The teachings relates to methods for media processing performed in a network node of a distributed cloud 11 comprising two or more virtual machines run in a respective distributed data center. The method comprises: receiving a request for a media service between at least a first and a second user device A, B; creating two or more media virtual nodes for handling the media service, the two or more media virtual nodes being run on a respective virtual machine; configuring, for the first user device A participating in the media service, a communication path to the second user device B for a media stream of the media service, the communication path involving the created two or more media virtual nodes and the communication path comprising at least one redundant path section.