Overview

Self-hosting means running a Cartesi Rollups node yourself to deploy and operate your application, instead of using a third-party provider. This section covers two paths:

• Standard deployment runs the node and deploys a regular application. Start here if you do not need emergency withdrawal.
• Deployment with emergency withdrawal builds on the standard setup and deploys the application with a WithdrawalConfig, so a guardian can foreclose it and users can recover their funds directly from the contracts. Read the Foreclosure & Emergency Withdrawal concept first.

Production Warning

This self-hosted approach should NOT be used in production. It is designed for development and testing on testnet. It lacks production requirements such as public snapshot verification, security hardening, and production-grade infrastructure.