These instructions assume you have already set up a Remote Launcher.
Open a browser window to your Remote Launcher. You should see a screen like this one:
To create a new account, click or tap the “Sign Up” button in the header, or the Sign Up link at the bottom of the screen.
Note: You could sign in using the root account and launch a Bubble from there, but this is discouraged for security reasons. It is highly recommended to launch new Bubbles using a regular user account, and not your Remote Launcher root account. You should use the root account on the Remote Launcher only to manage the system itself.
When you click Sign Up, you’ll see a screen like the one below:
After you create a user, the Remote Launcher will send an email with a verification link. Click the link in the email to verify your new account.
After you click the verification link in your email, you should see a “Launch Bubble” screen, like the one below:
If you don’t want to customize anything, just click or tap the LAUNCH BUBBLE
button, and you’re off and running!
If you like to tweak settings, click the “Launch with Advanced Settings” link below the LAUNCH BUBBLE
button.
You should now see the advanced launch settings screen, like the one below:
Choose your configuration options, then click the “Launch Your Bubble!” button to kick things off.
The screen will refresh and show a progress meter, as in the screenshot below. A typical launch will take about 10 minutes, but don’t fret, there’s plenty to do while you wait - read on.
The very first Bubble you launch will use a packer image that was created during activation.
If the image is still being built or needs to be built, that will add some time to the launch process.
The Bubble packer documentation has more details on this process.
While your Bubble is launching, take a moment to install the Bubble Native app on each device you plan on connecting to your Bubble.
When your Bubble finishes launching, you’ll see something like the screenshot below. Click or tap “Connect to Bubble” to be connected and automatically logged in to your new Bubble Node.