Nostr

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Prerequisites
• Deployment

Introduction

Nostr is a decentralized network protocol for a distributed social networking system. The name is an acronym for "Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays". It was designed with goals of censorship-resistance in mind.

Prerequisites

• Make sure you have a wallet
• From the sidebar click on Applications
• Click on Nostr

Deployment

• Enter a name for your deployment or keep the default name

• Select a capacity package:

  • Small: {cpu: 1, memory: 2, diskSize: 25 }
  • Medium: {cpu: 2, memory: 4, diskSize: 50 }
  • Large: {cpu: 4, memory: 16, diskSize: 100 }
  • Or choose a Custom plan

• Choose the network

  • Public IPv4 flag gives the virtual machine a Public IPv4
  • Public IPv6 flag gives the virtual machine a Public IPv6
  • Planetary Network flag gives the virtual machine an Yggdrasil address
  • Mycelium flag gives the virtual machine a Mycelium address

• Dedicated flag to retrieve only dedicated nodes

• Certified flag to retrieve only certified nodes

• Choose the node

  • Automated

    • Choose the location of the node

      • Region
      • Country
      • Farm Name

    • Click on Load Nodes

    • Click on the node you want to deploy on

  • Manual selection
    • Select a specific node ID

• Choose a domain

  • Use a custom domain by enabling Custom Domain
  • Choose a gateway domain for your instance

• Click Deploy

After deployment, you can see a list of all your deployed instances.

To access the Nostr instance, click on the Actions button called Visit.