Deploy Edge Server

Deploy YAT Edge node on a public server

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📋 Prerequisites

• ✅ Public VPS (Ubuntu 18.04+ / CentOS 7+ Linux kernel 5.6+)
• ✅ Public IP address
• ✅ Domain (optional, for custom domains)

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Method 1: Deploy with YAT Client (Recommended)

Step 1: Open Deployment Dialog

1. Click Edges > Create
2. Fill in Edge information:
   • Edge Name — Custom name
   • Node Type — Private or shared

📸 Edge Deployment Dialog

📸 Get Deployment Script

Step 2: Deploy

1. Login to your public server
2. Execute the deployment script

📸 Execute deployment script

Step 3: Verify Deployment

After successful deployment:

• ✅ Edge appears in "My Edge" list
• ✅ Status shows Online
• ✅ Shows public IP and domain

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Method 2: Manual Deployment

Step 1: Download Edge

# Download latest version
curl https://download.tunnel6.com/download/edge/releases/v1.1.0-rc3/edge-linux-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/edge

# Add execute permission
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/edge

Step 2: Get Deployment Script

After creating an Edge in the YAT client, get the corresponding deployment script (contains auth token).

Step 3: Start Edge

# Start in foreground (testing)
edge server start

# Start in background (production)
nohup edge server start --daemon > edge.log 2>&1 &

Step 4: Configure systemd (optional)

# /etc/systemd/system/edge.service
[Unit]
Description=YAT Edge Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/edge server start
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable edge
sudo systemctl start edge

# Check status
sudo systemctl status edge

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Next Steps

• Manage Edge Server — View status, configure domains
• Config Reference — Customize Edge configuration
• CLI Reference — Command-line tools
• WireGuard Configuration — Enable WireGuard networking

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