Running Urbit

Urbit can be run in a variety of contexts. Our Getting Started Guide covers how to run an Urbit locally on your computer; this section covers alternative ways of running Urbit.

Cloud Hosting

This guide covers the provisioning and setup of a cloud server in Digital Ocean running your Urbit. This enables your Urbit to be accessed from anywhere.

Self-hosting S3 Storage

This guide walks you through the process of setting up a self-hosted S3-compatible MinIO instance for use with your ship.