Migrate from LiveKit Cloud

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What changes

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What doesn’t change

• Your agent code
• SDK usage
• lk CLI commands
• Dockerfiles
• Room management, dispatch rules

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Steps

1. Create a Telnyx account at portal.telnyx.com
2. Generate a Telnyx API key in the portal
3. Register with the platform (one-time):
   curl -s -X POST "https://<region>.livekit-telnyx.com/provision" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "name": "my-project",
       "api_key": "'$TELNYX_API_KEY'",
       "api_secret": "'$LIVEKIT_API_SECRET'"
     }'
   
4. Update your environment variables with the values above
5. Deploy to Telnyx:
   lk agent deploy . --secrets TELNYX_API_KEY=<your-key>
   
6. Verify: lk room list to confirm connectivity
7. (Optional) Install the Telnyx plugin for on-prem STT, TTS, and LLM
8. (Optional) Buy a Telnyx number for built-in telephony

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What you gain

• Built-in telephony, no third-party SIP fees — On other platforms, you pay third-party SIP fees on top of your usage. On Telnyx, those are gone entirely.
• Ultra-low latency AI on Telnyx GPUs — STT, TTS, and LLM colocated in every region ~2ms from your agents. No round-trips to external APIs.
• One platform, one bill — Compute, models, telephony, and phone numbers on a single Telnyx invoice. No vendor sprawl.

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Rolling back