> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cts-docs.cosmos.network/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Evaluation Environment

> A single Docker image that runs the complete Issuance stack end to end, in your own environment.

The evaluation environment is a single, self-contained Docker image. One command
brings up the complete stack, from core ledger through the CTS adapter to the
digital ledger and back, with the user interface on `localhost:3000`.

## What the image contains

The image runs all three process groups described in
[Integration Architecture](/banking-core-integrations/architecture):

| Group                | In the evaluation image                                                                                    |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Banking systems      | A reference core ledger with its database, and a frontend simulating bank-operator and end-user interfaces |
| CTS adapter          | The API server: the bank-agnostic engine plus the reference core adapter                                   |
| Digital ledger stack | The private EVM chain, the CTS and IBC contracts deployed on it, and the IBC relaying components           |

The Cosmos Tokenization Suite ships as compiled binaries inside the image. A
setup and deployment guide ships with it.

## What it is for

The environment exercises the full path end to end: tokenize core transactions,
watch the mapping and reconciliation behave, move value through the
[transaction flows](/cts-issuance/transaction-flows), and inspect the
[camt.054 messages](/banking-core-integrations/iso-20022) on the way through.

It is the most concrete reference for how the components are wired, because it
is the components, wired. See [Architecture](/what-is-cts/architecture) for the
deployment models.

<Note>
  Access to the evaluation image, its version cadence, and production sizing
  guidance still need to be documented. Contact [sales@cosmoslabs.io](mailto:sales@cosmoslabs.io) for the image
  and the setup guide.
</Note>

## Related

* [Getting Started](/what-is-cts/getting-started) for the configuration flow
* [Transaction Flows](/cts-issuance/transaction-flows)