---
title: "Outpost"
description: "The meinGPT Outpost — a desktop application for Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon) and Linux that makes local files usable with device-controlled release"
canonical_url: "https://meingpt.com/en/docs/integrations/vault"
language: en
---

# Outpost

The **meinGPT Outpost** makes files usable that must not leave your building — what it is, what you manage in meinGPT, and what happens on the machine is in the [Outpost overview](/en/docs/admin-guide/outposts).

### [Outpost overview](/en/docs/admin-guide/outposts)

What an Outpost is, system requirements, release levels, allowances.

### [Set up an Outpost](/en/docs/integrations/vault/deployment)

Prepare the machine, install the app, pair it, release folders.

### [How it works](/en/docs/integrations/vault/how-it-works)

### [Architecture](/en/docs/integrations/vault/architecture)

### [Security](/en/docs/integrations/vault/security)

### [Data sources](/en/docs/integrations/vault/sources)

### [Console & operations](/en/docs/integrations/vault/operations)

### [Moving off the previous generation](/en/docs/integrations/vault/deployment/migration)

From the container-based Outpost to the desktop application.