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# hosting

Almost any scenario can be handled by using the prepackaged Orbit Server. For scenarios where the developer needs extensive control over the server, Orbit functionality can be hosted within a custom application.

Describe taking a reference to orbit-server, starting an instance. Role of orbit-application.

Gradle:

```kotlin
implementation("cloud.orbit:orbit-server:{{< release >}}")
```

To instantiate an OrbitServer:

```kotlin
import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
import orbit.server.OrbitServerConfig
import orbit.server.OrbitServer

fun main() {
    runBlocking {
        val server = OrbitServer(OrbitServerConfig(
            ... configuration
        ))
        server.start().join()
    }
}
```

## OrbitServerConfig

The `OrbitServerConfig` class can be used to make changes to server configurations, including things like lease times, persistence technology, resource limitations, and metrics.