Running Booost on your own server
Booost Business is a desktop app, so it works while its machine is running — and that machine does not have to be your laptop.
- Campaigns run overnight and at weekends, without leaving a laptop open
- Your session and your IP never leave a machine you control — no third party can act as your account
- For agencies: one machine per client is one IP per client, without buying proxies
- The licence is per connected LinkedIn account, not per machine — a server costs no more than a laptop
- A Linux server with no screen needs a virtual display: it is the one step that differs from a normal install
Installing Booost on a server you own or rent, and leaving it on, is the only way to get round-the-clock operation without handing your LinkedIn session to anyone. The session stays on the machine, and the IP LinkedIn sees is the one that machine uses. The EULA allows installing on "any device of your own", so a rented VPS qualifies.
What you need
A machine with Linux, Windows or macOS that stays on. A small VPS is enough for one or two accounts; more accounts want more RAM, because each connected account keeps its own isolated browser session. You also need remote access to it — SSH plus a remote desktop, or your provider's console.
Installing on a Linux server
Download the .deb (Debian/Ubuntu) or the .AppImage from the releases page linked on booost.network. Every Booost release ships both, next to the Windows and macOS builds.
# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install ./booost_<version>_amd64.deb
# or, with the AppImage
chmod +x Booost-<version>.AppImageThe virtual display
Booost has a window, so a server with no monitor needs a virtual one. Xvfb provides it, and xvfb-run starts Booost inside it:
sudo apt install xvfb
xvfb-run --auto-servernum booostTo keep it running after you disconnect, run it as a service (systemd, or your provider's process manager) rather than from an interactive shell.
Seeing the screen when you need it
You will need the interface at least once — to log in to LinkedIn or X the first time, and whenever you want to watch what is happening. The usual ways are a remote desktop (VNC, RDP or your provider's console) pointed at the virtual display, or a desktop Linux image instead of a headless one, which gives you a real session to connect to. The first LinkedIn login is always done by you, in LinkedIn's own page, inside the app.
Windows and macOS
There is no virtual-display step: install the normal build, log in, and leave the machine on. Disable sleep and automatic restarts, or the app stops with the machine.
After it is running
Keep the machine patched and backed up. Booost stores everything in a local SQLite database, so backing up the app's data directory lets you restore the whole workspace. Automatic updates work as usual — Booost checks for new versions and can install them in the background.
Warm-up and safety limits stay per account and unchanged: running on a server does not make an account faster or safer, and the anti-ban system behaves exactly as it does on a laptop. Time zone matters, though — operating hours follow the account's time zone, not the server's, so set the server clock correctly.
We help you set it up
On-prem installation is not self-serve yet, and the steps above are deliberately generic because every provider differs. Tell us what you have in mind and we will walk you through it: choose "On-prem / server installation" in the [contact form](https://booost.network/contact/?reason=onprem) and describe your setup — how many accounts, which operating system, whether the machine already exists. A person answers.