Getting Started

Axern runs isolated workloads behind one public gateway. Start with Docker Compose to evaluate the complete control plane and node runtime on one machine, then use the same CLI context and SDK model with a Kubernetes install.

What you need

Docker with Compose v2
GNU Make, curl, OpenSSL, and SSH tooling
A Linux host, or Docker Desktop on macOS

The release quickstart downloads versioned multi-architecture images and a checksummed CLI. It does not require Go, Rust, Python, or Node.js toolchains.

Pick a path

Goal	Start here
Evaluate Axern locally	Compose Quickstart
Learn product commands	Axern CLI
Build an application	SDK overview
Run agent evaluations	Axrun managed rollouts
Install on Kubernetes	Helm chart guide