Before deploying Smallest Self-Host, you’ll need credentials from Smallest.ai and infrastructure with GPU support.
Contact support@smallest.ai to obtain the following:
Your unique license key for validation. This is required for all deployments.
You’ll add this to your configuration:
Or as an environment variable:
Credentials to pull Docker images from quay.io:
Login to the registry:
For Kubernetes, you’ll add these to your values.yaml:
Download URLs for the AI models (STT and/or TTS).
For Docker deployments, add to your .env:
For Kubernetes, add to values.yaml:
The License Proxy requires outbound HTTPS access to validate licenses:
Ensure your firewall and network policies allow outbound HTTPS traffic to api.smallest.ai.
Choose your deployment method and follow the specific prerequisites: