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The dashboard is the single source of truth, and communicates tasks to the lab through the api. You can read the api spec on this page: Developer Documentation
The API is how the dashboard tells the lab about a booking from a user, and how the lab communicates information back to the user. To participate in LaaS as a lab, you need to implement your end of the API. The rest of the document describes the pre-built backend system that the LaaS project has built, but you are free to implement your own system if the pre-built one does not fit your needs.
Reference Architecture
Networking Requirements
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