When a home connection is the better choice
If earnings are the point, a spare computer or Raspberry Pi on a home connection is what Mysterium's network is built around, with no server bill. Run one here to keep it always on and off your home IP.
Mysterium Node 1.39.6 Networking
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Deploy a Mysterium node, with the panel locked to your addresses.
Mysterium node 1.39.6, the software that shares a server's bandwidth with the Mysterium network, runs in one click on a dedicated server Selfhost.dev provisions, secures and runs, across six locations on three continents. Its panel answers only your IPs, behind your own password instead of the stock mystberry login.
Mysteriumone-click template ready
- node1.39.6, myst image
- panel 4449your IPs only
- loginmyst + your password
- mystberryrejected
- identitykept across redeploys
European 4 GB server$0.02/hr
The short version
What is Mysterium node hosting?
What it is
A Mysterium node shares a server's bandwidth with the Mysterium network (a decentralized VPN) and earns MYST tokens for the traffic it relays. Here it runs always on, off your home IP, with its panel secured.
Where to start. Open the console with Mysterium selected
Who it is for
People who want to support the Mysterium network or share spare server bandwidth without running a node on their home connection.
When to use it
When you want a node online around the clock, off your home network. If earnings are the goal, a home connection usually earns more.
Dashboard
What's in the Mysterium node deployment
What's in the Mysterium node deployment is one node container plus a password-initialization sidecar on mysteriumnetwork/myst:1.39.6-alpine, with its identity kept on the server's disk. The node panel runs on port 4449 over plain HTTP; the server firewall lets only your allowed addresses reach it.
The stack, end to end
Callers
Your allowed IPs, to the panel
Edge
Server firewall
Your project server
Container
Mysterium node 1.39.6
Panel
Port 4449, your IPs only
Disk
Node identity
| Item | On this template |
|---|---|
| Node | mysteriumnetwork/myst:1.39.6-alpine, one node plus a password-initialization sidecar |
| Node panel | Port 4449, plain HTTP, your allowed IPs only |
| Identity | Kept on disk across redeploys |
| Server | 4 GB, x86 or ARM, six locations |
| Rate | A European 4 GB server at $0.02/hr |
Your node goes here. Deploy the stack
What we set up for you
A Mysterium node without the stock login
A Mysterium node set up by hand on a VPS starts with its panel open on port 4449 and a login that defaults to mystberry. Here the password is yours from deploy, the panel answers only your addresses and the image is Mysterium's current one.
| What a VPS guide has you do | On this template |
|---|---|
Copy a docker run line, often with the 2018 image | The current mysteriumnetwork/myst image, pinned to 1.39.6 |
| Log in with the default and hope to change it first | Your deploy password from the first boot |
| Leave port 4449 open to the internet | Only the IP addresses you allow reach the panel |
| Mount a volume so the identity survives | Identity kept on disk across redeploys |
Settings
Mysterium node requirements
Mysterium node requirements are small: one CPU core, 1 GB of RAM and 500 MB of disk, by Mysterium's own guide. Here the server starts at 4 GB, the smallest size our platform runs.
What a Mysterium node needs
- Memory
- 4 GB, the smallest server we offer
- CPU
- x86 or ARM; the myst image supports both
- Disk
- 40 GB on the European 4 GB servers
- Network
- A public IP, with the panel and VPN service ports reachable
- Account
- A MystNodes account to claim the node
What a 4 GB server handles
The node is one light workload. A project holds one node, so the rest of a 4 GB server is room for up to four other light apps.
Server size: 4 GB, enough for Mysterium. Deploy on a 4 GB server
Quickstart
How to deploy a Mysterium node in 3 steps
The panel is locked to your addresses before the node goes live.
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Pick a server and your IPs
Pick a 4 GB server, a location and the IP addresses allowed to reach the panel.
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Set the panel password and launch
Accept Mysterium's terms and set your password. The template deploys in about four minutes, then the console shows the panel address on port 4449.
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Sign in and claim it
Open the panel from an allowed IP, sign in as myst with your password, then claim the node on mystnodes.com with your API key.
Deploy MysteriumStep 1 starts in the console.
Launch Mysterium Wallet
Mysterium node hosting cost
Mysterium node hosting cost here is the server and nothing else. The template adds no fee and takes no share of what the node earns, which stays between you and the Mysterium network. Billing is hourly, from prepaid credits, at the rate for your location.
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| The Mysterium node software | $0 |
| A share of the node's earnings | $0, none taken |
| Bandwidth | $0, no traffic metering on a template project |
| Backups | Optional, +20% of the server rate |
| Server | RAM, cores, disk | Where | Rate | About a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cx23 | 4 GB, 2 cores, 40 GB | Europe | $0.02/hr | $15.18 |
cax11 (ARM) | 4 GB, 2 cores, 40 GB | Europe | $0.02/hr | $16.35 |
cpx21 | 4 GB, 3 cores, 80 GB | US | $0.12/hr | $87.75 |
cpx22 | 4 GB, 2 cores, 80 GB | Singapore | $0.10/hr | $72.56 |
Monthly figures assume 730 hours.
If your balance reaches zero
A server with a card on file is powered off and held for 24 hours; the node drops off the network until you top up. Welcome-credit-only servers are deleted, along with their backups.
Price another size or region in the calculator, no signup.
Earnings
Mysterium node on a VPS: what it earns
A Mysterium node on a VPS earns less than one on a home connection, by design: Mysterium's consumer VPN sells residential IPs, not datacenter ones. A server node is always on and easy to run, but its earnings may not cover the server.
Safety
Is it safe to run a Mysterium node?
Running a Mysterium node means other people's VPN traffic leaves the internet from your server's IP address, not your home. That keeps your own connection out of it. The node is still an exit point for other people's traffic, so review the services you allow in its settings.
- Your home IP stays out of it. The traffic exits from the server, never from your own connection.
- You accept Mysterium's terms first. The console asks you to acknowledge them before it deploys.
- Choose the traffic you allow. Review the services enabled in your node settings before sharing bandwidth.
Access
What we run and what you run
We run the server and the firewall that guards the panel. You run the node itself: its settings, its claim on MystNodes and what it earns.
We run
- The server, its firewall and the IP allow-list
- The node container, on the version it was deployed with
- Daily whole-server backups, if you switch them on
- Host CPU and memory metrics in the console
You run
- The node's settings, prices and services
- Claiming the node on mystnodes.com
- Your payout wallet and what the node earns
- When to move to a newer node version
Status
What every Mysterium node deployment gets
- Every service is health-checked every 60 seconds.
- A stalled deploy is retried automatically, not abandoned.
- A deploy is never reported done until the URL actually answers.
- Retrying a create never leaves you paying for two copies.
- Your version never moves on its own.
~4 min to deploy
Mysterium's template deploys in about four minutes. Allow additional time for server provisioning.
Notes
Mysterium node limitations
- Running is not earning. The node earns only after you claim it on mystnodes.com. A datacenter IP also earns less than a home one.
- A plain HTTP panel, no domain. The panel is HTTP on port 4449, reachable only from your allowed IPs, so there is no HTTPS address or custom domain.
- One node per project. A second node needs a second project and server. The node stays on 1.39.6 until you choose to update it.
None of these a dealbreaker? The template deploys in about four minutes.
Launch MysteriumIdentity
Mysterium node backup and restore
Mysterium node backup and restore is about one thing: the node identity, the keys that tie it to your MystNodes account. A daily server image keeps it; a copy of the node's data folder over SSH moves the same identity to another server.
| Method | What it covers | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Daily server backup (optional, +20%) | The whole server, node identity included, last 7 kept | With the server |
| A copy of the node's data folder | The identity keys and node settings | Wherever you copy it |
Sessions
Weighing a node on a server?
Tell us the location you have in mind. We reply with the server that fits and what it costs a month there.
Help
Frequently asked questions
Can I run a Mysterium node on a VPS?
Yes. Mysterium's own guide says one core and 1 GB of RAM is enough, so any VPS runs one. The catch is earnings: a datacenter IP earns less than a home connection. This template runs one on a dedicated server with its panel secured from the first boot.
How much does a Mysterium node earn on a server?
Usually less than one at home and often less than the server costs. Mysterium's consumer VPN sells residential IPs, so datacenter nodes see lower demand. Earnings are paid in MYST and depend on traffic nobody can promise, so treat a server node as support for the network.
How do I claim my Mysterium node?
Sign in to the node panel on port 4449 from an allowed IP, as myst with your deploy password. Then connect it to your MystNodes account with the API key from mystnodes.com, whose dashboard then shows its traffic and earnings. An unclaimed node earns nothing.
What is the default Mysterium node password?
The stock node's login is myst with the password mystberry, set in Mysterium's own source; it asks you to change it. On a VPS the panel is often open to anyone until you do. This template never uses the default: the password is yours from deploy.
Which Docker image does this deploy?
The official image, mysteriumnetwork/myst:1.39.6-alpine, pinned when you deploy. Many guides still copy mysteriumnetwork/mysterium-node, an image last updated in 2018. Your node stays on its version until you choose to update it, so a new Mysterium release never changes a running node under you.
Is running a Mysterium node legal?
Check the rules that apply where you run the node and how you use it. A node relays other people's traffic through its server IP. On a server that traffic exits from the server's address, not your home. The console asks you to accept Mysterium's terms before deploying.
A Mysterium node that answers only to you.
- Your panel password, never the stock default
- The panel reachable only from your IPs
- One server bill, nothing taken from what the node earns
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