Getting started with the PointSav platform
The PointSav platform is an independently verifiable, operator-controlled software stack for commercial real estate intelligence, fleet management, and distributed compute (Correction, 2026-08-02: "sovereign" as a bare adjective is on this workspace's own Do-Not-Use list — see editorial-language-registers.md's own vocabulary-retirement table — and this audience: vendor-public article violated it). This guide orients new contributors and evaluators to the platform's main surfaces and the documentation structure.
Where to start
- Developer Platform — Developer Guide Catalog lists practical how-to guides grouped by task.
- Architecture — PPN Small-Business Compute and PPN VM Resource Pool Architecture introduce the compute substrate.
- Authorization model — Machine-Based Authorization describes pairing-as-permission, the device-identity model used across the platform.
- Data and GIS — GIS Orchestration Platform covers the location intelligence engine.
Prerequisites
- Access to a PointSav Private Network (PPN) node via pairing approval. See Machine-Based Authorization for the pairing model.
- Familiarity with command-line tooling. The platform has no graphical installer.
First steps
A task-oriented path to a working session, for an engineer opening the platform for the first time:
- Verify node access. Confirm the WireGuard tunnel is up and the fleet controller is reachable.
- Review the architecture overview. Read PPN Small-Business Compute for the three-node stack (fleet controller, per-node agent, tenant proxy).
- Create a VM. Issue a spawn request through the tenant proxy. See the operational guides in the Developer Guide Catalog.
- Access the console surface. The OS Console provides a terminal interface for provisioned VMs and platform management.
This article is a stub, merged 2026-08-03 with the former quick-start article (same onboarding purpose, overlapping content — see redirects.yaml and this file's aliases:). Full content is planned for a future session.