diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66fd13c90..f8b989a5d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 # Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
 *.out
+livekit-server
 
 # Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
 # vendor/
+.idea/
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..343032129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+server:
+	go build -i -o livekit-server
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e8781524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/livekit/livekit-server/pkg/node"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	n, err := node.NewLocalNode()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := n.DiscoverNetworkInfo(); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("my IP", n.IP)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/data/redis.go b/pkg/data/redis.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba213e4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/data/redis.go
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+package data
+
diff --git a/pkg/node/node.go b/pkg/node/node.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c07ce53be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/node/node.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package node
+
+import (
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/pion/stun"
+)
+
+const (
+	googleStunServer = "stun.l.google.com:19302"
+)
+
+type Node struct {
+	ID string
+	IP string
+	Stats NodeStats
+}
+
+type NodeStats struct {
+	NumRooms int32
+	NumClients int32
+	NumVideoChannels int32
+	NumAudioChannels int32
+	BytesPerMin int64
+}
+
+func NewLocalNode() (*Node, error) {
+	id, err := uuid.NewRandom()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &Node{
+		ID: id.String(),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (n *Node) DiscoverNetworkInfo() error {
+	c, err := stun.Dial("udp", googleStunServer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	message, err := stun.Build(stun.TransactionID, stun.BindingRequest)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var stunErr error
+	err = c.Do(message, func(res stun.Event) {
+		if res.Error != nil {
+			stunErr = res.Error
+			return
+		}
+
+		var xorAddr stun.XORMappedAddress
+		if err := xorAddr.GetFrom(res.Message); err != nil {
+			stunErr = err
+			return
+		}
+		n.IP = xorAddr.IP.String()
+	})
+
+	if stunErr != nil {
+		err = stunErr
+	}
+	return err
+}
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diff --git a/proto/model.proto b/proto/model.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f8c40e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/model.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package livekit;
+
+// internal types, declaring in proto to get serialization for free
+
+message Node {
+  string id = 1;
+  string ip = 2;
+  int32 port = 3;
+  NodeStats stats = 4;
+}
+
+message NodeStats {
+  int32 num_rooms = 1;
+  int32 num_clients = 2;
+}
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diff --git a/proto/service.proto b/proto/service.proto
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bbf85d16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/service.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package livekit;
+
+// Room service that can be performed on any node
+service RoomService {
+  // TODO: how do we secure room service?
+  // should be accessible to only internal servers, not external
+  rpc CreateRoom(CreateRoomRequest) returns (CreateRoomResponse);
+  rpc JoinRoom(JoinRoomRequest) returns (JoinRoomResponse);
+  rpc DeleteRoom(DeleteRoomRequest) returns (DeleteRoomResponse);
+}
+
+message CreateRoomRequest {
+
+}
+
+message CreateRoomResponse {
+
+}
+
+message JoinRoomRequest {
+  string room = 1;
+  string client_id = 2;
+}
+
+message JoinRoomResponse {
+  string node_ip = 1;
+  string node_port = 2;
+}
+
+message DeleteRoomRequest {
+  string room = 1;
+}
+
+message DeleteRoomResponse {
+}
+
+// RTC methods performed on target node
+service RTCService {
+  rpc Offer(SessionDescription) returns (SessionDescription);
+
+  // push channel to allow server to push commands to client
+  rpc Signal(SignalRequest) returns (stream SignalResponse);
+  rpc Trickle(TrickleRequest) returns (TrickleResponse);
+}
+
+message SignalRequest {
+}
+
+message SignalResponse {
+  oneof payload {
+      SessionDescription desc = 1;
+      TrickleRequest trickle = 2;
+  }
+}
+
+message TrickleRequest {
+  string candidate = 1;
+}
+
+message TrickleResponse {
+}
+
+message SessionDescription {
+    string type = 1; // "answer" | "offer" | "pranswer" | "rollback"
+    bytes sdp = 2;
+}