Prepare your host
Use Ubuntu Server locally or on a cloud VM. SafetyRouter ships with a node preparation script for Docker, Caddy, firewall rules, and hardened defaults.
sudo bash scripts/prep-node.shGET STARTED
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Run it in your office, deploy it to your cloud, or ask us to operate it for you.
Configure and launch
Create the environment file, add provider credentials, choose allowed models, and start the isolated services.
cp .env.example .env
$EDITOR .env
docker compose up -d --buildCreate a SafetyRouter key
Sign in to the tenant portal, create an API-key identity, give it useful project tags, and copy the key once.
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://your-company.safetyrouter.io/v1
OPENAI_API_KEY=sr_live_...