Heads-up: This step assumes you finished Step 3 (kernel headers, Rust, WireGuard, .env, and the systemd unit).

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1 – Clone the Sources

git clone https://github.com/Dstack-TEE/meta-dstack.git
cd meta-dstack

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2 – Visual Walk-through

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2.1 Connect to Your Server

Action
SSH into the host
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Accept the fingerprint
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Confirm WireGuard installed
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2.2 Prepare the Build Environment

Action
Install Rust (rustup)
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Finish rustup setup
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Clone meta-dstack
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Generate local build config
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2.3 Build dstack Binaries

Inside the repo: 
./build.sh hostcfg          # host configuration
./build.sh dl <domain>      # gateway helper
./build.sh guest            # guest agent
Command
./build.sh hostcfg
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./build.sh dl …
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./build.sh guest
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3 – Start Core Services

# 1. Key-management service
./target/release/dstack-kms --config kms.toml
# 2. Gateway
./target/release/dstack-gateway --config gateway.toml
# 3. Virtual-machine manager
./target/release/dstack-vmm --config vmm.toml
Action
Start kms
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Start gateway
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Start vmm
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Open VMM UI
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Verify components
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Ready to deploy
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✅ Next Step: Deploy Your First Application

By now you’ve successfully built and started all the core dstack components. Your dstack cluster is now ready to deploy confidential applications. To continue with deploying your first application, visit: dstack Deployment Walkthrough