Warpgate Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Warpgate hosting gives your team audited, per-target access to SSH hosts, databases and internal web apps, without a VPN or a shared root login. Deploy Warpgate 0.29.1 as a self-hosted SSH bastion host: xCloud runs the pinned image, generates the admin password, publishes the SSH and MySQL bastion listeners on allocated public ports and puts the web admin UI behind HTTPS on your own domain.

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What is Warpgate?

Self-hosted Warpgate is an SSH bastion host. Its README calls it a smart and fully transparent SSH, HTTPS, Kubernetes, MySQL, PostgreSQL, RDP and VNC bastion that needs no client app or SSH wrapper: you add user accounts, assign them to specific hosts and URLs, and every session is recorded for live viewing and replay. It also lists TOTP and OpenID Connect, and compares itself with jump hosts, VPNs and Teleport.

On xCloud the template runs ghcr.io/warp-tech/warpgate 0.29.1 behind a small private nginx proxy, both pinned by immutable digest, with the warpgate_data volume for configuration, the SQLite database, keys and recordings. The web UI is served over HTTPS on your domain, and only the SSH and MySQL bastion ports are published by default. xCloud generates the admin password for the admin user.

From Sign-Up to a Live Access Bastion In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting Warpgate normally means an app container, a TLS listener, allocated bastion ports, a domain and a certificate before your first target is assigned. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Warpgate from the OneClick catalog. Keep or replace the generated administrator password (at least 12 characters).
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Warpgate image, create the admin account, allocate public SSH and MySQL bastion ports, and publish the admin UI and browser gateway over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Add Targets And Invite Users
Save the admin password, SSH port and MySQL port from the protected installation credentials, sign in as admin, then add your first SSH host, database or internal URL, assign it to a role, and invite users.

Everything Warpgate Does, On Your Own Server

Warpgate runs in full here — the same audited access-bastion tooling as any hosted PAM service, on infrastructure you control.

Per-Target Access, Not A Flat Network
Assign each user exactly the SSH hosts, databases and internal URLs they need, instead of opening the whole network to them.
No Custom Client Needed
People keep using ordinary ssh and MySQL clients, and the browser — SSH, RDP and VNC also run directly in the web UI.
Every Session Recorded
Sessions are recorded as they happen, so admins can watch a session live or replay it later from the admin UI.
2FA, SSO And Brute-Force Protection
Built-in TOTP two-factor authentication, OpenID Connect SSO, and IP blocking plus user lockout against brute-force attempts.
Public SSH And MySQL Bastion Ports
Native SSH and MySQL bastion listeners are published on their own allocated public TCP ports, shown in your installation credentials.
Users, Targets And Recordings Survive A Restart
Configuration, the SQLite database, TLS keys, SSH keys and session recordings all persist on the warpgate_data volume, verified across an xCloud restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Access Bastion 24/7

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

Warpgate 0.29.1 deployed instantly
Generated admin password
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Public SSH and MySQL bastion ports
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Warpgate

Replace shared root logins on servers
Give each engineer their own Warpgate account and assign only the SSH hosts they need, so access is per person and per target and every session is recorded.
Audit who touched the production database
Route MySQL connections through the bastion port so queries come from named users, with recorded sessions an admin can replay after an incident.
Reach internal web apps without a VPN
Assign HTTPS targets to users and let them open internal tools through the gateway, instead of putting everyone on a network-wide VPN.
Use SSH, RDP and VNC from a browser
Per the README, browser-based SSH, RDP and VNC access is built into the web UI, so a contractor can reach an assigned host without installing a client.

Warpgate vs Alternatives

Teleport: Warpgate's README compares itself with Teleport directly. Warpgate is a single Rust binary with no dependencies, self-hosted here in one container on your own Cloud VPS, with 2FA and SSO built in.
Hoop: Hoop is an access gateway for databases, servers and internal tools with its own xCloud template. Warpgate centres on a transparent SSH and MySQL bastion with session recording and browser clients.
Apache Guacamole: Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway with its own xCloud template. Warpgate adds native SSH and MySQL bastion listeners and per-target user assignment alongside browser access.
A jump host or VPN: The README says Warpgate is not a jump host: it forwards straight to the target, transparently to the client, assigns users only specific hosts and URLs, and records every session.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More targets, more users and more concurrent sessions.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Warpgate alongside a whole self-hosted ops 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. Warpgate itself is free under the Apache-2.0 licence.

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Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Warpgate on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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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.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Lock Down Team Access?

Warpgate 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.

How much RAM does Warpgate need?

The manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk, and QA measured about 20 MiB idle. The 6 GB tier sold here is well beyond that, which leaves room for recordings, concurrent sessions and a small private nginx proxy.

Is Warpgate free and open source?

Yes. Warpgate is licensed under Apache-2.0, per the LICENSE at the v0.29.1 tag, and its README describes a single Rust binary with no dependencies. There is no licence fee; xCloud bills for the dedicated Cloud VPS, and users, targets and recordings stay on your volume.

Can you run Warpgate with Docker?

Yes, and this is Warpgate Docker hosting prepared for you: the template runs ghcr.io/warp-tech/warpgate 0.29.1 behind a small nginx proxy, both pinned by immutable digest, with the warpgate_data volume and HTTPS in front of the web UI. Upstream also documents a Docker getting-started guide.

How is Warpgate different from a jump host, VPN or Teleport?

Per its README, Warpgate is not a jump host: it forwards connections straight to the target in a way that is fully transparent to the client, which needs no client app or SSH wrapper. Users get only the hosts and URLs assigned to them, and every session is recorded.

Does Warpgate record SSH sessions?

Yes. The README says Warpgate records every session for you to view live and replay later through its built-in admin web UI. Recordings, configuration, the SQLite database, TLS and SSH keys all sit on the warpgate_data volume, so they survive restarts and belong in your backups.

Does Warpgate support two-factor authentication and SSO?

Yes. Its README lists native TOTP two-factor authentication and OpenID Connect single sign-on, plus built-in brute-force protection with IP blocking and user lockout. They are Warpgate settings, not preconfigured here, so enable and test them inside Warpgate after you sign in.

Which Warpgate listeners are public by default?

Only the SSH and MySQL bastion listeners, each on its own allocated public TCP port shown in your installation credentials. PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, RDP and VNC native listeners stay off until you enable them; browser SSH, RDP and VNC work through the HTTPS web UI instead.

Firewall management

Can Warpgate encrypt stored target credentials?

Optionally. Set WARPGATE_ENCRYPTION_KEY, generated for example with openssl rand -base64 32, to encrypt stored target credentials, and keep that key safe, because it is not set by default and losing it leaves those credentials unreadable. Do not enable forwarded-IP trust in the Warpgate config.

What should I back up on a Warpgate server?

A backup is the whole warpgate_data volume as one unit: configuration, the SQLite database, TLS certificate and key, SSH keys and session recordings. Stop the app first so the copy is consistent, keep it off the server and test a restore before you depend on it.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Warpgate?

Nothing upgrades it for you: the template pins the image by immutable digest. Read the upstream release notes, stop the app and back up the warpgate_data volume, then adopt a newer xCloud template version. The admin password is seeded once, so rotate it inside Warpgate.

Is this Warpgate cloud hosting?

It is your own bastion on a dedicated Cloud VPS that xCloud provisions, not a hosted access service. The container, the volume and the admin account belong to your install, and recordings of your sessions stay on your server rather than with a third party.

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.