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Use Provide when you want one of your machines to supply compute capacity to IDYL. A machine joins IDYL as a node. The node has a local identity, belongs to your account, records its local realm, and can provide capacity through a fleet or directly to a subnet. You can set local resource limits before joining so IDYL uses only the CPU, memory, disk, and GPU capacity you choose to make available.

Connect a node

Install IDYL, join this machine as a node, and start the node service.

Configure a node

Choose runtime profiles, contribution limits, and runtime readiness checks.

Manage fleets

Create fleets and use them to admit groups of nodes to subnets.

Run the node service

Manage the local service after a node has already joined.

Inspect nodes

Confirm that connected capacity is visible from the subnet.

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How providing works

You can connect a node in two ways:
PathUse it when
Fleet joinThe node should be part of an account-owned provider fleet.
Direct subnet joinThis one node should be admitted directly to a subnet.
Fleet joins are the normal path for repeatable provider capacity. Direct subnet joins are useful when a subnet operator wants to admit one specific machine.

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Provider flow

  1. Connect a node from the machine that will provide capacity.
  2. Configure a node when you need to choose runtime profiles, contribution limits, or microVM settings before joining.
  3. Inspect nodes to confirm the node is visible after admission.
  4. Manage fleets when capacity should be admitted as a group.
  5. Run the node service when you need service lifecycle commands after joining.
For exact flags, use the command reference.