---
title: "Deploy API Key Manager"
description: "Deploy and Host API Key Manager with Railway"
category: "Authentication"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/api-key-manager
---

# Deploy API Key Manager

Deploy and Host API Key Manager with Railway

**[Deploy API Key Manager on Railway](https://railway.com/template/api-key-manager)**

- **Creator:** utsav-pal's Projects
- **Category:** Authentication
- **Total deploys:** 63

## Template content

### redis https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/0ce0bfdcfbdbf69662b1116671f97c2dd788b655-157x157.svg

- **Image:** redis:8.2.1
- **Start command:** `/bin/sh -c "rm -rf $RAILWAY_VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH/lost+found/ && exec docker-entrypoint.sh redis-server --requirepass $REDIS_PASSWORD --save 60 1 --dir $RAILWAY_VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH"`

### postgres https://devicons.railway.app/i/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp-templates/postgres-ssl:17

### API-Key-Manager https://devicons.railway.com/i/fastapi.svg

- **Source:** utsav-pal/API-Key-Manager

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host API Key Manager on Railway

API Key Manager is a self-hosted API key management service that provides secure key generation, rate limiting, usage tracking, and audit logging. It offers a complete alternative to paid services like Unkey.dev, giving you full control over your API authentication infrastructure.

## About Hosting API Key Manager

API Key Manager requires PostgreSQL for data persistence and Redis for rate limiting. The service exposes a REST API that any application can integrate with, regardless of programming language. When deployed on Railway, both database services are provisioned automatically and connected via environment variables. The FastAPI backend handles all key operations including creation, verification, rotation, and revocation with zero configuration required from users.

## Common Use Cases

- SaaS platforms needing to issue and manage customer API keys
- Internal tools requiring programmatic access control
- Developers building APIs who need rate limiting and usage analytics
- Teams migrating from paid API key services to self-hosted solutions

## Dependencies for API Key Manager Hosting

- PostgreSQL (stores users, keys, and audit logs)
- Redis (powers rate limiting with sliding window algorithm)

### Deployment Dependencies

- [FastAPI Documentation](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/)
- [SQLAlchemy Async](https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/orm/extensions/asyncio.html)
- [Redis Rate Limiting](https://redis.io/glossary/rate-limiting/)

## Why Deploy API Key Manager 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 API Key Manager 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.

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## Source Code

**GitHub:** [github.com/utsav-pal/API-Key-Manager](https://github.com/utsav-pal/API-Key-Manager)

### Similar To

This template provides a self-hosted alternative to:
- [Unkey.dev](https://unkey.dev) - API key management
- [Zuplo](https://zuplo.com) - API gateway
- [Kong](https://konghq.com) - API platform

All features, zero monthly fees.

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