How do I deploy Crion on Railway?

You can deploy Crion on Railway by clicking the "Deploy Now" button on this page. Railway will automatically set up all the necessary services and configurations for you.

What are the system requirements?

Railway handles all the infrastructure requirements. You only need a web browser to deploy and manage your application.

Is this template free to use?

Yes, this template is free to use within your existing Railway account.

Can I customize this template?

Yes, you can fully customize this template. After deployment, you will have full control of what you've deployed in your Railway project.

How do I get support for this template?

You can get support through our community forum: crion-d2b2625b, or click "Get template help" for this template for more assistance.

Deploy and Host Crion on Railway

Crion is a secure, human-in-the-loop approval system for Phase.dev secrets. It pauses your scripts and sends a Telegram notification, waiting for you to click "Approve" before releasing sensitive credentials to your code.

About Hosting Crion

Crion consists of a lightweight Bun-powered HTTP server that bridges your application scripts with Telegram. When deployed on Railway, the bot runs 24/7, receiving approval requests from your SDK-integrated scripts and forwarding them to your Telegram chat. You approve or deny with a single tap, and the bot releases (or withholds) your Phase.dev service token. Railway's persistent volumes ensure your SQLite database of approval requests survives restarts.

Common Use Cases

CI/CD Pipelines: Require human approval before deploying to production or accessing production secrets.
AI Agents: Gate sensitive API keys so autonomous scripts can't access them without your explicit consent.
Shared Development: Let team members request access to secrets they need, with you as the gatekeeper.

Dependencies for Crion Hosting

Bun Runtime: Used as the JavaScript runtime for the bot server.
Telegraf: Telegram Bot framework for handling messages and callbacks.

Deployment Dependencies

Phase.dev - Secrets management platform (you'll need a Phase Service Token)
Telegram Bot - Create a bot via @BotFather to get your TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
Get Chat ID - Use @userinfobot to find your TELEGRAM_ADMIN_CHAT_ID

Implementation Details

Environment Variables:

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN=your-bot-token-from-botfather
TELEGRAM_ADMIN_CHAT_ID=your-telegram-chat-id
PHASE_TOKEN=pss_service:v2:your-phase-token

Persistence: Add a Railway Volume mounted to /app/bot/data to persist the SQLite database.

Why Deploy Crion 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 Crion 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.