Self-host overview

PandaStack is split into a control plane, agents, and Firecracker-based sandbox hosts. Self-hosting means running those services yourself and pointing clients at your API endpoint.

Client configuration

Use the same SDKs and CLI against your endpoint:

export PANDASTACK_API_KEY=pds_abc123def456...
export PANDASTACK_API=https://api.pandastack.ai

For a private deployment, replace PANDASTACK_API with your HTTPS API origin.

Build the CLI

git clone https://github.com/pandastack-io/pandastack
cd pandastack/cmd/pandastack
go build -o /usr/local/bin/pandastack ./

Smoke test

pandastack auth whoami
pandastack template list
pandastack sandbox create --template base --ttl 1h
pandastack sandbox list

Related deployment guides

• Deploy on-prem
• Deploy on Mac (M1/M2/M3)

The CLI does not include deploy subcommands; deployment automation lives outside the pandastack command surface.