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# Become a provider

Learn how an institution publishes and operates laboratories through DecentraLabs Marketplace.

Providers join Marketplace through their institution. The active model combines institutional SSO, a verified institutional backend and a managed institutional wallet. A provider does not connect a personal wallet, choose a chain or pay browser-side gas in Marketplace.

## Provider journey

1. Check the [lab requirements](/decentralabs-docs/marketplace/become-a-provider/lab-requirements.md).
2. Make the resource reachable through [Lab Gateway / Lab Station](/decentralabs-docs/marketplace/become-a-provider/enable-your-lab-for-online-access.md).
3. Complete [institutional provider onboarding](/decentralabs-docs/marketplace/become-a-provider/register-as-a-provider.md).
4. Prepare the [Marketplace metadata integration](/decentralabs-docs/marketplace/become-a-provider/metadata-integration.md).
5. [Configure and publish the laboratory](/decentralabs-docs/marketplace/become-a-provider/configure-and-publish-your-lab.md).
6. [Operate the published laboratory](/decentralabs-docs/marketplace/become-a-provider/operate-your-lab.md).

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    A[Institutional SSO] --> B[Verified backend and managed wallet]
    B --> C[Provider onboarding]
    C --> D[Lab Panel]
    D --> E[Metadata and on-chain lab record]
    E --> F[Listed laboratory]
    F --> G[Reservation and gateway access]
```

## Key rules

* The institution's canonical HTTPS backend origin is trusted exactly; it does not imply trust for other subdomains.
* Service credits are internal settlement units used to authorize institutional activity. They are not cash-redeemable balances or browser-side payments.
* A listed lab must still have a healthy gateway and backend. Listing is catalogue visibility, not an uptime check.
* Marketplace does not host FMU artifacts. Provision them in provider-controlled Lab Gateway/Lab Station infrastructure and refer to them through the configured access key.

For a visual overview, see [the provider flow](/decentralabs-docs/marketplace/become-a-provider/graphical-overview.md). For failures during setup or operation, use the public [troubleshooting guide](/decentralabs-docs/marketplace/troubleshooting.md).

Last reviewed: 2026-09-02