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Daytona is a hosted sandbox provider with straightforward API-key setup. It supports environment and task-level filesystem snapshots for faster resume flows.

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When to use Daytona

Use Daytona when:
  • task work should run outside the Roomote host
  • you want hosted sandboxes with simple credential setup
  • you can provide a Daytona API key
  • environment setup caching or task sleep/resume via snapshots is useful

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Configuration

Add Daytona from Settings > Sandboxes with your API key, or provide the values as deployment env vars. Create the key on the API Keys page with write and delete permissions on both Sandboxes and Snapshots. No other scopes are needed.
Optional values:
Use DAYTONA_API_URL for custom Daytona endpoints. Use DAYTONA_TARGET when your account or deployment needs a specific target or region. Roomote’s Daytona worker snapshot includes Docker and Docker Compose, so environments can run Docker projects. Daytona runs these through Docker-in-Docker inside the task sandbox. Container builds and services share the sandbox’s resources. Roomote requests 8 GiB for these tasks and 4 GiB for tasks that do not need nested Docker.

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Verify setup

  1. save DAYTONA_API_KEY
  2. select Daytona as the default sandbox provider
  3. start a small task from an environment
  4. confirm the task starts, streams logs, and can run project commands
  5. verify preview links if the task starts a web app

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Common issues

  • The provider starts in the wrong region or target. Set DAYTONA_TARGET to the intended target.
  • Container startup is slow or runs out of memory. Increase the Daytona sandbox resources; Docker-in-Docker adds daemon and image-build overhead.