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Clever VPN Server

Clever VPN Server is a high-performance VPN server designed for businesses, VPN service providers, and technical teams. It allows you to deploy a VPN node on a DigitalOcean Droplet in minutes and optionally connect it to the Clever VPN Cloud control plane.

Clever VPN Cloud is available at:

https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51

Deploy a VPN Server in Minutes

With a single click, you can deploy a fully functional VPN server on DigitalOcean.

After deployment, the server can operate independently or be connected to Clever VPN Cloud for centralized management.

To enable cloud management, create an account at:

https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51

and generate an activation command for your server.

Modern VPN Architecture

Clever VPN is inspired by modern VPN technologies including:

• WireGuard
• VLESS
• Hysteria
• TUIC

Instead of relying on multiple protocol implementations, Clever VPN uses a proprietary kernel-based transport system optimized for:

• High performance and low latency
• Stable connections under packet loss
• Efficient congestion control
• Fast session establishment
• Low CPU overhead
• Scalable multi-node architecture

Optional Cloud Control Plane

Once deployed, your VPN server can be optionally connected to Clever VPN Cloud.

From a single dashboard, available at:

https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51

you can:

• Manage VPN users and access policies
• Organize servers into clusters
• Monitor traffic and online status
• Issue activation credentials
• Manage subscriptions and licenses
• Add or remove VPN nodes using a single activation command
• Operate multi-cloud and hybrid VPN infrastructure

Your infrastructure remains fully under your control at all times.

Multi-Cloud & Self-Hosted

Although this image is published through DigitalOcean Marketplace, Clever VPN Cloud supports infrastructure across:

• DigitalOcean
• AWS
• Google Cloud
• Azure
• Vultr
• Hetzner
• OVHcloud
• Oracle Cloud
• Self-hosted VPS
• Bare metal servers

All nodes can be centrally managed via:

https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51

Designed For

• Business VPN deployments
• Remote workforce access
• Secure remote access infrastructure
• Multi-region VPN networks
• VPN service providers
• Managed VPN platforms
• Enterprise networking

Getting Started

1. Deploy the Clever VPN Server from DigitalOcean Marketplace
2. Create an account at https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51
3. Generate an activation command from the dashboard
4. Run the command on your server
5. Your node becomes part of your managed VPN infrastructure

Setup typically takes only a few minutes.

Learn More

Full documentation and cloud management console:

👉 https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51

Software Included

This Marketplace listing does not include a detailed software list.

Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the Deploy to DigitalOcean button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Clever VPN Clustered Server 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB Clever VPN Clustered Server Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"clevervpn-clevervpncluster"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying Clever VPN Clustered Server

Getting Started with Clever VPN Server (Bring Your Own Server)

Clever VPN follows a Bring Your Own Server (BYOS) model.

You deploy a VPS on DigitalOcean, then activate it as a Clever VPN Node using a single command from your Clever VPN Cloud dashboard.

1. Create a Server on DigitalOcean

Create a Droplet on DigitalOcean.

After the server is ready, connect via SSH:

bash id="ssh"
ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP

2. Create a Clever VPN Cloud Account

Go to:

https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51

Create an account and log in to the Clever VPN Cloud dashboard.

After login, create a New On-Premise Node.

This will generate:

• A Registration Token (REG_TOKEN)
• A Node Activation Script

3. Activate the VPN Node

On your server, run the activation command provided in your dashboard.

The script already includes your registration token:

bash id="activate" bash -c "$(curl -L https://github.com/clever-vpn/clever-vpn-server/raw/main/install.sh)" @ "v2.1.6" YOUR_REG_TOKEN

Replace:

• YOUR_REG_TOKEN → token generated from Clever VPN Cloud

This process will:

• Activate the VPN Node on your server
• Register it to your Clever VPN Cloud account
• Connect it to the control plane
• Enable centralized management

4. Verify Node Status

After activation, go to:

https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51

Your node will appear as:

Online

5. Create Users and Start Using VPN

Once activated:

1. Create VPN users from the Clever VPN Cloud dashboard
2. Generate user activation codes
3. Install Clever VPN client on user devices
4. Activate using the generated code

How It Works

Clever VPN uses a Bring Your Own Server architecture.

Node Layer (Your Server)

• Runs VPN traffic processing
• Handles encryption and routing
• Operates independently on any VPS

Control Plane (Clever VPN Cloud)

https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51

• User management
• Node orchestration
• Traffic monitoring
• Subscription & licensing
• Multi-node VPN clustering

Supported Infrastructure

Clever VPN Nodes run on:

• DigitalOcean
• AWS
• Google Cloud
• Azure
• Vultr
• Hetzner
• OVHcloud
• Oracle Cloud
• Any Linux VPS
• Dedicated servers

Summary

Clever VPN Server is a lightweight VPN Node that you activate on your own server.

The intelligence layer is provided by:

https://www.clever-vpn.net/?wg-referral=01PrvYaq51