···77import localOpenstatus from '../../../assets/guides/self-hosting-openstatus/local-openstatus.png';
88991010-If you want to self host openstatus, we provide a [docker-compose](https://www.github.com/) file to get you started quickly.
1010+If you want to self host openstatus, we provide a [docker-compose](https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus/blob/2aa970b7fc2afaca5e3ec584beda69c1f69ca34d/docker-compose.yaml) file to get you started quickly.
111112121313## Known limitations
14141515-- It only works with private locations. You have to deploy our probes to the cloud provider of your choice.
1515+- It only works with private locations. You have to deploy our probes to the cloud provider of your choice.
16161717## Get started
1818···8484858511. Create a new private location in the dashboard.
86868787-12. Deploy the private location to your cloud provider of choice with they API key
8787+12. Deploy the private location to your cloud provider of choice with your location api key `OPENSTATUS_KEY`, and `OPENSTATUS_INGEST_URL` .
8888+8989+The docker image of the private location is `ghcr.io/openstatushq/private-location:latest`
8890899113. Create monitors and start monitoring your services!
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