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Objectives

By completing the interactive quickstart, you will:
  • Create your first product from a Helm chart
  • Configure pricing for your marketplace
  • Deploy your product to a cluster
  • Make your product available for customers to purchase

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Prerequisites

  • A CNAP account (sign up at dash.cnap.tech)
  • A Stripe account (optional, for accepting payments)
  • Basic understanding of what you want to sell
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.

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Good to know

Understanding the basics of cloud infrastructure will help you get started quickly:
  • Server: A physical or virtual machine that runs your applications.
  • : A group of servers working together for reliability and scalability.
  • Cloud Instance: A virtual server provided by a cloud provider.
For more information:
No Kubernetes or DevOps expertise required – CNAP handles the infrastructure for you!
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., fsn1 for Falkenstein, Germany in Hetzner Cloud).
  • Deploying in multiple regions can provide redundancy and lower latency for global customers.
Helm charts are packages that simplify deploying and managing software on Kubernetes. When you create a product with Helm sources, CNAP automatically generates a versioned, self-contained package that combines all your sources into a single package.
  • Many popular applications already have Helm charts available.
  • CNAP automatically generates packages from your sources
  • Packages are versioned and self-contained (all dependencies bundled)
  • Advanced users can create custom charts for their own software
Explore:
To sell your software, you’ll need a payment provider. 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.
Get started:
  • You do not need to create a Stripe account before using CNAP.
  • Connect your Stripe account using the integrated button in the CNAP dashboard.

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What Happens Next

After completing the quickstart, your product is live on the Marketplace. Here’s how to start making money:

Simple Math to Your First Million

10 paying customers × 100/month=100/month = 1,000 MRR → $12K ARR → YOUR FIRST MICRO-SAAS

Then scale to 100 customers = 10KMRR→10K MRR → 120K ARR → LIFE-CHANGING INCOME

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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

Products

Learn how products work and what you can build

Marketplace

Customize your storefront and optimize for sales

Build Million-Dollar Products

Learn proven strategies for building profitable cloud products

Templates

Understand how templates power your products

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Need Help?

  • 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
CNAP is planning automatic server provisioning and management using cloud provider APIs. See our roadmap → for timeline and KaaS docs → for details.
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.