<aside> 💡 This wiki describes how to setup zero-data internet apps, websites and APIs using the Simplifyd Edge CLI.

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How Simplifyd Edge Works

Simplifyd Edge lets you make your apps, websites, APIs etc. data-free. There are 2 options to make this happen.

• Set up a SimplifydEdge Gateway This is the ideal option if you already have your website/API hosted elsewhere e.g AWS, Heroku, Hetzner or Whogohost. When you setup a Simplifyd Gateway, you will get a DNS record. You then need to update your existing DNS settings and configure as CNAME to the DNS record you received. What this does is that traffic to your server is now routed through Simplifyd Gateway and that’s how your website/API becomes data-free.

• Host your app or site on SimplifydEdge Cloud

  You can also deploy your app or site on SimplifydEdge Cloud. Think data-free Heroku or Digital Ocean. SimplifydEdge Cloud works like any other cloud hosting service with data-free capabilities as a value add to make your website/API available to more users.

This guide focuses on the SimplifydEdge Gateway approach.

A bit about how SimplifydEdge Gateway works

At its core, SimplifydEdge Gateway is a TCP/UDP proxy. What that means is that it forwards incoming TCP/UDP connections to origin servers. Typical websites or APIs are basically TCP connections that run predominantly on TCP ports 80 and 443. Streaming services such as RTP or webRTC run on UDP.

So traffic to your website/API needs to be routed through SimplifydEdge Gateway. This happens by you modifying your DNS settings to point to the SimplifydEdge Gateway you create for your website or API.

<aside> 💡 Access to Simplifyd zero-data developer solutions are via CLI (GUI coming soon). Let’s take a look at how to set up the SimplifydEdge CLI.

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Install SimplifydEdge CLI

Installation

Run the following command in your terminal to install the SimplifydEdge CLI application:

curl <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/simplifyd-systems/cli/master/install.sh> | sh

You can view what actions the script takes here.