> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://laminar.sh/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Hosting Options

Laminar can run on our managed cloud or be self-hosted.

## Managed (Laminar Cloud)

1. Sign up at [laminar.sh](https://laminar.sh).
2. Create a project.
3. Copy your project API key from project settings.
4. Set `LMNR_PROJECT_API_KEY` in your environment.

Next: start instrumenting your app by following the tracing entry point: [Tracing](/tracing/introduction).

## Self-hosted (Docker Compose)

Run the full Laminar stack locally with Docker Compose:

```bash theme={null}
git clone https://github.com/lmnr-ai/lmnr
cd lmnr
docker compose up -d
```

The dashboard is available at `http://localhost:5667/`. Create a project through the onboarding flow, then grab your API key from project settings.

### Point the SDK to your local instance

<Tabs items={['TypeScript', 'Python']}>
  <Tab title="TypeScript">
    ```typescript theme={null}
    import { Laminar } from '@lmnr-ai/lmnr';

    Laminar.initialize({
      projectApiKey: "<YOUR_PROJECT_API_KEY>",
      baseUrl: "http://localhost",
      httpPort: 8000,
      grpcPort: 8001,
    });
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Python">
    ```python theme={null}
    from lmnr import Laminar

    Laminar.initialize(
        project_api_key="<YOUR_PROJECT_API_KEY>",
        base_url="http://localhost",
        http_port=8000,
        grpc_port=8001,
    )
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

For production self-hosting options, see the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/lmnr-ai/lmnr).

### Access control

By default, any user can access your self-hosted instance. To restrict access to specific GitHub users, enable GitHub OAuth:

```bash theme={null}
AUTH_GITHUB_ID=your_github_oauth_app_id
AUTH_GITHUB_SECRET=your_github_oauth_app_secret
```

Then create an `allowed-emails.json` file in your project root:

```json theme={null}
{
  "emails": [
    "user1@example.com",
    "user2@example.com"
  ]
}
```