# Ansible Receptor documentation

Receptor is an overlay network intended to ease the distribution of work across a large and dispersed collection of workers. Receptor nodes establish peer-to-peer connections with each other via existing networks. Once connected, the receptor mesh provides datagram (UDP-like) and stream (TCP-like) capabilities to applications, as well as robust unit-of-work handling with resiliency against transient network failures.

- Installation guide
- User guide
  - Using Receptor
  - Connecting nodes
  - Interacting with nodes
  - Workceptor
  - Kubernetes work
  - TLS support
  - Firewall Rules
  - Support for Edge Networks
- Developer guide
  - Testing
  - Source code
- Contributor guide
  - Code of conduct
  - Contributing
  - Release process