Quickstart for Pangolin

Pangolin is a self-hosted tunneled reverse proxy server with identity and access control, designed to securely expose private resources on distributed networks. Acting as a central hub, it connects isolated networks, even those behind restrictive firewalls, through encrypted tunnels, enabling easy access to remote services without opening ports.

Deploy Pangolin on Elestio

1. Open the Pangolin deployment page and sign in, or create an account.
2. Choose a cloud provider, a region and a data center. Pick the region closest to your users for the lowest latency.
3. Choose an instance size. Elestio only lists the sizes that can run Pangolin properly (at least 1 vCPU and 2 GB of RAM).
4. Choose your support plan and the maintenance window for system and software updates (times are in UTC).
5. Click Create Service. Pangolin is deployed and ready in a few minutes, and you receive an email with the access details.

The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the installation guide.

Access Pangolin

Open your service in the Elestio dashboard and go to the Overview tab. Click Display Admin UI to reveal the URL, username and password of your Pangolin instance.

If the password field is blank, Pangolin does not ship with a pre-created admin user: open the admin URL to start its setup. Software without a web interface, such as databases, is reached with the credentials and port listed in the same tab. See Admin UI and credentials.

Next steps

• Custom domain and SSL: point your own domain to Pangolin (guide).
• Backups: new services follow a 3-2-1 backup strategy by default (backups).
• Updates: manage the Pangolin version and update policy (software versions and updates).
• Learn Pangolin: read the official Pangolin documentation.