---
title: "Deploy Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp)"
description: "Chatwoot with WhatsApp set up on deploy: log in, scan a QR code, reply."
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/chatwoot-w-whatsapp
---

# Deploy Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp)

Chatwoot with WhatsApp set up on deploy: log in, scan a QR code, reply.

**[Deploy Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp) on Railway](https://railway.com/template/chatwoot-w-whatsapp)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/chatwoot-w-whatsapp/manifest.json

- **Creator:** AvgSoft
- **Category:** Other
- **Total deploys:** 3

## Template content

### Chatwoot https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@6ab06146e7d9a658953ce107fdbb88d57799794d/service-icons/chatwoot.svg

- **Image:** chatwoot/chatwoot:v4.19.1-ce
- **Start command:** `/bin/sh -c "rm -f /app/tmp/pids/server.pid; until pg_isready -q -h $PGHOST -p $PGPORT; do sleep 2; done; bundle exec rails db:chatwoot_prepare || exit 1; bundle exec sidekiq -C config/sidekiq.yml & S=$!; bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT & R=$!; trap 'kill -TERM $S $R; wait; exit 0' TERM INT; while kill -0 $S && kill -0 $R; do sleep 5; done; kill -TERM $S $R; wait; exit 1"`
- **Health check:** /api
- **Public domain:** Yes

### Setup https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@6ab06146e7d9a658953ce107fdbb88d57799794d/service-icons/setup.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp/function-bun:1.3.0
- **Start command:** `./run.sh // One-time setup for the "Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp)" template, run as a Railway Function (ghcr.io/railwayapp/function-bun).
// Creates the Chatwoot admin, a "WhatsApp" API inbox pointing at WAHA, and WAHA's "default" session and Chatwoot app.
// Safe to run again: every step checks what already exists. It never starts the WhatsApp session (QR codes expire);
// the user types "start" in Chatwoot when their phone is ready.
// Build the template's start command from this file: "./run.sh " + base64(file).
//
// Variables: CHATWOOT_URL, WAHA_URL, WAHA_API_KEY, ADMIN_EMAIL, ADMIN_PASSWORD, ADMIN_NAME, ACCOUNT_NAME.

const CW = (process.env.CHATWOOT_URL ?? '').replace(/\/$/, '');
const WA = (process.env.WAHA_URL ?? '').replace(/\/$/, '');
const KEY = process.env.WAHA_API_KEY ?? '';
const EMAIL = (process.env.ADMIN_EMAIL ?? '').trim();
const PASSWORD = process.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD ?? '';
const NAME = process.env.ADMIN_NAME || 'Admin';
const ACCOUNT = process.env.ACCOUNT_NAME || 'Support';
const SESSION = 'default';

const log = (msg: string) => console.log(`[setup] ${msg}`);
const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
// Exit 0 on failure too, so a setup problem never marks the deploy as failed; the log says how to finish by hand.
const stop = (msg: string): never => { log(msg); log('You can finish by hand with WAHA\'s guide: https://waha.devlike.pro/blog/apps-chatwoot-config/ (WAHA dashboard: your WAHA URL + /dashboard).'); process.exit(0); };
const wa = (path: string, init: RequestInit = {}) => fetch(`${WA}${path}`, { ...init, headers: { 'X-Api-Key': KEY, 'content-type': 'application/json', ...(init.headers ?? {}) } });

async function waitFor(url: string, name: string) {
  for (let i = 0; i < 90; i++) {
    try { if ((await fetch(url)).ok) return log(`${name} is up`); } catch {}
    await sleep(10_000);
  }
  stop(`${name} did not come up within 15 minutes (${url})`);
}

if (!CW || !WA || !KEY || !EMAIL || !PASSWORD) stop('missing CHATWOOT_URL, WAHA_URL, WAHA_API_KEY, ADMIN_EMAIL or ADMIN_PASSWORD');
// Chatwoot's password rules (devise-secure_password): 6+ characters, an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number, a symbol.
const RULES = 'at least 6 characters, with an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter, a number and a symbol such as ! @ # $ %';
const FIX = 'Change ADMIN_PASSWORD in the Setup service\'s Variables and redeploy Setup.';
if (PASSWORD.length < 6 || !/[A-Z]/.test(PASSWORD) || !/[a-z]/.test(PASSWORD) || !/\d/.test(PASSWORD) || !/[^A-Za-z0-9]/.test(PASSWORD)) {
  stop(`ADMIN_PASSWORD is too weak for Chatwoot: it needs ${RULES}. ${FIX}`);
}
let createdAdmin = false;
await waitFor(`${CW}/api`, 'Chatwoot');
await waitFor(`${WA}/ping`, 'WAHA');

// 1. Chatwoot admin: Chatwoot's first-run page creates it, confirmed, with no email needed.
let res = await fetch(`${CW}/installation/onboarding`, { redirect: 'manual' });
if (res.status === 200) {
  const raw: string[] = (res.headers as any).getSetCookie?.() ?? (res.headers.get('set-cookie') ?? '').split(/,(?=[^;]+=)/);
  const cookie = raw.map((c) => c.split(';')[0].trim()).filter(Boolean).join('; ');
  const token = (await res.text()).match(/name="authenticity_token" value="([^"]+)"/)?.[1];
  if (!token) stop('could not read the Chatwoot setup form');
  res = await fetch(`${CW}/installation/onboarding`, {
    method: 'POST', redirect: 'manual',
    headers: { cookie, 'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
    body: new URLSearchParams({ authenticity_token: token!, 'user[name]': NAME, 'user[company]': ACCOUNT, 'user[email]': EMAIL, 'user[password]': PASSWORD }),
  });
  if (res.status !== 302 || (res.headers.get('location') ?? '').includes('onboarding')) stop(`creating the Chatwoot admin failed (HTTP ${res.status})`);
  createdAdmin = true;
  log(`created the Chatwoot admin ${EMAIL}`);
} else {
  log('Chatwoot already has an admin');
}

// 2. Sign in and read the admin's access token.
res = await fetch(`${CW}/auth/sign_in`, { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ email: EMAIL, password: PASSWORD }) });
// Chatwoot's setup page answers a refused password with a redirect too, so a failed sign-in right after it means Chatwoot refused it.
if (!res.ok && createdAdmin) stop(`Chatwoot did not accept ADMIN_PASSWORD; it needs ${RULES}. ${FIX}`);
if (!res.ok) stop(`cannot sign in to Chatwoot as ${EMAIL} (password changed, or a different admin exists); nothing else to do`);
const auth = { 'access-token': res.headers.get('access-token') ?? '', client: res.headers.get('client') ?? '', uid: res.headers.get('uid') ?? '' };
const profile: any = await (await fetch(`${CW}/api/v1/profile`, { headers: auth })).json();
const accountId = profile.account_id ?? profile.accounts?.[0]?.id;
if (!profile.access_token || !accountId) stop('could not read the Chatwoot access token');

// 3. Already linked? Then we're done.
const apps: any[] = await (await wa(`/api/apps?session=${SESSION}`)).json().catch(() => []);
if (Array.isArray(apps) && apps.some((a) => a.app === 'chatwoot')) {
  log('WhatsApp is already linked to Chatwoot; nothing to do');
  process.exit(0);
}

// 4. WAHA session, created but not started.
if ((await wa(`/api/sessions/${SESSION}`)).status === 404) {
  res = await wa('/api/sessions', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify({ name: SESSION, start: false }) });
  if (!res.ok) stop(`creating the WAHA session failed (HTTP ${res.status})`);
  log(`created WAHA session "${SESSION}"`);
}

// 5. Chatwoot "WhatsApp" API inbox whose webhook points at the WAHA app.
const appId = `app_${crypto.randomUUID().replace(/-/g, '')}`;
res = await fetch(`${CW}/api/v1/accounts/${accountId}/inboxes`, {
  method: 'POST', headers: { ...auth, 'content-type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({ name: 'WhatsApp', channel: { type: 'api', webhook_url: `${WA}/webhooks/chatwoot/${SESSION}/${appId}` } }),
});
const inbox: any = await res.json();
if (!res.ok || !inbox.inbox_identifier) stop(`creating the WhatsApp inbox failed (HTTP ${res.status})`);
log(`created the Chatwoot inbox "WhatsApp" (id ${inbox.id})`);

// 6. WAHA's Chatwoot app.
res = await wa('/api/apps', {
  method: 'POST',
  body: JSON.stringify({
    id: appId, session: SESSION, app: 'chatwoot', enabled: true,
    config: {
      url: CW, accountId, accountToken: profile.access_token, inboxId: inbox.id, inboxIdentifier: inbox.inbox_identifier,
      locale: 'en-US', linkPreview: 'OFF', templates: {}, commands: { server: true, queue: true },
      conversations: { sort: 'created_newest', status: null, markAsRead: true, syncMessageStatus: false },
    },
  }),
});
if (!res.ok) stop(`linking WAHA to Chatwoot failed (HTTP ${res.status}: ${(await res.text()).slice(0, 200)})`);
log('linked WAHA to Chatwoot');

// 7. A private note in the "WhatsApp Integration" conversation (created by WAHA), where the user connects WhatsApp,
//    so they don't have to wonder how it works or how to test it.
const NOTE = [
  'Welcome! This conversation controls your WhatsApp connection (WAHA).',
  '',
  '1. Have your phone ready, then type start here. A QR code appears in this conversation, with a few status warnings; they are normal until you scan.',
  '2. On the phone whose WhatsApp number you want to use, open WhatsApp, then Settings, Linked devices, Link a device, and scan the QR code.',
  '3. That\'s it. When someone messages that number, the chat appears in this WhatsApp inbox, and your replies here are sent from that number. Your phone keeps working as usual.',
  '',
  'Each QR code lasts about 20 seconds, so new ones keep arriving until you scan: scan the newest. If they stop before you scan (after about 2 minutes), type start again.',
  'To test it, send a message to that number from a different phone.',
  'Commands you can type here: start, status, help.',
  'Use a number you can afford to lose: this is an unofficial WhatsApp connection, and WhatsApp can ban numbers, especially for bulk messaging.',
].join('\n');
let convo: any;
for (let i = 0; i < 12 && !convo; i++) {
  const list: any = await (await fetch(`${CW}/api/v1/accounts/${accountId}/conversations?inbox_id=${inbox.id}&status=all`, { headers: auth })).json().catch(() => ({}));
  convo = list?.data?.payload?.[0];
  if (!convo) await sleep(5_000);
}
if (convo) {
  res = await fetch(`${CW}/api/v1/accounts/${accountId}/conversations/${convo.id}/messages`, {
    method: 'POST', headers: { ...auth, 'content-type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({ content: NOTE, message_type: 'outgoing', private: true }),
  });
  log(res.ok ? 'added the how-to note to the "WhatsApp Integration" conversation' : `could not add the how-to note (HTTP ${res.status})`);
} else {
  log('the "WhatsApp Integration" conversation did not appear; skipped the how-to note');
}
log(`Done. Log in at ${CW} as ${EMAIL}, open the "WhatsApp Integration" conversation in the WhatsApp inbox, type start and scan the QR code.`);
process.exit(0);
`

### WAHA https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@6ab06146e7d9a658953ce107fdbb88d57799794d/service-icons/whatsapp.svg

- **Image:** devlikeapro/waha:gows-2026.9.2
- **Health check:** /ping
- **Public domain:** Yes

### Redis https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@6ab06146e7d9a658953ce107fdbb88d57799794d/service-icons/redis.svg

- **Image:** redis:8.2
- **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://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@6ab06146e7d9a658953ce107fdbb88d57799794d/service-icons/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** pgvector/pgvector:pg16

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp) on Railway

Chatwoot is an open-source support inbox for website chat, email and messaging apps. This template connects your WhatsApp number, so your team answers its chats in Chatwoot.

![Chatwoot with WhatsApp on Railway](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@6ab06146e7d9a658953ce107fdbb88d57799794d/chatwoot-whatsapp/banner.png)

## About Hosting Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp)

1. Deploy with your email and a password. A Setup service then creates your admin account, the WhatsApp inbox and the WAHA link.
2. Log in at your Chatwoot URL with that email and password.
3. In the WhatsApp inbox, open "WhatsApp Integration", type `start`.
4. On the phone with your WhatsApp number: Linked devices, Link a device, scan the QR code.

Chatwoot now works like WhatsApp Web for your number. To test, message it from another phone.

## Common Use Cases

- WhatsApp customer support
- Shared team inbox
- Website chat and email

## Dependencies for Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp) Hosting

- PostgreSQL (pgvector)
- Redis
- WAHA

### Deployment Dependencies

- [WAHA Chatwoot guide](https://waha.devlike.pro/blog/apps-chatwoot-config/)
- [Chatwoot environment variables](https://developers.chatwoot.com/self-hosted/configuration/environment-variables)

### Implementation Details

![Architecture: WhatsApp reaches WAHA, which passes messages to and from Chatwoot; Redis and Postgres stay on the private network; Setup runs once](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@6ab06146e7d9a658953ce107fdbb88d57799794d/chatwoot-whatsapp/architecture.png)

WAHA is unofficial: WhatsApp can ban numbers, especially for bulk messaging.

## Why Deploy Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp) 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 Chatwoot (w/ WhatsApp) 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.


**Updated 2026-10-28:** first release.

Based on the Chatwoot template by Brody.


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