---
title: "Launch a Marketplace node"
description: "Launch a node from a ready-made Marketplace product instead of a plain OS image, and review what you are launching before you commit."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "node"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/node/how-to/launch-a-marketplace-node/"
topic: ["create-and-connect"]
---

# Launch a Marketplace node

A Marketplace node is an ordinary node launched from a ready-made product image, an operating
system plus a prepared software stack, instead of a plain OS. The rest of the flow, plan,
billing, network, security, and launch, works the same as any other node; what differs is how you pick and launch the product. See [Create a
node](/myaccount/node/how-to/create-a-node/) for the shared steps.

## Pick a product

Open **Compute > Nodes**, click **Add New Node**, and choose the **Marketplace** tab. Use the search
box to filter the list, or the **Explore all Marketplace Solutions** link to browse the full catalog
in a new tab. Only products enabled for your account and region show up here. Select a product to
move on to the plan screen.

## Review what you are launching

Before you pick a plan, read the product's own details:

- **Description** and **Features**: what the product is and what it includes.
- **Additional Documentation** and **Release Notes**: vendor documentation, including the ports
  the application needs. You will need these when you set up the security group.
- **Legal**: the product's end-user license agreement.

The product's OS and version are fixed by your choice here.

## Choose a plan and configure the rest

Pick an instance type and plan the same way you would for a CPU node; see [Node
families](/myaccount/node/concepts/node-families/) if you are unsure which one fits. Backup,
VPC, security group, and SSH keys all work the same as for any other node, with one difference:
set the security group to allow the ports the product's documentation calls for, beyond the
default rule. Common ones are TCP 22 for SSH, 80 for HTTP, and 443 for HTTPS, but check the
documentation for what your specific product actually needs.

## Launch and connect

Review the Summary panel, then click **Launch**. Once the node reaches **Running**, connect to
it the same way you would any node of that OS: see [Connect to a Linux
node](/myaccount/node/how-to/connect-to-a-linux-node/) or [Connect to a Windows
node](/myaccount/node/how-to/connect-to-a-windows-node/). The product's own documentation may
give a specific login username instead of the usual default, and may show a welcome message or
first-run setup the first time you connect.

For help with the launch or the app itself, see [Troubleshooting marketplace
deployments](/myaccount/node/troubleshooting/marketplace/).