Overview

Rotating Datacenter Proxies give you access to high-speed datacenter IPs for browsing, automation, and data collection. They are billed pay-as-you-go by traffic (per GB), and you configure targeting, protocol, and session type from the Geonode dashboard.

The dashboard experience is similar to Residential Proxies. The main difference is that traffic uses datacenter IPs instead of residential IPs.

How Rotating Datacenter Proxies Work

Rotating Datacenter Proxies use a traffic-based plan model:

• Usage is billed per GB.
• Your remaining bandwidth is shown in GB in the dashboard.
• Traffic is consumed as you send requests through the proxy.
• Pricing starts from the rate shown on your Rotating Datacenter Proxies plan.
• You can configure endpoints, targeting, and session type before connecting.
• You can top up bandwidth manually or enable auto top-up from the dashboard.

See Pricing for Pay As You Go and Subscription plans.

Access Your Credentials

1. Log in to the Geonode Dashboard.
2. Go to Proxies → Rotating Datacenter Proxies.
3. Open Proxy configuration.
4. Find your proxy credentials.

Your credentials include:

• Username
• Password
• Host
• Port

Configure Your Proxy

You can configure Rotating Datacenter Proxies from the Geonode dashboard under Proxies → Rotating Datacenter Proxies → Proxy configuration.

From Proxy Configuration, you can set:

• Gateway
• Country, state, and city targeting
• ASN/ISP targeting
• OS targeting
• Protocol
• Session type
• Endpoint count and format
• API credentials for username and password authentication

The dashboard also includes Port configuration, Active sticky sessions, Statistics, Block list, and Reseller.

Configuration Options

Bandwidth

The top of the Rotating Datacenter Proxies page shows your available bandwidth in GB.

From there you can:

• Check remaining bandwidth
• Use Manual top-up to add traffic
• Enable auto top-up
• Open See pricing to review plan rates

For full Pay As You Go and Subscription pricing, see Pricing.

Endpoint Format

Use this format for tools that accept a single proxy string:

hostname:port:username:password

Example:

proxy.geonode.io:9000:USERNAME:PASSWORD

Replace USERNAME and PASSWORD with your dashboard credentials.

Port Ranges

For rotating sessions, Geonode uses these common port ranges:

The dashboard shows the active port range for your selected protocol under the generated endpoint list.

Basic Connection

HTTP

curl -x http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.geonode.io:9000 https://ipinfo.io

SOCKS5

curl --proxy socks5://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy.geonode.io:11000 https://ipinfo.io

Targeting

Rotating Datacenter Proxies support the same style of geo and network targeting as Residential Proxies:

• Country targeting — route traffic through a specific country
• State targeting — narrow traffic to a state or region
• City targeting — target a specific city
• ASN/ISP targeting — route through a specific ISP or ASN when available
• OS targeting — filter by operating system when available

For detailed targeting workflows, see:

• Target Specific Location
• Exclude Specific Location
• Switch Between Different Proxy Locations

Sessions

Rotating Datacenter Proxies support both rotating and sticky sessions:

• Rotating — a new IP is used across requests, typically over rotating ports such as HTTP 9000–9010
• Sticky — keep the same IP for a session when you need continuity

For session workflows, see:

• Rotating Proxies
• New Sticky Session
• How to Release Sticky Sessions
• How to Set Proxy Session Lifetime

Endpoints and Credentials

From Proxy configuration, you can:

1. Copy your API username and password.
2. Choose an endpoint format such as hostname:port:username:password.
3. Generate one or more proxy endpoints.
4. Use the generated endpoints in your tools or scripts.

For code samples generated from your configuration, see API Code Generator.

Monitoring

Use the dashboard Statistics view and usage guides to monitor traffic and performance.

See Usage Stats & Analytics for monitoring proxy usage.

See Latency Testing when you need to test response performance.

Getting Started

To start using Rotating Datacenter Proxies:

1. Open the Geonode dashboard.
2. Go to Rotating Datacenter Proxies.
3. Open Proxy configuration.
4. Set your targeting, protocol, and session type.
5. Copy your credentials and generated endpoints.

If you are new to Geonode proxies, start with the Quick Start Guide.