How-to guides

Task-oriented guides for the things you’ll do regularly once norsk-ctl is installed. For the first-time install path, see Server install — overview or the Interactive Setup wizard.

Manage pluginsScaffold, install, and bake customer-supplied Studio plugins via the Studio product API

Studio librariesWhere Studio's component libraries are configured (on the Studio product template, not in norsk-ctl)

SidecarsRun extra containers (event subscribers, custom sources) alongside an instance

MCPDrive norsk-ctl from Claude Code or any MCP-aware host

TroubleshootingDiagnose common problems — daemon, launches, proxy, plugins, TLS

Quick reference — daily commands

# Daemon lifecycle
norsk-ctl serve                    # Start the daemon (usually via systemd in --server installs)
norsk-ctl restart                  # Restart the daemon process
norsk-ctl status                   # Health snapshot — daemon, proxy, hardware

# Instances
norsk-ctl instance launch-template <id> --template <name>   # Launch from a stored product template (optionally --param KEY=VALUE)
norsk-ctl instance restart <id>    # Fast restart — keeps the image
norsk-ctl instance relaunch <id>   # Full teardown + recreate, optional --studio-tag / --media-tag overrides
norsk-ctl instance list
norsk-ctl instance describe <id>
norsk-ctl instance delete <id>

# Proxy
norsk-ctl proxy status
norsk-ctl proxy reload
norsk-ctl proxy logs --type access -f

Full CLI surface: CLI Reference.