> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sandbox-docs.thundercompute.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Create a Thunder sandbox and run your first command with the Python SDK.

Create your first sandbox by installing the Python SDK and running a short script.

## 1. Install and authenticate the Python SDK

Install the Thunder Sandbox SDK, then sign in with the Thunder CLI. The SDK
automatically uses the credentials saved by the CLI.

```bash theme={null}
pip install thunder-sandbox
tnr login
```

## 2. Run code in a sandbox

Create a file named `get_started.py` with the following code:

```python get_started.py theme={null}
import thunder

sandbox = thunder.Sandbox.create(cpu=4, memory=32, storage=50)
sandbox.wait_until_running()

process = sandbox.exec("uname", "-a")
print(process.stdout.read())
process.wait()

sandbox.terminate()
```

This script creates a sandbox, waits for it to start, runs `uname -a`, prints
the command output, waits for the command to finish, and terminates the
sandbox.

Run the script with Python:

```bash theme={null}
python get_started.py
```

You have now run code in a Thunder sandbox. See the [Sandbox API
reference](/api-reference/sandbox) for details about every SDK function used
in this example.