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Flying Circus Operator鈥檚 Manual

Welcome to the Flying Circus documentation. This guide covers the platform architecture, application deployment instructions, and reference documentation for the NixOS-based cloud platform, all managed components (roles), and all associated infrastructure services.

Documentation Overview

Explore our core guides, infrastructure concepts, and self-service capabilities:

Topic Highlights & Quick Links
馃殌 Getting Started First Steps & Tutorial 路 Application Deployments 路 User Accounts & SSH
鈿欙笍 Infrastructure & Core Virtual Machines 路 Dual-Interface Networking 路 Block Storage 路 Backups
鈽侊笍 Self-Service Object Storage (S3-Compatible) 路 AI & Machine Learning (LLM-API, Open WebUI etc.) 路 Portal (my.flyingcircus.io)
馃摝 Managed Components Components (roles) are preconfigured, automated service modules managed by Flying Circus. Ready-to-use environments for e.g. PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, Kubernetes (k3s), NGINX, Redis, OpenSearch, and more.

Platform Editions & Releases

Our supported release window covers three versions aligned with NixOS upstream:

  • Stable: The latest official NixOS release. For detailed migration paths and release history, see the Platform What's new and Upgrades.

  • Sunsetting: The two prior releases without upstream support, maintained as an extended grace period for upgrades.

Tip: Use the version selector in the top-right navigation to switch to the documentation matching your deployed release.

Support & Operations

Need help with your setup or running into an issue? Whether it's a general question, daily project chat via Matrix, or an urgent production incident, find all contact channels, SLA response times, and emergency hotline details in our Support Guide.