A private node is not on the public marketplace. You give access by creating invitations and sending the code or link yourself, by any channel you like.
Invitation types
- Single-use, no expiry: for one person.
- Multi-use (10), expires in 30 days: a small group.
- Permanent unlimited: anyone with the code, until you revoke it.
- Custom: your own maximum uses and expiry.
An optional label helps you tell invitations apart; invited users can see it too.
What you get
A code like PVT-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX and a link to the invite page. Copy them when they are shown: they are stored only in a form that can't be read back.
How people redeem
- Link: opens an invite page for your node. The person signs in or creates an account, then redeems.
- Code: a signed-in user clicks I have an invite code on the marketplace and pastes it.
Redeeming gives access; the person then connects to the node from the marketplace like any other.
Revoking
- Revoke on an invitation stops new redemptions. Tick the option to also remove access from everyone who already redeemed it.
- Removing access stops new connections and hides the node from them, but routes they already added keep working until they are removed or end. End them from the node's Stats panel (Kill) if you need to cut someone off at once.
- There is no button to remove one person's access alone: revoke the invitation they used, with its access.