Quickstart

Get started with Hippo in three easy steps.

1. Install CLI tools
2. Boot Hippo
3. Deploy your first application

For this quickstart, you will run the components of Hippo, create a hello world application, and then run it on Hippo. This quickstart is broken into two parts:

This guide will help you set up a cluster suitable for evaluation, development and testing.

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• Git
• .NET 5
• Rust

If you are writing applications in Rust, make sure to have the wasm32-wasi target available:

$ rustup target add wasm32-wasi

Step 1: Install CLI Tools

Our first step begins here by installing the CLI tools.

Step 2: Boot Hippo

There are many ways to boot and install Hippo. You may choose to get up and running in a cloud environment, or locally on your laptop.

If you would like to test on your local machine, follow our guide for [running locally]({« relref “boot.md” >}}).

Step 3: Deploy your First Application

Last but not least, register a user and deploy your first application.

Next Steps

The beginner tutorial ends here. In the meantime, you might want to check out some pointers on where to go from here.