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content/get-started/index.md

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 date: 2026-01-04
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+## Prepare a domain name
+
+Your wild cloud applications will be accessible on the internet through a domain name (like `mydomain.org`). When you install public applications on your wild cloud they will, by default, be made available on a subdomain of your domain (like `discourse.mydomain.org`).
+
+If you don't already have a domain name, we recommend registering one with [Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/). Currently, Wild Cloud requires Cloudflare features for automatic management of domain configuration and security certificates. You __can__ have your domain registered with any registrar, but you will need to use Cloudflare's DNS services for your domain. This is free and easy to set up.
+
+For now, just make sure you have a domain name ready and that your DNS is managed by Cloudflare. You will configure it in Wild Central later.
+
+## Gather your hardware
+
+To set up your wild cloud, you will need some basic hardware. Here are the minimum requirements:
+
+<div class="grid grid-cols-3 gap-4">
+  <div>
+    {{< figure
+        src="./flint2.jpg"
+        title="LAN Router"
+        caption="Your LAN router connects your local network to the internet."
+    >}}
+  </div>
+  <div>
+    {{< figure
+        src="./switch.jpg"
+        class=""
+        title="A network switch"
+        caption="A network switch is used to connect multiple devices on your local network."
+    >}}
+  </div>
+  <div>
+    {{< figure
+        src="./wild-central.jpg"
+        title="Wild Central"
+        caption="Wild Central is the heart of your wild cloud, running on an inexpensive computer like a Raspberry Pi."
+    >}}
+  </div>
+  <div>
+    {{< figure
+        src="./micro-pc.jpg"
+        title="Inexpensive computer"
+        caption="You'll need at least six additional computers (three control nodes and three worker nodes)."
+    >}}
+  </div>
+  <div>
+    {{< figure
+        src="./ups.jpg"
+        title="An uninterruptible power supply (UPS)"
+        caption="A UPS helps keep your wild cloud running during short power outages."
+    >}}
+  </div>
+</div>
+
 ## Set up Wild Central
 
-- Set up your Wild Central
-  - Machine
-  - Wild Central softare install
+The heart of your wild cloud is _Wild Central_, an inexpensive computer that runs on your local network that helps you set up and manage your wild cloud. Wild Central can be set up on an inexpensive computer (around $100USD), like a Raspberry Pi. My Wild Central looks like this:
+
+![Wild Central](./wild-central.jpg)
+
+Wild Central does several things for you:
+
+- Helps you set up one or more wild clouds on your network.
+- Handles internal networking for your cloud. Wild Central allows computers on your network to find the internal apps deployed on your cloud.
+- Handles external networking for your cloud. Traffic will be routed from the internet, through your LAN router, to Wild Central, and then to the appropriate app on your cloud.
+- Allows you to install apps from the Wild Directory to your cloud with a few clicks.
+- Monitors the health of your cloud and notifies you if something goes wrong.
+
+After you set up Wild Central, it runs on your network without a display or keyboard. You access it on your network through any web browser. Although you can install Wild Cloud on any computer, it is best to have a standalone device as Wild Central needs to be always on.
+
+Setting up Wild Central:
+
+- Prepare a machine for Wild Central. This can be a Raspberry Pi or any other inexpensive computer running Ubuntu Linux.
+- Download and install the Wild Central software on your machine.
+- Access Wild Central through your web browser.
+
+## Set up your networking
+
+Once Wild Central is set up, you need to instruct your LAN router (the device that connects your local network to the internet) to use Wild Central in two ways:
+
+- Forward incoming web traffic (HTTP and HTTPS) to Wild Central. This allows external users to access the public apps deployed on your wild cloud.
+- Use Wild Central as the DNS server for your network. This allows devices on your network to find the internal apps deployed on your wild cloud.
+
+![LAN router-Flint 2](./flint2.jpg)
+
+![Network switch](./switch.jpg)
 
 ## Set up your cloud
 
+![Nodes](./micro-pc.jpg)
+
+
 - Create your Wild Cloud instance
-  - Domain setup
-    - Get your domain name
-    - Wild Central DNS
   - Set up your control nodes
   - Set up your worker nodes
   - Install services