This is an optional offering. Once deployed, users are responsible for its maintenance and updates. Feel free to ask for feedback in the #peer-support channel on EWC RocketChat.
Pytroll is a modular, open-source Python framework for processing Earth observation satellite data.
It is designed for both research environments and operational (24/7) systems.
How to provision Pytroll Processing
Tenants onboarded to the EUMETSAT site prior to October 2025 support EWC-managed Deployment, as described below. For tenancies onboarded afterwards, you may deploy via the corresponding Community Hub Item on any of the available sites.
EWC-managed Deployment (EUMETSAT Tenants onboard prior to October 2025)
- Go to Provisioning → click Add Button
2. Select Pytroll Processing
3. Fill information for the machine and finalize provisioning
- plan: it depends on the amount of processing needed
- volumes: increase storage amount depending on your need and available resources
- network: private
- satellite data type: SEVIRI or FCI (currently)
- security-groups: ssh
Self-Service Deployment
Checkout the Community Hub Item.


