Skip to content

First site in 5 minutes

A walkthrough from signup to a live site reachable on both clearnet and .onion.

Status: skeleton

This page is a placeholder. The full walkthrough — signup → site create → DNS → first request — will land in a follow-up content pass. The portal flow it documents is already shipped (see the portal at portal.viaductcdn.com).

Outline

  1. Create an account at portal.viaductcdn.com
    • Email + password, or anonymous (no email; recovery codes only)
    • Optional: enable TOTP MFA right after signup
  2. Create your first site
    • Pick a slug (becomes part of your .onion URL)
    • Point it at your origin (clearnet hostname or .onion address)
  3. Add a custom domain (optional)
    • Add a CNAME at your DNS provider; we issue the Let's Encrypt cert automatically
  4. Make a request
    • Clearnet: https://<your-slug>.viaductcdn.com or your custom domain
    • Tor: the .onion address shown in the portal site detail
  5. Verify caching
    • Make the same request twice; second response should hit cache
    • The Age response header tells you how long the object's been cached

What's next