NSQ Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

NSQ hosting on xCloud lets you deploy NSQ, a realtime message queue, without wiring the broker, the lookup service and the dashboard together yourself. xCloud runs the pinned NSQ 1.3.0 image as nsqd, nsqlookupd and nsqadmin, generates the dashboard password and the client auth secret, puts the dashboard behind Basic Auth on your HTTPS domain, and publishes the nsqd client port for your producers and consumers.

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What is NSQ?

NSQ is a realtime distributed message queue. Upstream describes it as built to operate at scale, with a decentralised design that avoids single points of failure, and it ships official Go and Python client libraries. Producers publish to topics, topics fan out to channels and consumers pull from channels with at-least-once delivery. Run it yourself and you have a self-hosted NSQ, a queue you operate instead of renting one from a hosted service such as Amazon SQS, licensed under MIT.

On xCloud the template deploys NSQ 1.3.0 as nsqd, nsqlookupd and nsqadmin from one digest-pinned image, with an nginx gateway adding Basic Auth to the dashboard. The nsqd_data volume keeps topic metadata and disk-backed queue files. The nsqd client port is plain TCP and needs the generated auth secret; there is no TLS on it.

From Sign-Up to a Live NSQ Install In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a message queue normally means wiring up a broker, a lookup service, an admin dashboard, a domain and a certificate before a single message moves. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick NSQ from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain for the admin dashboard.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned NSQ 1.3.0 image as nsqd, nsqlookupd and nsqadmin, generate the dashboard password and client auth secret, and publish the dashboard over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Connect Your Clients
Open the HTTPS dashboard URL and sign in as nsq; the nsqd node appears within about 30 seconds. Point producers and consumers at the nsqd host and TCP port, authenticating with the auth secret via a client library.

Everything NSQ Does, On Your Own Server

NSQ runs in full here — the same realtime message-queue tooling as any hosted broker, on infrastructure you control.

Topics And Channels With At-Least-Once Delivery
Producers publish to topics and consumers pull from channels, with at-least-once delivery guarantees.
Admin Dashboard For Nodes, Topics And Channels
A web dashboard lists every node, topic and channel running on your queue.
Disk-Backed Overflow
Messages beyond the in-memory queue spill to disk automatically, so bursts don't get dropped.
Dashboard And Client Port Both Protected
The dashboard sits behind Basic Auth with a generated password, and the client port requires an auth secret so anonymous clients can't publish or subscribe.
Restart-Safe Queue State
Topics, channels and spilled messages survive an xCloud Restart, verified on QA.
Payload-Agnostic Messages
Upstream treats message bodies as opaque bytes, so JSON, MsgPack or Protocol Buffers all work, up to the configurable per-message size limit.

Everything You Need To Run Your Message Queue 24/7

Managed hosting for NSQ, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

NSQ 1.3.0 deployed instantly
nsqd, nsqlookupd and nsqadmin included
Basic Auth-protected admin dashboard
Authenticated client port with a generated secret
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With NSQ

Decouple a busy web app from slow jobs
A backend developer publishes work to a topic and lets worker processes pull it from a channel, so the web request returns without waiting on the job.
Fan one event out to several services
Publish once to a topic and give billing, search indexing and notifications each their own channel, so every service receives the full stream at its own pace.
Absorb traffic bursts without dropping messages
When consumers fall behind, messages beyond the in-memory queue spill to the nsqd_data volume, so a spike waits on disk instead of being lost.
Watch queue depth from a dashboard
A small team can open the nsqadmin dashboard to see nodes, topics and channels, and spot a backlog without shelling into the server.

NSQ vs Alternatives

Amazon SQS: Amazon SQS is a queue service you rent from AWS. NSQ is software you run yourself, so its topics, channels and disk files sit on a server you control and are billed as that server.
RabbitMQ: RabbitMQ has its own OneClick page. In an NSQ vs RabbitMQ comparison, NSQ is configured through command-line flags and ships binaries that need no external runtime.
Apache Kafka: Apache Kafka has its own OneClick page. NSQ is a smaller queue made of nsqd, nsqlookupd and nsqadmin, with an admin dashboard bundled in the same image.
Mosquitto: Mosquitto has its own OneClick page. NSQ clients speak the NSQ protocol through client libraries such as go-nsq, rather than MQTT.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for NSQ hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Higher throughput, more topics and channels.

$59.99per month

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

NSQ alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. NSQ itself is free and open source under the MIT License.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

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Ready To Own Your Message Queue?

NSQ on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is NSQ free?

Yes. NSQ is MIT licensed, so running nsqd, nsqlookupd and nsqadmin costs no licence fee, and nothing is charged per message or per topic. The bill is the Cloud VPS itself, which you can resize if your message volume grows.

How do NSQ clients authenticate?

They send the generated auth secret in the AUTH command, using a client library such as go-nsq (AuthSecret) or pynsq (auth_secret). Every client that holds the secret may use every topic and channel, and a client with no valid secret is refused.

Can I use nsq_tail against this install?

No, not against the authenticated client port. The stock nsq_tail and nsq_to_* tools cannot send an auth secret, so use a client library with AUTH support instead. Point it at the nsqd host and TCP port from your credentials.

Is the NSQ client connection encrypted?

No. The nsqd client port is plain TCP with no TLS, so payloads and the auth secret travel unencrypted. Keep secrets out of message bodies, and open that port in your own firewall only for the addresses that need it.

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Can you self-host NSQ with Docker?

Yes, and this template is NSQ Docker hosting without the assembly: one nsqio/nsq v1.3.0 image pinned by digest runs nsqd, nsqlookupd and nsqadmin, with an nginx Basic Auth gateway in front of the dashboard and HTTPS on your domain.

What is the difference between NSQ and RabbitMQ?

Upstream describes NSQ as a decentralised queue configured entirely through command-line flags, with compiled binaries that need no external runtime. RabbitMQ is a separate broker with its own OneClick page here; compare their delivery features against your needs before choosing.

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Which client libraries work with NSQ?

Upstream provides official Go and Python libraries, and the README points to many third-party client libraries and a published protocol spec. Clients need AUTH support to reach this install, as go-nsq's AuthSecret and pynsq's auth_secret provide.

How much RAM does NSQ need?

The manifest floor is tiny at 128 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk, because NSQ is a small Go program. We start you on the 6 GB tier so a deeper in-memory queue and bursts spilling to disk have room; a bigger NSQD_MEM_QUEUE_SIZE is what raises memory use.

How do I back up NSQ?

Back up the nsqd_data volume, which holds nsqd.dat topic and channel metadata plus disk-backed queue files, and keep your .env values. nsqlookupd and nsqadmin keep no state on disk. Nothing schedules the copy, so run it yourself.

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How do I upgrade NSQ?

You stay on NSQ 1.3.0 until you adopt a newer template version. Before that, back up nsqd_data and read the upstream release notes. Redeploying keeps the volume, so queued messages that spilled to disk are still there. A catalog re-sync only touches new installs.

Is there an NSQ cloud service I can use instead?

This page is your own NSQ cloud on a dedicated server: you get the dashboard login, the nsqd address and the auth secret, and you own the queue and its data. It is a standalone instance, not a shared multi-tenant service.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.