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Installing Paduraksa

The install guide moved into the documentation site's pages, one task each, so that every fact has one home. This page is the map from the old sections to them.

Start with Getting started.

Section of the old install guide Now
Docker, the compose file, ports, capabilities, bind mounts Running with Docker
The setup token, trusting the local CA root, the first sign-in Getting started
List settings (AdminAllowedSources and others) Server settings
UDP and HTTP/3 TLS and certificates
Exposing the admin Exposing the admin port
Connection floods and slow clients Connections, limits and client addresses and Server settings
WebSockets and event streams, HTTPS upstreams Upstreams
Where things live Running with Docker
Backups Backups and restore
Exporting and importing the config Export and import
Logs, the access log, metrics, analytics, notifications Logs, metrics and notifications
MCP (AI assistants) MCP
Upgrading Upgrading
Changing the master key The master key
Health Health endpoints
Checking the host (paduraksa doctor) The command line
Bare metal Bare metal (systemd)

The master key

The master key opens the vault, and the dashboard links here from the Overview when the key is stored beside it. The page for it is The master key: where it is read from, how to move it out of the data directory, and how to change it.