Vast.ai Install & Auth

Overview

Set up Vast.ai SDK/CLI and configure authentication credentials.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• Package manager (npm, pnpm, or pip)
• Vast.ai account with API access
• API key from Vast.ai dashboard

Instructions

Step 1: Install SDK

# Node.js
npm install @vastai/sdk

# Python
pip install vastai

Step 2: Configure Authentication

# Set environment variable
export VASTAI_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Or create .env file
echo 'VASTAI_API_KEY=your-api-key' >> .env

Step 3: Verify Connection

// Test connection code here

Output

• Installed SDK package in node_modules or site-packages
• Environment variable or .env file with API key
• Successful connection verification output

Error Handling

Examples

TypeScript Setup

import { Vast.aiClient } from '@vastai/sdk';

const client = new Vast.aiClient({
  apiKey: process.env.VASTAI_API_KEY,
});

Python Setup

from vastai import Vast.aiClient

client = Vast.aiClient(
    api_key=os.environ.get('VASTAI_API_KEY')
)

Resources

• Vast.ai Documentation
• Vast.ai Dashboard
• Vast.ai Status

Next Steps

After successful auth, proceed to vastai-hello-world for your first API call.