Introducing Remote Nodes: The Best of Both Worlds
Today, we're excited to announce Remote Nodes for Pangolin - a new deployment option that combines the control and privacy of self-hosting with the reliability and convenience of cloud management. This hybrid approach gives you high availability and cloud features without the operational complexity.
How Remote Nodes Work
Remote Nodes split responsibilities between you and us:
You control the data plane: Your Pangolin node runs on your infrastructure, handling all tunnels, SSL termination, and traffic processing. Your data never leaves your servers.
We handle the control plane: Pangolin Cloud manages DNS coordination, certificate management, database operations, backups, monitoring, and the dashboard interface.
When you deploy a Remote Node, it connects back to Pangolin Cloud for coordination while keeping all traffic processing local to your infrastructure. This architecture enables powerful features like automatic failover between multiple nodes and seamless integration with our cloud points of presence.
Quick Installation Overview
Getting started with a Remote Node deployment is remarkably simple. The installation process looks nearly identical to a standard Pangolin install, with just a few additional configuration steps.
Key Benefits
🛡️ High Availability by Default
Deploy multiple Remote Nodes across different regions or providers. If one goes down, traffic automatically fails over to healthy nodes. You can even configure failover to our cloud infrastructure during maintenance windows.
🔧 Reduced Operational Burden
No more database migrations, backup management, or complex monitoring setup. We handle the operational complexity in the cloud while you focus on your core business.
The cloud dashboard evolves rapidly with new features and improvements. Your Remote Nodes stay current automatically without manual intervention.
🌐 Global Load Balancing
Users automatically connect to the closest healthy node, with intelligent routing and failover between your self-hosted Remote Nodes and cloud points of presence.
🔒 Complete Data Control
Despite cloud coordination, all your traffic and sensitive data flows through your own servers. You maintain complete control over data transit and compliance requirements.
Because data flows through your servers, you don’t pay data costs on the cloud to route your traffic!
How It Differs from Regular Self-Hosted
| Feature | Regular Self-Hosted | Remote Nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Data Control | ✅ Complete | ✅ Complete |
| Infrastructure Control | ✅ Full control | ✅ Full control |
| High Availability | ❌ Single point of failure | ✅ Multi-node failover |
| Database Management | 🔧 Self-managed | ✅ Cloud-managed |
| Updates | 🔧 Manual | ✅ Automatic |
| DNS & Load Balancing | 🔧 Self-managed | ✅ Cloud-coordinated |
| Backup Management | 🔧 Self-managed | ✅ Automatic |
Perfect for Production Workloads
Remote Nodes are ideal for organizations that need:
- Enterprise reliability without enterprise complexity
- Data sovereignty with operational simplicity
- High availability across multiple regions
- Compliance requirements that mandate self-hosted infrastructure
- Reduced operational overhead while maintaining control
Ready to experience the best of both worlds? Get started with Remote Nodes in Pangolin today and see how enterprise-grade reliability doesn't have to mean giving up control.