---
title: "Deploy databasus"
description: "Self-hosted Databasus: scheduled DB backups to S3 with a web UI."
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/databasus-2
---

# Deploy databasus

Self-hosted Databasus: scheduled DB backups to S3 with a web UI.

**[Deploy databasus on Railway](https://railway.com/template/databasus-2)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/databasus-2/manifest.json

- **Creator:** Sethumadhavan K's Projects
- **Category:** Other

## Template content

### databasus

- **Image:** ghcr.io/databasus/databasus:v3.63.0
- **Health check:** /api/v1/system/version
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Buckets

- **databasus-backups**

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Databasus on Railway

[Databasus](https://databasus.com/) is a free, open-source, self-hosted backup tool for PostgreSQL (primary), MySQL, MariaDB, and MongoDB — with scheduling, multi-storage destinations, notifications, restore verification, and Point-in-Time Recovery focused workflows.

## About Hosting Databasus

This template builds from the Dockerfile wrapping `ghcr.io/databasus/databasus:v3.63.0` with a thin `/app/main` entrypoint. The app listens on port 4005 (or `PORT`). Metadata and the encryption key live in an embedded PostgreSQL 17 cluster on a volume at `/databasus-data`. On first boot the admin account is created from `DATABASUS_ADMIN_EMAIL` / `DATABASUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD`, and open sign-up is closed when `DATABASUS_DISABLE_SIGNUP=true`. A Railway Bucket (`databasus-backups`) supplies S3 credentials as `S3_*` variables for you to register as a storage destination in the UI.

## Common Use Cases

- Back up Railway Postgres (and other DBs) over the private network on a schedule
- Keep encrypted off-site copies in a Railway Bucket (or any S3-compatible store)
- Restore verification, health checks, and Slack/Discord/Telegram backup alerts from one dashboard

## Dependencies for Databasus Hosting

- Volume at `/databasus-data` — embedded Postgres, `secret.key`, optional local backups
- Railway Bucket `databasus-backups` — S3-compatible destination for backup archives
- Public domain — HTTPS UI/API (generate a Railway domain)

### Deployment Dependencies

- [Databasus](https://databasus.com/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/databasus/databasus) · Apache-2.0
- Image: `ghcr.io/databasus/databasus:v3.63.0` (wrapped by this template’s Dockerfile)
- [Installation docs](https://databasus.com/installation) · [Advanced config](https://databasus.com/advanced-config)
- [Railway Buckets](https://docs.railway.com/storage-buckets) · [Private networking](https://docs.railway.com/guides/private-networking)

### Implementation Details

| Service / resource | Role |
| --- | --- |
| databasus | Web UI and API on 4005; scheduler; embedded Postgres 17 on `/databasus-data` |
| databasus-backups | Railway Bucket; credentials exposed as `S3_*` on the Databasus service |

**First login**

1. Set `DATABASUS_ADMIN_EMAIL` at deploy (default `admin@example.com`). Copy `DATABASUS_ADMIN_PASSWORD` from the Variables tab after deploy.
2. Open the public URL. Use **Sign in** (not Sign up) with that email and password.
3. Create a workspace, then under Storages add **S3**. Paste `S3_ENDPOINT`, `S3_BUCKET`, `S3_REGION`, `S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, and `S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`. Enable **virtual-hosted style** for current Railway Buckets. Test connection.
4. Add a database (private host e.g. `postgres.railway.internal`, port 5432; SSL can stay off on the private network). Prefer accepting Databasus’s read-only user when offered.
5. Save the encryption key: `railway ssh --service databasus -- cat /databasus-data/secret.key`. Encrypted backups cannot be restored without it if the volume is lost.

Local volume storage works without the bucket, but watch volume size on Hobby. Prefer the bucket for off-site copies.

Optional: SMTP (`SMTP_HOST`, `DATABASUS_URL`, etc.) for invites and password reset — see [advanced config](https://databasus.com/advanced-config).

## 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.


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