Delivery Node.
Host customer download files on your own machine for large digital catalogues — files never go through MeshX servers.
What is a Delivery Node?
If you sell digital products and your catalogue is bigger than Drive's storage cap (typically 500k+ designs), you can host customer download files on your own machine instead. The Delivery Node is a small worker that runs on a PC at your home or office and serves customer downloads directly from a folder on your computer.
Files never go through MeshX servers. They stream directly from your PC to the customer via an encrypted Cloudflare Tunnel. You keep full ownership of your files.
8 rules — read before you start
You must accept all 8 rules before you can register a Delivery Node. These exist to protect your customers — if your node goes offline or files go missing, paid customers can't download what they bought.
| # | Rule | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your PC must stay on 24/7 | If it sleeps, shuts down, or loses internet, customers who paid get nothing. UPS recommended. |
| 2 | Plan ~20 GB storage per 1,000 designs | 100k designs = 2 TB. 500k designs = 10 TB. Buy disk first. |
| 3 | Never move, rename, or delete files in the vault | Storefront stores the exact path. Move = 404. No auto-detect. |
| 4 | Don't delete anything you've ever sold | Re-download links are valid up to 7 days. Keep everything. |
| 5 | No antivirus / OneDrive / Dropbox sync on the vault folder | They quarantine, lock, or rename files mid-stream. |
| 6 | No external drives that disconnect | USB sleep / unplug = customer downloads fail. Internal drives only. |
| 7 | Notify MeshX before changing anything | Drive letter, hostname, PC swap — we move the tenant config across. |
| 8 | Backup is your responsibility | MeshX does not back up your vault. If your drive dies and you have no offsite copy, your customers can't redownload. |
Step 1 — Open the Delivery Node admin
From your Storefront admin sidebar, click Delivery Node. This takes you to the Delivery Node management page.
Step 2 — Add a Delivery Node
Click Add delivery node and fill in:
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Friendly name | A label for this node, e.g. Home PC or Office NAS. For your reference only. |
| Vault folder path | The full Windows path to the folder containing your digital product files, e.g. D:\MeshX Vault |
| 8 rule checkboxes | Tick every rule to confirm you understand. The Submit button is locked until all 8 are ticked. |
Step 3 — MeshX provisions everything
After you submit, MeshX handles the infrastructure automatically in the background:
- A Cloudflare Tunnel is created for your node
- A DNS record is added so downloads come from
downloads-<yourslug>.meshx.uk - Credentials are encrypted and stored
- A one-time install token is minted (valid 24 hours)
You don't need to do anything for this step — it happens within a few seconds.
Step 4 — Copy the PowerShell one-liner
A green "Almost there — install on your PC" card appears with a single command:
Click the Copy button to put it on your clipboard.
Step 5 — Run on the PC that holds your designs
On the Windows PC where your vault folder lives:
- Press the Windows key, type
powershell, click Windows PowerShell - Right-click into the blue window to paste the command
- Press Enter
The script takes ~1–2 minutes. It downloads everything it needs (Node runtime, cloudflared, worker code), writes config and credentials, and registers two Windows Scheduled Tasks so the worker starts automatically on boot.
powershell, click Windows PowerShell. Right-click into the blue window to paste, then press Enter.Step 6 — Wait for "Online"
Back in MeshX, the admin page auto-polls every 5 seconds. When the worker's first heartbeat reaches the server, the node row turns green and shows the assigned hostname (e.g. downloads-casualclassics.meshx.uk).
Your Delivery Node is now live. Import your digital catalogue via the Listings Import guide — digital files will automatically route to your local vault for delivery.
Important notes
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