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Self-Hosting Guides

Everything you need to set up, secure, and maintain your OrOrbit server — written for humans, not sysadmins.

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Getting Started

Set up your OrOrbit server from scratch

Join a Server

2 min

Connect to an OrOrbit server and start chatting in under 2 minutes.

beginner

Set Up Your Server

10 min

Get your OrOrbit server running in under 10 minutes.

beginner
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Connectivity

Domains, tunnels, and network configuration

Pulsar Subdomain Setup

5 min

Get a free permanent address like my-server.ororbit.com with automatic HTTPS.

beginner Pulsar

Custom Domain Setup

30 min

Use your own domain with automatic HTTPS from Let's Encrypt. Decision factors, the four-step shape, and click-by-click setup for Cloudflare and Namecheap DNS.

intermediate ~$10/yr

Public Access — Tunnels, Reverse Proxy, ngrok

20 min

Make your server reachable when ports 80/443 aren't available — Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok, or your own reverse proxy with a custom cert.

intermediate

IP Masking — Hide Your Server IP

10 min

Protect your home IP address when self-hosting OrOrbit.

beginner