
LEARN BASEGUARD
Seven short lessons.
One working network.
From a fresh machine to a locked-down private network, one step at a time.
01START HERE4 min
Install and connect
Put the client on a machine and get it onto your network, browser in hand.
Start your first lesson024 min
Your first network
Nodes, overlay IPs and names: the three things every machine gets when it joins.
Read lesson036 min
Lock down access
Delete the day-one allow-all rule and write the handful of rules you actually mean.
Read lesson044 min
Enroll machines without a browser
Node auth keys put servers, containers and CI runners on the network with one flag.
Read lesson055 min
Names and DNS
Every node answers by name, and your internal domains resolve where you point them.
Read lesson064 min
Watch the audit log
Every administrative change, who made it, and how to pull the log over the API.
Read lesson076 min
Under the hood: how nodes connect
The first packet dies on purpose, and what happens in the seconds after it.
Read lessonREADY WHEN YOU ARE
Learn it on your own machines.
The course uses the free plan from start to finish.