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Stolo Administration Guide

Infrastructure-free encrypted communications — administration and reference documentation.

This guide covers everything an administrator or power user needs to deploy, configure, operate, and troubleshoot Stolo: every app function, the security model, relay-node deployment, a complete settings reference, and the local automation API.

Contents

# Chapter What it covers
1 Introduction What Stolo is, architecture, core concepts.
2 Getting Started Platforms, licensing at a glance, first-run setup, first contact, data locations.
3 Conversations & Messaging Chat, delivery tracking, delivery modes, attachments, voice, reactions, Emergency SOS.
4 Groups Creating groups, membership, per-member delivery.
5 Connections & Networking WiFi, LoRa/RNode radios, internet nodes, region presets, supported hardware.
6 Map & GPS Geographic map, mesh topology view, position sharing, background mesh.
7 Team, Trust & Blocking Roster, trust lifecycle, quarantine, strict mode, blocking.
8 Organizations & Vendor Verification Org identities, fleet trust, primary publisher, vendor certificates.
9 Licensing Seats, activation codes, App Store subscriptions, expiry, deactivation.
10 Security Reference Encryption, identity/key storage, inbound authentication, hardening checklist.
11 Deployment Raspberry Pi relay nodes, gateways/backbones, fleet practices.
12 Settings Reference Every setting with defaults, including advanced interface options and engine timings.
13 WebSocket API Reference The local automation API: every action, event, and an example client.
14 Maintenance & Troubleshooting Data/backup, restart vs reset, health, common issues, updates.

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