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Nubo Agents let you run your applications on your own machines instead of our managed cloud. You get the same deployment experience (git push, build, deploy) but the workload runs on hardware you control.

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How it works

An agent is a lightweight binary that runs on your server. It connects back to Nubo and waits for work. When you deploy a Frame to an agent, the build and the runtime both happen on your machine. Here’s what happens when you deploy:
  1. You create a Frame in Nubo and pick which agent should run it
  2. Nubo sends the work down to your agent
  3. The agent builds your app and starts it on your server
  4. Your Frame is served at its own subdomain on your domain, or at a custom domain you attach
  5. Build logs stream back to the Nubo dashboard in real time

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When to use agents

Agents are a good fit when you:
  • Need to run workloads on specific hardware (GPUs, high memory, etc.)
  • Want to keep data on-premise for compliance reasons
  • Already have servers and want to use them
  • Want more control over the runtime environment
If none of that applies, our managed infrastructure works out of the box with no setup.

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What you’ll need

  • A Linux or macOS machine (the installer sets up the tools the agent needs: git, Docker, the Cloud Native Buildpacks pack CLI, and Caddy)
  • A domain with a wildcard DNS record pointing to your server (for Frame subdomains)
  • A Nubo account

Get started

Set up your first agent in a few minutes

Custom domains

Serve a Frame at your own hostname