Run a local AOS Hub

This tutorial starts a disposable native Hub with a real signed registry. It is the shortest route to the web interface, API, and registry facade.

You need Nix with flakes enabled and a Linux builder.

#Build and start the Hub

From the repository root:

nix build .#pkg-aos-hub
./result/bin/aos-hub --root ./hub-demo serve --dev --seed

The first run creates demo data and prints a one-time publish token. Record the token if you plan to continue into producer workflows. Leave the server running while you work through the rest of the tutorial.

Open http://127.0.0.1:8420/demo/cdn/. Sign in with:

Email:    demo@example.com
Password: demo

The seeded demo/cdn registry contains curl, openssl, and jq, along with a signed 1.0.0 release and a stable channel.

#Check the HTTP surfaces

The health endpoint should report a healthy database:

curl -fsS http://127.0.0.1:8420/healthz

Read the registry through the unary JSON API:

curl -fsS \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"slug":"demo/cdn"}' \
  http://127.0.0.1:8420/aos.hub.v1.RegistryService/GetRegistry

#Stop and clean up

Stop the server with Ctrl-C. The Hub state is under ./hub-demo; remove that directory when you no longer need it.

--dev is deliberately not a production mode. It uses development-only secret sealing and writes sign-in links to the process log. Use the native deployment guide for a persistent instance.