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Provisioning a Fedimint Guardian Server

Launch a Guardian on Clovyr​

Go to https://clovyr.app/tags/fedimint and click Launch on the Guardian card.

Launch Fedimint Guardian

Clovyr does not require any personal information or signup to initally provision a server and offers free hosting for the first week. After that week, you'll have to create an account then pay with Bitcoin or a credit card. See the Clovyr Account Guide for a step by step walkthrough.

Server Options​

You can use all the default configuration options and click "Review", or you can customize:

  1. Hosting On: We recommend just using the ClovyrHost option for the free trial, automatic backup, and better privacy, but if you're technical feel free to use Clovyr's support for running against your Linode, Digital Ocean, or AWS account. For this guide we'll be using ClovyrHost.
  2. Custom Domain Name: You can set a custom domain name for your guardian server, but it's not recommended as you'll only need it for reviewing your guardian dashboard after setup. Clovyr's autogenerated domains already handle TLS and are secure, so you don't need to worry about setting up your own domain.
  3. Optional Settings: Clovyr lets you set some of the federation meta options here, but we'll be configuring these in the Fedimint Setup Ceremony.

Review and Launch​

Once you've reviewed the configuration, click Launch to provision your server.

Review and Launch

This will take a couple of minutes to spin up the server and install the Fedimint software.

Waiting Fedimint Guardian Screen

warning

If you're using the free trial, do not close the browser tab until the server is deployed and you see the Success card and Open button! Clovyr uses the local browser storage to keep track of the server if you don't have an account, so if you close the tab before the server is deployed you'll lose the server and have to start over.

Open the Guardian UI​

Once the server is deployed, click Open to open the Guardian UI. This will open a new tab with the Guardian Setup Page. Continue to the Fedimint Setup guide for Leader Guardians, Follower Guardians, or Solo Guardians (devs only) to complete the setup ceremony.

Guardian Setup Page