Choose a deployment

Compare the in-progress release-candidate topologies against what you are actually trying to run.

Nautilo currently has one packaged deployment engine: Docker Compose. It can run on the operator's machine or on a Linux host reached over SSH. Choose the smallest topology that gives your circle a Server it can actually own.

You want to…	Choose	Nautilo owns
Evaluate or run a private instance on one machine	Local Compose	The local Compose lifecycle
Run a persistent Server for a family, team, or other trusted circle	Linux Server over SSH	Compose on that host, reached through SSH
Connect to a Server operated elsewhere	`transport=remote`, `lifecycle=external`	The connection only—not deployment
Develop Nautilo itself	Builder documentation	A source-development environment, not a packaged install

Next: follow the operator quickstart.