WebThings Gateway Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy WebThings Gateway hosting and run a private smart-home dashboard for your network-connected and virtual things on a server you own. xCloud runs the pinned WebThings Gateway 2.0.0 image behind an internal HTTPS proxy so it emits secure URLs, creates the first owner from the email you enter with a generated password, mounts a persistent data volume and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes.

  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

From Sign-Up to a Live Smart-Home Gateway In Just 3 Easy Steps

A gateway normally means a container, an internal proxy, an owner account, a volume, a domain and a certificate before the first thing. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick WebThings Gateway from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then set the Administrator Email and Timezone.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up the official WebThings Gateway 2.0.0 image, pinned by immutable digest with an internal proxy in front of Gateway's native HTTPS listener, mount the webthings_data volume, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.

  3. Step 03

    Sign In And Add A Thing

    Open your domain and sign in with the administrator email you entered and the generated password, change the password in Gateway settings, then install a network or virtual-things adapter, add a thing and verify its controls before building an automation.

Everything WebThings Gateway Does, On Your Own Server

WebThings Gateway runs in full here for network-accessible and virtual adapters: the dashboard, add-ons, rules and automations, on a volume you own.

  • A Private Dashboard

    Organise your things and control them from a dashboard on your own domain.

  • Rules And Automations

    Build local rules that run on the gateway, not in someone's cloud.

  • Network And Virtual Adapters

    Add-ons for network-accessible devices and virtual things are in scope.

  • Secure URLs Throughout

    An internal proxy talks to Gateway's native HTTPS listener so it emits https and wss URLs correctly.

  • A Safe Boundary

    No host networking, privileged mode, USB or Bluetooth passthrough, Docker socket or Avahi integration.

  • One Data Volume

    Database, owner accounts, settings, add-ons, certificates, things, rules and automation state live on webthings_data.

Everything You Need To Run Your Smart Home 24/7

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

  • WebThings Gateway 2.0.0 deployed instantly
  • Official pinned image digest
  • Owner account created for you
  • Kept behind xCloud nginx on port 8080
  • Free SSL certificate
  • Server backups and snapshots
  • Server security updates included
  • 30+ server locations
  • Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

A gateway for one home's network-connected things.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for many add-ons and busy automations.

$59.99per month

  • 16 GB RAM
  • 6 vCPU cores
  • 200 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

WebThings Gateway next to Uptime Kuma and Grafana on one home server.

$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. WebThings Gateway itself is free and open source under the MPL-2.0 licence.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

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

Free

Start your journey without cost.

$0forever

  • 1 server
  • 10 sites
Start free

Starter

Most popular

Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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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.

Ready To Run Your Own Smart-Home Gateway?

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is WebThings Gateway?

WebThings Gateway is an open-source smart-home gateway for connecting network and virtual WebThings, with a private dashboard, rules and automations, released under the MPL-2.0 licence. This template deploys version 2.0.0.

Can it talk to Zigbee or Z-Wave radios?

Not on this template. It deliberately uses bridge networking without host networking, USB or Bluetooth passthrough, so physical-radio discovery and add-ons that need device passthrough are out of scope. Network-accessible and virtual adapters are supported.

How do I change the owner password?

In Gateway settings. ADMIN_EMAIL and ADMIN_PASSWORD initialise the first owner only once; editing them later does not rotate the account.

How do I upgrade safely?

Back up the complete volume, review upstream release notes and profile migrations, then update. Test login, one adapter action and one automation on a restored copy first.

What does xCloud configure automatically?

The pinned WebThings Gateway image, the dashboard url, administrator email and administrator password shown in the credentials panel, persistent storage on webthings_data, the domain and the HTTPS route. WebThings Gateway stays on internal port 8080, reachable only through xCloud nginx.

What should I back up?

The complete webthings_data volume, mapped to /home/node/.webthings: the SQLite database, owner accounts, settings, add-ons, certificates, logs, things, rules and automation state. Quiesce or stop the gateway before a filesystem-level backup.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update WebThings Gateway?

No. The template pins WebThings Gateway 2.0.0 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then update the image on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template manifest asks for 2 CPU cores, 2 GiB of RAM and 10 GiB of disk as a floor for WebThings Gateway. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that floor.

What survives a restart?

Everything on webthings_data, because it is persistent named volume. Restarting the container does not touch that data.

Is xCloud officially partnered with WebThings Gateway?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the WebThings Gateway project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source WebThings Gateway project.

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.

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