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9−Urbit is not yet ready for everyday users -- but if you're technically inclined or generally intrepid, feel free to try it out. It's a good place to explore.
9+Urbit is not yet ready for everyday users — but if you're technically inclined or generally intrepid, feel free to try it out. It's a good place to explore.
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1111In order to get going on the network, you'll need an [Urbit ID](#id). To try the live network out with a disposable identity, you can always [create a comet](@/using/operations/creating-a-comet.md).
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1919- Getting an invitation from a friend
2020- Purchasing an Urbit ID from a third party, such as [urbit.live](https://urbit.live), [OpenSea](https://opensea.io), or [Urbit Marketplace](https://urbitmarketplace.com/).
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22−Tlon occasionally selects candidates to distribute invitations, and users operating galaxies and stars can spawn and distribute a finite number of stars and planets, respectively.
22+Tlon occasionally selects candidates to distribute invitations, and users operating galaxies and stars can spawn and distribute a finite number of stars and planets, respectively.
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24+## Using your Urbit ID
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26+If you have an Urbit ID, you'll use [Bridge](https://bridge.urbit.org) to get your ship's keyfile before you can [boot your ship](#booting-your-ship). For more information on how to use Bridge, see [Using Bridge](@/using/operations/using-bridge.md).
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2428## Install Urbit {#urbit}
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7680Digital Ocean has a post on adding swap [here](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-16-04). For Amazon there’s a StackOverflow thread [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17173972/how-do-you-add-swap-to-an-ec2-instance).
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78−## Booting your ship
82+## Booting your ship {#booting-your-ship}
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8084Now the rubber meets the road. You'll be booting your ship with the keyfile that you [downloaded from Bridge](@/using/operations/using-bridge.md).
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96100Run the command below, except with `sampel-palnet` replaced by the name of your
97101Urbit identity, and `path/to/my-planet.key` replaced with the path to your keyfile:
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99−```
103+```sh
100104./urbit -w sampel-palnet -k path/to/my-planet.key
101105```
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103107Or, if you'd prefer to copy your key in, you can run:
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105−```
109+```sh
106110./urbit -w sampel-palnet -G rAnDoMkEy
107111```
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