Getting Started

This guide walks you through the minimal steps required to start using RVO and make your first Solana RPC request.

The setup is intentionally simple: create an account, choose a plan, generate an API key, and connect your application to the RVO RPC endpoint.

No SDKs, wrappers, or custom tooling are required.

Requirements

Before you begin, you need:

An RVO account
An active API key
A Solana-compatible RPC client (or curl for testing)

Step 1: Create an account

Create an account in the RVO dashboard:

👉 https://dashboard.rvo.network/register

Once registered, you gain access to:

Billing and plan selection
API key management
RPC endpoints
Usage and request monitoring

Step 2: Choose a plan

RVO uses explicit plans with clearly defined limits.

You can manage your plan here:

👉 https://dashboard.rvo.network/billing

Important notes:

A free plan is always available and selected automatically
You can upgrade or downgrade at any time
Plan changes take effect immediately
All limits are visible and enforced deterministically

Step 3: Create an API key

Each API key represents an isolated workload with its own limits and usage tracking.

Create an API key here:

👉 https://dashboard.rvo.network/api-keys

For each key, RVO enforces:

Explicit request-per-second limits
Daily request quotas
Independent usage and error metrics

You can create multiple keys to separate environments such as development, staging, and production.

Step 4: Get your RPC endpoint

Your RPC endpoints are available in the RPC section of the dashboard:

👉 https://dashboard.rvo.network/rpc

From there, you can:

Copy the correct RPC URL
Select mainnet or devnet
Choose the target chain (currently Solana)
Test RPC requests directly in the browser

Your application only needs the RPC URL and an API key to connect.

Step 5: Make your first request

Once you have an API key and an endpoint, you can send a standard JSON-RPC request.

Example request using curl:

curl -X POST https://solana-mainnet.rvo.network \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "getHealth"
  }'

If the request succeeds, the response confirms that:

The endpoint is reachable
Your API key is valid
The selected network is available

You can now use any supported Solana RPC method with this endpoint.

Step 6: Monitor usage and behavior

RVO provides real-time visibility into how your application behaves.

You can monitor:

Request volume
Method-level usage
Error rates
Request history (data retention depends on your plan)

Access usage and metrics here:

👉 https://dashboard.rvo.network/usage

This data helps you understand traffic patterns, detect issues early, and scale without guesswork.

What’s next

After sending your first request, continue with:

Authentication – how API keys are validated
API Keys – managing and rotating keys
Limits & Quotas – how rate limits are enforced
Errors & Retries – handling failures correctly
Production Setup – best practices for live workloads

RVO is designed so that every step from development to production is explicit, observable, and predictable.

Continue with the next section to learn how authentication works.