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. 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 orientation covers where to start and the prerequisites for a first working session; a fuller walkthrough of the platform's surfaces is not yet written.