric is a managed connectivity platform for financial markets. It connects your internal systems to external venues, counterparties, and data sources, handling session management, failover, and message transformation.
Architecture
Core Components
| Component | Role |
|---|---|
| Orchestrator | Stores configuration, manages session ownership, coordinates adapter pods |
| Adapters | Run live connections and execute the message pipeline |
| Portal | Web interface for configuration, monitoring, and operations |
| Plugin SDK | Extension system for adding custom protocols and business logic |
Protocol-Agnostic by Design
Protocols are delivered as plugins: self-contained packages that provide connectivity, configuration schemas, and monitoring UI. The platform ships with officially supported plugins for common financial market protocols. Custom protocols can be added through the Plugin SDK without modifying the platform itself.
See Supported Protocols for what ships out of the box, and the Plugin SDK for extending beyond it.
How Connections Work
You configure connections through the Portal:
- Define what to connect to: a trading venue, a message broker, a counterparty, or any custom endpoint
- Define how messages flow: filter, transform, enrich, and route through a visual pipeline
- Deploy: the platform handles session management, failover, and monitoring from there
Standard connections are configured through the Portal with no code required. Custom protocols and business logic are built by developers using the Plugin SDK.
Operational Capabilities
Every deployment includes:
- Automatic failover: if a server fails, another takes over the session. See HA and Disaster Recovery.
- Visual pipeline editor: route and transform messages without writing code. See Pipeline Designer.
- Metrics and logging: Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoints and structured JSON logs. See Metrics and Logging.
- SSO integration: authenticate through your existing identity provider via OIDC. See Authentication.
- Security: OIDC authentication, secrets management integration, and network isolation. See Security.