Deploy and Host 1Password Connect API and Server on Railway

When you use 1Password Connect server as part of a Secrets Automation workflow, you can securely access your 1Password items and vaults in your company's apps and cloud infrastructure using a private REST API.

Connect servers work well for when you need unlimited requests and self-hosted infrastructure. 1Password also maintains several SDK libraries for the Connect API so you can integrate with your existing applications.

About Hosting 1Password Connect API and Server

To get started, follow the documentation on 1Password's website to set up a Connect Server. https://developer.1password.com/docs/connect/get-started

You will need:

• a Connect Server on your 1Password Account
• a 1password-credentials.json from that Connect Server
• Base64 encode your 1password-credentials.json and provide it to the required OP_SESSION variable

Here's how to Base64 encode your json file:

cat 1password-credentials.json | base64 | tr '/+' '_-' | tr -d '=' | tr -d '\n'

Common Use Cases

• Behind the firewall password and secret store access
• Unlimited API requests
• More secure secret store over private networking on Railway

Dependencies for 1Password Connect API and Server Hosting

No dependencies

Deployment Dependencies

Docs: https://developer.1password.com/docs/connect/

Why Deploy 1Password Connect API and Server on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying 1Password Connect API and Server on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.