Admin Guide
Admin Guide
All you need to know about setting up, running, and using the Stellar Disbursement Platform.
Overview
Follow a disbursement end to end, from funding the distribution account and uploading a CSV to the receiver registering a wallet and getting paid.
Getting Started
Install the prerequisites, generate your configuration with the setup wizard, and log in to your own SDP dashboard for the first time.
Architecture
Learn how the SDP's components, databases, distribution accounts and multi-tenancy work, including how each request is matched to a tenant.
Deployment
Deploy the SDP on Kubernetes with the Stellar Helm chart or on a single machine with Docker Compose.
Configuration
Understand the configuration options available for the Stellar Disbursement Platform (SDP)
Advanced Configuration
Understand how to configure the SDP for various scenarios. This includes multi-tenancy, testnet vs. mainnet, etc.
CLI Manual
Guide to using the Stellar Disbursement Platform CLI
Embedded Wallets
Learn how to use Embedded Wallets to enable receivers without existing Stellar wallets to receive disbursements using passkey authentication.
Security
Learn how the SDP protects sign-in and limits requests, how roles, account access and API key permissions work, and how to manage hot and cold wallets.
Monitoring
How the SDP exposes runtime metrics and logs, and how to wire them into Prometheus and Grafana
Making Your Wallet SDP-Ready
Integrate your wallet with the SDP, from being added to an SDP instance to handling registration links and completing receiver sign-up.
Troubleshooting
Find the likely cause and fix for stuck or failed payments, missing invitations and OTPs, locked-out receivers, and channel account problems.
User Interface
Dashboard Home
Navigate the dashboard's tabs, and add, share and archive distribution accounts as an Owner.
Disbursements
Find, filter and export disbursements, open drafts, start a new disbursement, and read each disbursement's payment counts and amounts.
Receivers
Find receivers by phone number or email, filter and export the list, and check how many of their payments succeeded.
Payments
Search, filter and export payments, send direct payments, and learn when a payment can be paused, retried or canceled.
Distribution Accounts
View an account's public key, balances and history, manage its trustlines, set up Bridge funding and add funds to it.
Analytics
See payment success rates, payment counts by status, balances, amounts disbursed and recipient totals for the selected distribution accounts.
Reports
Turn on the Reports feature, check which roles can use it, and choose the account, period or payment each report covers.
Account Picker
Learn when the picker lets you switch accounts, what the All accounts view shows, and which actions need a single account selected.
Circle Configuration
Enter your Circle API key and wallet ID, and learn how the SDP stores and uses them.