Setting up Mimicry VPN in BeAdmin

Mimicry is a VPN module with the strongest traffic masking the panel has to offer: the connection looks like ordinary web browsing, so it gets through even on networks that filter out obfuscated protocols such as AmneziaWG. The panel deploys the module with a single button and prepares the server side for you — keys, configurations, and client apps are all handed out from the interface. Below: installation, the first user, and connecting a device.

Installing the Mimicry module

The panel sets up the server side on its own — no config files to edit, no SSH session needed.

1. In the side menu open VPN → Mimicry.
2. Click Install. To pin a specific port, first open Installation settings (the gear icon next to the button), enter the number in the Port field, and click Launch.
3. Wait for the installation to finish. The Log button on the module card shows the progress.

By default Mimicry listens on tcp 443 — the port where masking works best. If Nginx, Apache, or another BeAdmin module already holds it, the panel brings the service up on tcp 2083.

Installing the Mimicry module

Once the install is done, the Users page opens — the module's main screen. The header holds start, stop, and restart for the service, and the three-dot menu holds logs, settings, updates, reinstall, and uninstall.

By the way, the module needs a server with the BeAdmin panel. If you don't have one yet, a Fornex VPS runs on NVMe with full root access — pick a configuration here.

Creating a user

A Mimicry user is a separate set of keys with its own configuration. Create one user per device: that way you can revoke access for a single device without touching the rest.

1. On the Users page click Create user.
2. Fill in the fields:
   • Username — a short identifier of 2 to 32 characters: Latin letters, digits, and hyphens. Leave it empty and the panel makes up a unique name for you.
   • Email — optional. You only need it if you plan to send the configuration by email; the connection itself works without an address.
   • Comment — a note of up to 64 characters, for example "Anna's phone" or "work laptop". Keeps the list readable.
   • User language — the language of the email with the configuration. Default — English.
3. Leave the Enabled toggle in the dialog footer on so the user can connect straight away.
4. Click Create. The user appears in the list, and the server prepares its keys.

Mimicry users list

Connecting a device

Mimicry uses a single configuration format: one file and one QR code work with every client app — no picking between formats the way Amnezia needs.

Get the app for the platform you need:

• Android — the "Android client" card on the Users page: Download APK, or Copy link (the link works without a panel account and expires after 24 hours).
• Windows — the "Windows client" card: Download for Windows for the .exe, or the same 24-hour link. Requires 64-bit Windows 11, or Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) and newer.
• Apple — the Mimicry app in the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Then hand the configuration over to the device:

1. Click the user's row in the list — it expands and shows a QR code with action buttons.
2. Pick whichever way suits you:
   • QR code — show the code on screen, or save the image with the QR code button.
   • Download config — saves the configuration as a file; the name matches the user name.
   • Send to email — sends the same file to the user's address, provided SMTP is configured in the panel and the address is filled in.
3. In the Mimicry app pick Add connection → Scan QR code and point the camera at the code in the panel. Or open the downloaded configuration file with the app — the connection is added automatically.
4. Activate the connection.

Connecting to the VPN

Managing users

Above the list the panel shows how many licence slots are left. The free licence covers one user — enough to try the service on a single device. When you need more, the Buy more slots link in the licence tile opens the Licence section with the count already filled in. Licence slots stack with the free one: 5 in the licence gives you 6 users in total.

The more devices route through one server, the sooner bandwidth becomes the bottleneck: for a team or a busy household, take a look at a dedicated server.

The Edit button in the expanded row changes the email address, comment, email language, and the user's state. The username can't be changed after creation. The panel reminds you that new settings only reach the device once the configuration is imported again — until then the app keeps working with the old parameters.

Managing access

The toggle in the user's row enables and disables the account in one tap. A disabled user stays in the list but can't connect with its configuration. The change applies immediately — no service restart required.

Unlike Amnezia, re-enabling does not reissue the keys: the configuration already stored in the app starts working again. No downloading files, no scanning a new QR code.

Module settings

Open the three-dot menu → Module settings. For now there is one tab, General, with a single parameter — the TCP port in the Connection section.

1. In the Port field enter a number from 1 to 65535.
2. Click Save and confirm the change in the dialog.
3. The panel stores the new port and restarts the service itself.

Port 443 gives the strongest masking, so it's worth moving away from it only when it clashes with a web server or another BeAdmin module — the panel warns you right under the field. A busy port can still be saved, but the service stays down until the port is free.

Mimicry settings

Updating and uninstalling the module

Update Mimicry in the actions menu installs the latest version over the current one and restarts the service. The user list and the keys are preserved, so there's nothing to re-import — the same goes for Reinstall Mimicry.