Deploy and Host EvoCRM on Railway

EvoCRM is an open-source, self-hosted conversational CRM designed to work with Evolution API. It helps businesses manage WhatsApp conversations, customer support, sales workflows, contacts, team assignments, AI agents, and automations from a centralized platform.

About Hosting EvoCRM

Hosting EvoCRM involves deploying the application services required to run the CRM, connect it with Evolution API, and persist customer, conversation, user, and automation data. A typical deployment may include the EvoCRM application, a database, authentication configuration, environment variables, and an active Evolution API instance for WhatsApp connectivity. Depending on your setup, you may also need storage, background workers, Redis, or AI provider credentials for automation and agent features.

Common Use Cases

Manage WhatsApp customer support conversations in a shared inbox
Assign sales and support conversations to team members
Use AI agents and automations to qualify leads, answer questions, and streamline workflows

Dependencies for EvoCRM Hosting

Evolution API instance
PostgreSQL database
Redis, if required by the deployment
Environment variables for authentication, API URLs, and integrations
Optional AI provider credentials for agent-based workflows

Deployment Dependencies

Relevant resources:

Evolution API GitHub repository
EvoCRM Community GitHub repository
Railway PostgreSQL service
Railway Redis service
Railway environment variables and service networking

Implementation Details

A Railway deployment usually requires configuring the application with environment variables such as:

DATABASE_URL=
REDIS_URL=
EVOLUTION_API_URL=
EVOLUTION_API_KEY=
APP_URL=
JWT_SECRET=

The exact variables may vary depending on the EvoCRM version and deployment template.

Why Deploy EvoCRM 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 EvoCRM 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.