Getting Started with nself Cloud

Getting Started with nself Cloud

This guide walks you from account creation to a running backend stack on Hetzner.

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1. Create an Account

Go to cloud.nself.org/signup.

You can sign up with:

• Email + password: a verification email is sent before your account activates
• Google: one click, no password needed
• GitHub: one click, no password needed

All accounts require confirming you are 13 or older (COPPA).

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2. Choose a Plan

After signup you are prompted to select a Cloud plan and connect a payment method via Stripe.

Plan	Monthly	Servers	Plugins
Starter	$5 + infra	1	31 free
Pro	$15 + infra	3	All pro
Elite	$29 + infra	10	All pro + email support

Infrastructure cost is billed by Hetzner at their published rates (CX11 = ~€4.51/mo).

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3. Provision a Server

From the dashboard, click Servers → New Server.

Fill in:

Field	Notes
Name	Slug used in the dashboard (alphanumeric, hyphens)
Region	Hetzner datacenter, fsn1 (Germany), nbg1 (Germany), hel1 (Finland), ash (USA), hil (USA)
Server type	cx11 (2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB) is the minimum; cx21 recommended for production
Plugins	Select plugin bundles to install at provision time

Click Provision. The dashboard polls for status updates. Provisioning takes 3-8 minutes:

1. Hetzner VM created
2. DNS A record added to your domain
3. SSH bootstrap runs: Docker installed, nself CLI installed
4. nself install runs with your chosen plugins
5. Let’s Encrypt certificate issued
6. Health check confirmed green

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4. Access Your Stack

Once provisioned, your server appears in the dashboard with:

• Domain: the URL your Hasura GraphQL endpoint is reachable at
• Health: live status (healthy / degraded / down)
• Services: list of running containers
• Logs: tail the last 200 lines from any service

Your nself CLI can also manage the remote stack locally:

nself remote add myserver https://my-server.example.com
nself remote use myserver
nself status

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5. Install Plugins After Provisioning

To add a plugin to a running server:

1. Dashboard → Servers → select your server
2. Click Plugins → Install Plugin
3. Choose the plugin, tier is checked against your active license
4. The dashboard triggers nself plugin install <name> via the SSH bridge

Or from the CLI:

nself remote use myserver
nself plugin install ai

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Next Steps

• Server Provisioning: advanced config: server types, custom domains, SSH keys
• Billing: invoices, metered usage, cancellation
• ɳTV Cloud MAX: activate the full media server