Durantic User Documentation

Welcome to the Durantic user documentation. This guide covers everything you need to get started with the platform and manage your bare-metal and hybrid infrastructure.

Getting Started

Get up and running with the Durantic platform.

• Platform Overview — What is Durantic, key concepts, and how it works
• Account Setup — Authentication, account settings, and team management
• Your First Machine — End-to-end tutorial from bootstrap to production

Dashboard Reference

Detailed reference for every page in the Durantic dashboard.

• Dashboard Overview — Navigation, layout patterns, and common UI elements
• Machines — Machine list, online/offline status, bootstrap and provisioning
• Machine Detail — All machine sub-pages: configuration, hardware, network, peers, terminal, and more
• Machine Roles — Role configuration, templates, official roles, and testing
• Mesh Networks — WireGuard mesh network management
• Images — OCI image catalog for machine provisioning
• VIPs — Virtual IP announcements with health checks and HA failover
• Routes — BGP network prefix announcements
• Route Policy Sets — BGP routing policies and rules
• Secrets & Variables — Secrets, variables, and external backends
• Registry Credentials — Credentials for private OCI registries
• Cluster Wizard — Guided end-to-end Kubernetes cluster provisioning

Features

Deep dives into Durantic's core capabilities.

• Machine Provisioning — Bootstrap methods, provisioning workflow, and OCI images
• Cloud-Init and Roles — The role system, Jinja2 templates, merge priority, and context variables
• Mesh Networking — WireGuard mesh, IP allocation, NAT traversal, and monitoring
• Load Balancing — VIPs, Routes, route policies, health checks, and the BGP mechanism
• Remote Access — Interactive terminal and command execution
• Terraform Provider — Infrastructure as code: roles, mesh networks, secrets, and OS provisioning via terraform apply
• MCP Integration — AI-assisted infrastructure management with Claude and ChatGPT