Deploy Databasus

Deploy and Host Databasus on Railway

Databasus is a database backup tool with a web UI. It schedules logical and physical backups of PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB, keeps them with retention policies, verifies restores, and stores them locally or in S3, Google Drive, Azure, SFTP, FTP, NAS or any rclone remote, with notifications to Slack, Discord, Telegram and email.

About Hosting Databasus

This template deploys Databasus v3.60.0 from the official image. Its own metadata lives in an internal Postgres on a Railway volume, together with local backups. On first start the admin account is created from environment variables and external sign-up, member invitations and member workspaces are turned off, so nobody else can register. Add your Railway databases over the private network, for example postgres.railway.internal, and choose a schedule. For off-site copies, add an S3 or other remote storage. Watch the volume size if backups stay local on the Hobby plan. Restore verification can test backups automatically.

Common Use Cases

• Scheduled, verified backups of Railway Postgres, MySQL and MongoDB databases
• Sending database backups to S3-compatible storage with retention rules
• Restore drills and backup alerts for small teams

Dependencies for Databasus Hosting

• databasus/databasus:v3.60.0 (official image, includes its own Postgres 17)
• A Railway volume at /databasus-data for metadata and local backups

Deployment Dependencies

• Databasus documentation
• Databasus v3.60.0 release
• Databasus on GitHub
• Railway private networking

Implementation Details

Sign in with DATABASUS_ADMIN_EMAIL and DATABASUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD, create a workspace, add a database with its private host (for example ${{Postgres.PGHOST}}), choose a storage and enable backups.

Notes:

• The start command runs the image's start.sh, then creates the admin and closes sign-up through the API; keep it when editing the service.
• Local backups share the volume with Databasus itself; use remote storage for real off-site copies.

This is a community-maintained deployment package and does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by the Databasus project or its maintainers.

Why Deploy Databasus 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 Databasus 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.