Nodes

A node is a GPU machine you connect to your provider so it can be rented out by Lium customers. A provider alone earns nothing — your score, emission, and rental revenue all come from the nodes you bring online.

Pick your setup path

Path	Best for	Time
Quickstart with the lium CLI	Most providers — single command sets up the node end-to-end	~5 min
Confidential VM (CVM)	TDX-isolated nodes for sensitive customer workloads	Advanced

Required follow-ups

After the node is running, complete the setup:

• Docker storage setup — required for GPU splitting today, and rolling out to every node soon. Migrates /var/lib/docker to an overlay2 + xfs (pquota, ftype=1) backing.
• GPU splitting — optional, lets a single node serve multiple customers at once.
• GPU Profiling (ncu) — optional, opens GPU performance counters so renters can run Nsight Compute. Makes the node whole-host-only while enabled.

8× H200 / B200 / B300: offer splitting, profiling, or a CVM

A full 8× node of a flagship model (H200, B200, B300) earns the unrented incentive only if at least one of GPU splitting, GPU Profiling (ncu), or an attested confidential VM is in place. With none of the three, the node stays active and rentable but earns no idle payout. Enabling GPU Profiling suspends GPU splitting — open counters make the node whole-host-only — so pick the one that fits your fleet.

Operate your nodes

Day-to-day tasks (registering in the portal, updating prices, notice periods, deletion, troubleshooting) live under the Provider Portal → Managing Nodes page.