Set up a ready-made Starter machine
You bought a machine around 16 GB RAM, 4 cores, 500 GB SSD. Here's how to get it running your game servers.
1.Came with a claim card?
Machines from a Certified Builder come preloaded, with a claim code on a card in the box. You don't need anything below.
Sign in to Warp View, enter the claim code, then plug the machine into power and your router. It connects itself to your account within a few minutes.
2.No claim card: check the operating system
If the machine came with Windows or no operating system, install Ubuntu Server first (next step). If it already runs Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 or Debian 12, skip ahead.
3.Install Ubuntu Server
Download Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS and write it to a USB stick (balenaEtcher or Rufus both work).
Boot the machine from the stick and install with the defaults. Turn on the OpenSSH server when asked, so you can reach the machine from your own computer.
Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian 12 work too.
4.Put it on your network
Plug it into your router with an Ethernet cable; Wi-Fi works, but game servers are happier wired.
In your router's settings, reserve an IP address for the machine so it keeps the same one.
Players reach it through your internet connection. The installer opens the machine's own firewall; if your router needs port forwarding, Warp View shows which ports once the machine is connected.
5.Connect it to Warp View
On the machine, run the command below. It installs Docker and the game server agent, creates the machine's TLS key (which never leaves it), and joins it to your account.
The token in the command works once and expires in 30 minutes. Running the command again later is safe: a connected machine is never connected twice.
Run one command on the machine and it joins your account.
Coming soon: in final testing6.Check it's online
Within a minute the machine shows as online in Warp View. Then start a server: type what you want to play and how many people are coming.