How-to guides

Each page walks one operator task end-to-end. Pick the closest match to what you're trying to do.

Where to start

Your reading order depends on how much of the fleet is already standing up:

When	What you'll do	Pages
Day 1 — first time	Stand up the server, enroll a single envoy, write and apply your first configcrate.	Install → Enroll an envoy → Write your first configcrate → Publish your config
Day 7 — basic ops	Auth, monitoring, remote access. The fleet now has more than one operator and more than a handful of envoys.	Set up auth → Set up Scrier → Set up monitoring
Day 30 — production	Compliance reporting, backups, host hardening, the swarm content subsystems. The fleet is doing real work for real stakeholders.	Compliance reporting → Back up and recover → Harden envoy secret memory → Set up Swarm → Set up Puddle → Set up Lockbox → Set up Gitback
Day 90 — scale and DR	Sizing the server host, spanner federation, disaster recovery, artifact distribution, network devices, custom subsystems.	Size a vigosrv host → Set up Spanner → Disaster recovery → Set up Curator → Set up Longdrawer → Set up network devices

The migration guides at the bottom are for coming from another config-management system — read them once when you start, not in the daily flow.

Troubleshoot common issues is symptom-keyed — search the page for the exact error string an envoy or session is producing and jump to its fix.

Verified on Vigo 0.51.6 · 2026-05-13.

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