Self-host mechanics

Planned — not available yet Status: Planned — not available yet. This page is a target contract with tested bootstrap mechanics inside it. No supported self-hosted Nitsor product is published.

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What nitsor up starts today

The command does not start a Nitsor application image. It therefore cannot satisfy the product-level self-host acceptance gate by itself.

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Tested mechanics

Non-interactive setup currently requires bring-your-own OpenID Connect issuer, client identifier, and client secret. A supported local-password identity target is not implemented.

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Distribution boundary

The command and installer mechanics exist in tested source, but the release pipeline does not publish the required package and image targets. Copy-and-paste installation examples, curl | sh, unpublished image names, service-level claims, and hosted-versus-self-host parity claims remain forbidden.

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Acceptance gaps

Before this can be called a supported self-hosted product, require a versioned package, verifiable integrity, a complete dependency list, identity setup, secret handling, storage and backup behavior, upgrade and rollback procedures, logs and metrics, a settled licence, and an end-to-end deployment test.

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Common mistakes and limits

• A healthy dependency stack is not a healthy Nitsor product.
• An immutable image reference does not prove the image is publicly available.
• Repeat-safe generation is not an upgrade policy.
• Bring-your-own identity settings are not a complete identity lifecycle.
• This target contract is not a service-level commitment.

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Next step

Use Deployment and security to build the broader evidence request, or review the nitsor up command boundary. For which capabilities the product site places in the self-hostable tier and which it does not, see Pricing; that is a commercial position, not a statement that a self-hosted deployment is available.

Outcome	Evaluate the tested bootstrap mechanics without assuming they start a supported Nitsor application.
Availability	Planned — not available yet
Audience	Platform engineers, Security teams, Technical leaders
Prerequisites	Read Deployment and security; Identify your identity, storage, backup, and recovery requirements
Last verified	2026-08-23