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Nodes are the machines that run your game servers. You can bring your own VPS or use managed hosting if available in your region.

Prerequisites

  • A PlayDST account with access to a community
  • A VPS running Ubuntu 20.04+ or Debian 11+
  • Docker Engine installed on the VPS
  • curl installed on the VPS
  • Root or sudo access

Connect a node

  1. Go to Add Node from your dashboard.
  2. Choose the community, name the node, and pick the closest region.
  3. Copy the install command shown in the UI and run it on your VPS.
  4. Wait for the node to show as online.
  5. Create servers on the node.

Basic use case

Connect a single node and host one server for your community.

Advanced use case

Run multiple nodes across regions to improve latency and scale out server capacity.

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