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From zero to a governed LLM request through your own managed gateway, with nothing to install.

Before you start

  • A Guardway account (sign up) with the owner or admin role
  • An API key from at least one LLM provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Groq, …)

The five steps

1

Open the SaaS tab

In the dashboard, go to Gateways and select the SaaS tab (marked Beta).
SaaS tab empty state with the Setup button

The SaaS tab before setup

2

Click Setup SaaS Gateway

One click — no tokens, no configuration choices. The card flips to Provisioning while Guardway creates your dedicated gateway. It typically shows Online in one to two minutes.
SaaS gateway card showing Online status and the endpoint

Your gateway card once it is Online

3

Connect a provider

Open Configuration → Providers, pick a preset, paste your provider API key, and attach it to your SaaS gateway. Your gateway picks the change up automatically within about a minute.Full walkthrough →
4

Create a Guardway API key

Open Configuration → API Keys and create a key. This is the key your applications send — your provider keys stay server-side and are never exposed to callers.Full walkthrough →
5

Make your first request

The gateway is OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at the endpoint and use your Guardway API key.
Use a model your connected provider serves (for Google, e.g. gemini-2.5-flash; for OpenAI, e.g. gpt-4o-mini).

Try it without writing code

The gateway card has an Open Playground button — it opens the Playground already pointed at your SaaS Gateway, so you can send a real request from the browser, pick from your synced models, and see the response streamed back.

If something looks off

  • Stuck on Provisioning past ~5 minutes — click into the card later or contact support; provisioning reports its status automatically.
  • {"error":"no providers available"} — no provider is attached to this gateway yet, or it was attached moments ago; give it a minute (step 3).
  • 401 from the endpoint — the API key is wrong, revoked, or from a different organization.
  • Provider errors (e.g. 429 quota) — passed through verbatim from your LLM provider; check that account’s plan and limits.