Getting Started
Quickstart
Sell and host your software in minutes
Get your software products live and ready for customers in under 10 minutes. CNAP handles the infrastructure complexity so you can focus on what matters - building and selling great software.
Start Interactive Quickstart
The interactive onboarding is the fastest path towards your first sale.
Good to know
Basic Cloud Concepts
Basic Cloud Concepts
Understanding the basics of cloud infrastructure will help you get started quickly:
- Server: A physical or virtual machine that runs your applications.
- Cluster: A group of servers working together for reliability and scalability.
- Cloud Instance: A virtual server provided by a cloud provider.
No Kubernetes or DevOps expertise required – CNAP handles the infrastructure for you!
Cloud Regions
Cloud Regions
Cloud regions let you organize your infrastructure by geographical location. Choosing the right region can improve performance for and help meet data residency requirements of your customers.
- Regions are typically named by location (e.g.,
fsn1for Falkenstein, Germany in Hetzner Cloud). - Deploying in multiple regions can provide redundancy and lower latency for global customers.
Helm Charts
Helm Charts
Helm charts are packages that simplify deploying and managing software on Kubernetes. They define all the resources needed for your application, ensuring that installation and upgrades are smooth. CNAP takes care of deploying and synchronizing your product’s chart along with any customer-supplied values to the appropriate cluster and namespace, eliminating the associated overhead.
- Many popular applications already have Helm charts available.
- Advanced users can create custom charts for their own software.
Stripe Payment Provider
Stripe Payment Provider
To sell your software, you’ll need a payment provider. Stripe is a widely used solution for accepting payments online.
- Setting up a Stripe account is quick and allows you to securely accept payments.
- CNAP integrates with Stripe to help you monetize your products.
- You do not need to create a Stripe account before using CNAP.
- Connect your Stripe account using the integrated button in the CNAP dashboard.
Manual Quickstart Steps
Prefer a step-by-step walkthrough? The manual guide shows you exactly how to launch your product from start to finish with the CNAP dashboard.
Continue Building and Selling
You’re set up for success! Your product is live on the Marketplace. Here’s how to start making money:Simple Math to Your First Million
10 paying customers × 1,000 MRR → $12K ARR → YOUR FIRST MICRO-SAAS
Then scale to 100 customers = 120K ARR → LIFE-CHANGING INCOME
Next Steps to Revenue
Customize Your Marketplace
Brand your storefront and optimize for customer conversion
Learn Proven Success Strategies
Study how to turn software into million-dollar businesses
Add More Products
Expand your catalog with additional software offerings
Scale Your Operations
Grow your infrastructure as customer demand increases
Focus on What Matters Most
With CNAP handling infrastructure complexity, you can focus on activities that directly generate revenue. Successful cloud-native businesses prioritize solving painful customer problems over building infrastructure. They ship features quickly to get from idea to paying customers in days rather than months. Smart pricing means charging $50-100+ monthly for base plans since most successful products price based on value delivered. Finally, targeting specific business segments allows you to serve companies with expensive, specific problems they’ll pay premium rates to solve.Revenue tip: B2B products typically generate more revenue with fewer customers than B2C
products. Focus on business problems worth $100+ per month to solve.
Need Help?
Server not connecting to CNAP
Server not connecting to CNAP
- Check that the machine has internet connectivity - Verify the setup
command was copied correctly - Ensure you’re running the command as root
(with
sudo) - Wait 2-3 minutes for the connection to establish
Want automated server management?
Want automated server management?
CNAP is planning automatic server provisioning and management using cloud provider APIs. See our
roadmap → for timeline and KaaS docs → for details.
Have existing infrastructure?
Have existing infrastructure?
You can connect existing Kubernetes clusters to CNAP instead of creating new
ones. Import guide →
Pro tip: Start with one server and add more as your customer base grows. CNAP makes it easy to
scale your infrastructure without any downtime.