---
title: "Deploy Dify (w/ AI model setup)"
description: "Dify with your model key set up at deploy: OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter."
category: "AI/ML"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/dify-w-ai-model-setup
---

# Deploy Dify (w/ AI model setup)

Dify with your model key set up at deploy: OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter.

**[Deploy Dify (w/ AI model setup) on Railway](https://railway.com/template/dify-w-ai-model-setup)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/dify-w-ai-model-setup/manifest.json

- **Creator:** AvgSoft
- **Category:** AI/ML

## Template content

### Sandbox https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/dify.svg

- **Image:** langgenius/dify-sandbox:0.2.15
- **Start command:** `/bin/bash -c "if test -f $NODE_TAR_XZ; then tar -xf $NODE_TAR_XZ -C /opt; rm -f $NODE_TAR_XZ; fi; mkdir -p /usr/local/bin; ln -sf $NODE_DIR/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node; exec /main"`
- **Health check:** /health

### Plugin daemon https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/dify.svg

- **Image:** langgenius/dify-plugin-daemon:0.6.12-local
- **Health check:** /health/check

### Scheduler https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/dify.svg

- **Image:** langgenius/dify-api:1.18.0

### API https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/dify.svg

- **Image:** langgenius/dify-api:1.18.0
- **Start command:** `/bin/bash -c "case x$SMTP_SERVER in x) ;; *) export MAIL_TYPE=smtp ;; esac; exec /bin/bash /entrypoint.sh"`
- **Health check:** /health

### Dify https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/dify.svg

- **Image:** nginx:1.31-alpine
- **Start command:** `/bin/sh -c "mkdir -p /etc/nginx/templates && printenv NGINX_CONF > /etc/nginx/templates/default.conf.template && exec /docker-entrypoint.sh nginx -g 'daemon off;'"`
- **Health check:** /healthz
- **Public domain:** Yes

### Redis https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/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"`

### Worker https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/dify.svg

- **Image:** langgenius/dify-api:1.18.0
- **Start command:** `/bin/bash -c "case x$SMTP_SERVER in x) ;; *) export MAIL_TYPE=smtp ;; esac; exec /bin/bash /entrypoint.sh"`

### Setup https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/setup.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp/function-bun:1.3.0
- **Start command:** `./run.sh // One-time setup for the "Dify (w/ AI model setup)" template, run as a Railway Function (ghcr.io/railwayapp/function-bun).
// 1. Creates Dify's first admin from the deploy form, so nobody else can claim the /install page first.
// 2. For each model key on the form (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter): installs the provider's plugin from Dify's
//    marketplace, adds the key, and sets default chat and embedding models, so the first app works right after sign-in.
// Safe to run again: every step checks what already exists. Redeploy Setup after adding a key later.
// Build the template's start command from this file: "./run.sh " + base64(file).
//
// Variables: DIFY_API_URL (private API URL), DIFY_URL (public URL, for the log), INIT_PASSWORD (the API's),
// ADMIN_EMAIL, ADMIN_PASSWORD, ADMIN_NAME, OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENROUTER_API_KEY.

const API = (process.env.DIFY_API_URL ?? '').replace(/\/$/, '');
const URL_ = (process.env.DIFY_URL ?? '').replace(/\/$/, '');
const INIT = process.env.INIT_PASSWORD ?? '';
const EMAIL = (process.env.ADMIN_EMAIL ?? '').trim();
const PASSWORD = process.env.ADMIN_PASSWORD ?? '';
const NAME = (process.env.ADMIN_NAME ?? '').trim() || 'Admin';
const MARKETPLACE = 'https://marketplace.dify.ai/api/v1/plugins';

// Providers in the order they win the default chat model. Model lists are tried in order; the first one the
// plugin offers becomes the default, so newer plugin versions that drop a model still get a sensible choice.
const PROVIDERS = [
  { key: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY, label: 'OpenAI', plugin: 'langgenius/openai', provider: 'langgenius/openai/openai', field: 'openai_api_key',
    llm: ['gpt-5.4-mini', 'gpt-5-mini', 'gpt-4.1-mini', 'gpt-4o-mini'], embedding: ['text-embedding-3-small'] },
  { key: process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, label: 'Anthropic', plugin: 'langgenius/anthropic', provider: 'langgenius/anthropic/anthropic', field: 'anthropic_api_key',
    llm: ['claude-sonnet-5-5', 'claude-sonnet-5', 'claude-sonnet-4-6', 'claude-sonnet-4-5'], embedding: [] },
  { key: process.env.OPENROUTER_API_KEY, label: 'OpenRouter', plugin: 'langgenius/openrouter', provider: 'langgenius/openrouter/openrouter', field: 'api_key',
    llm: ['openai/gpt-4.1-mini', 'openai/gpt-4o-mini'], embedding: ['openai/text-embedding-3-small'] },
].map((p) => ({ ...p, key: (p.key ?? '').trim() }));

const log = (msg: string) => console.log(`[setup] ${msg}`);
const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
const FIX = 'Change it in the Setup service\'s Variables and redeploy Setup.';
// Exit 0 on failure too, so a setup problem never marks the deploy as failed; the log says how to finish.
const stop = (msg: string): never => { log(msg); process.exit(0); };

if (!API || !EMAIL || !PASSWORD) stop('missing DIFY_API_URL, ADMIN_EMAIL or ADMIN_PASSWORD');
if (!/^[^@\s]+@[^@\s]+\.[^@\s]+$/.test(EMAIL)) stop(`ADMIN_EMAIL "${EMAIL}" is not an email address. ${FIX}`);
// Dify's password rule (api/libs/password.py): 8+ characters with at least one letter and one number.
if (!/^(?=.*[a-zA-Z])(?=.*\d).{8,}$/.test(PASSWORD)) {
  stop(`ADMIN_PASSWORD is too weak for Dify: it needs at least 8 characters, with a letter and a number. ${FIX}`);
}

// The API runs its database migrations before it answers, which takes a minute or two on the first deploy.
let up = false;
for (let i = 0; i < 90 && !up; i++) {
  try { up = (await fetch(`${API}/health`)).ok; } catch {}
  if (!up) await sleep(10_000);
}
if (!up) stop(`the Dify API did not come up within 15 minutes (${API}/health)`);
log('Dify API is up');

// 1. The admin. INIT_PASSWORD locks Dify's /install page until it is entered; Setup enters it, then creates the admin.
const state: any = await (await fetch(`${API}/console/api/setup`)).json();
if (state.step === 'finished') {
  log('Dify already has an admin');
} else {
  let cookie = '';
  if (INIT) {
    const res = await fetch(`${API}/console/api/init`, { method: 'POST', headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ password: INIT }) });
    if (!res.ok) stop(`Dify refused INIT_PASSWORD (HTTP ${res.status}); it must match the API service's INIT_PASSWORD`);
    cookie = (res.headers.getSetCookie?.() ?? []).map((c) => c.split(';')[0]).join('; ');
  }
  const res = await fetch(`${API}/console/api/setup`, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json', cookie },
    body: JSON.stringify({ email: EMAIL, name: NAME, password: PASSWORD, language: 'en-US' }),
  });
  if (!res.ok) stop(`creating the Dify admin failed (HTTP ${res.status}: ${(await res.text()).slice(0, 200)})`);
  log(`created the Dify admin ${EMAIL}`);
}

const wanted = PROVIDERS.filter((p) => p.key);
if (!wanted.length) stop(`no model key given; add one in Dify (Settings, Model Provider). Dify is ready: open ${URL_ || 'the Dify service URL'} and sign in.`);

// 2. Sign in as the admin, the way the web app does (password base64-encoded; session in cookies, CSRF token in a header).
const jar: Record<string, string> = {};
async function call(method: string, path: string, body?: unknown) {
  const headers: Record<string, string> = { cookie: Object.entries(jar).map(([k, v]) => `${k}=${v}`).join('; ') };
  const csrf = jar['__Host-csrf_token'] ?? jar.csrf_token;
  if (csrf) headers['x-csrf-token'] = csrf;
  if (body !== undefined) headers['content-type'] = 'application/json';
  const res = await fetch(`${API}${path}`, { method, headers, body: body === undefined ? undefined : JSON.stringify(body) });
  for (const c of res.headers.getSetCookie?.() ?? []) { const kv = c.split(';')[0]; const i = kv.indexOf('='); jar[kv.slice(0, i)] = kv.slice(i + 1); }
  const text = await res.text();
  let json: any = null;
  try { json = JSON.parse(text); } catch {}
  return { status: res.status, ok: res.ok, json, text };
}
const login = await call('POST', '/console/api/login', { email: EMAIL, password: Buffer.from(PASSWORD).toString('base64'), remember_me: true });
if (!login.ok) stop(`cannot sign in to Dify as ${EMAIL} (HTTP ${login.status}); if you changed the password in Dify, update ADMIN_PASSWORD and redeploy Setup`);

// 3. Each provider: plugin, key, then pick its models.
const ready: { p: typeof PROVIDERS[number]; models: any[] }[] = [];
for (const p of wanted) {
  const list = await call('GET', '/console/api/workspaces/current/plugin/list?page=1&page_size=100');
  if (!(list.json?.plugins ?? []).some((x: any) => x.plugin_id === p.plugin)) {
    const id = (await (await fetch(`${MARKETPLACE}/${p.plugin}`)).json() as any)?.data?.plugin?.latest_package_identifier;
    if (!id) { log(`${p.label}: could not find ${p.plugin} in Dify's marketplace; skipped`); continue; }
    const inst = await call('POST', '/console/api/workspaces/current/plugin/install/marketplace', { plugin_unique_identifiers: [id] });
    if (!inst.ok) { log(`${p.label}: installing ${id} failed (HTTP ${inst.status}: ${inst.text.slice(0, 200)}); skipped`); continue; }
    let status = inst.json?.all_installed ? 'success' : 'running';
    for (let i = 0; i < 60 && status !== 'success' && status !== 'failed'; i++) {
      await sleep(5000);
      status = (await call('GET', `/console/api/workspaces/current/plugin/tasks/${inst.json.task_id}`)).json?.task?.status ?? status;
    }
    if (status !== 'success') { log(`${p.label}: the plugin install did not finish (${status}); skipped`); continue; }
    log(`${p.label}: installed ${id.split('@')[0]}`);
  }
  let models = (await call('GET', `/console/api/workspaces/current/model-providers/${p.provider}/models`)).json?.data ?? [];
  if (!models.some((m: any) => m.status === 'active')) {
    const cred = await call('POST', `/console/api/workspaces/current/model-providers/${p.provider}/credentials`, { credentials: { [p.field]: p.key }, name: 'Setup' });
    if (!cred.ok) { log(`${p.label}: Dify refused the key (${cred.json?.message ?? cred.text.slice(0, 200)}). Check the key, then redeploy Setup or add it in Settings, Model Provider.`); continue; }
    log(`${p.label}: added the key`);
    models = (await call('GET', `/console/api/workspaces/current/model-providers/${p.provider}/models`)).json?.data ?? [];
  } else {
    log(`${p.label}: a key is already set; left as is`);
  }
  ready.push({ p, models });
}
if (!ready.length) stop(`no model provider could be set up; add one in Dify (Settings, Model Provider). Dify is ready: open ${URL_ || 'the Dify service URL'} and sign in.`);

// 4. Default models: chat from the first provider that has one; embeddings (for knowledge bases) likewise.
// A chat model outside the preferred lists is still better than none, so llm falls back to the first active one.
const active = (models: any[], type: string) => models.filter((m) => m.model_type === type && m.status === 'active').map((m) => m.model as string);
const pick = (type: 'llm' | 'text-embedding') => {
  for (const { p, models } of ready) {
    const name = (type === 'llm' ? p.llm : p.embedding).find((n) => active(models, type).includes(n));
    if (name) return { provider: p.provider, model: name };
  }
  const first = type === 'llm' && ready.find(({ models }) => active(models, 'llm').length);
  return first ? { provider: first.p.provider, model: active(first.models, 'llm')[0] } : null;
};
const llm = pick('llm');
const embedding = pick('text-embedding');
const current = async (type: string) => (await call('GET', `/console/api/workspaces/current/default-model?model_type=${type}`)).json?.data;
const settings: any[] = [];
if (llm && !(await current('llm'))) settings.push({ model_type: 'llm', provider: llm.provider, model: llm.model });
if (embedding && !(await current('text-embedding'))) settings.push({ model_type: 'text-embedding', provider: embedding.provider, model: embedding.model });
if (settings.length) {
  const res = await call('POST', '/console/api/workspaces/current/default-model', { model_settings: settings });
  if (!res.ok) log(`setting default models failed (HTTP ${res.status}); pick them in Settings, Model Provider, System Model Settings`);
  else for (const s of settings) log(`default ${s.model_type === 'llm' ? 'chat' : 'embedding'} model: ${s.model}`);
} else {
  log('default models were already set; left as they are');
}
if (!embedding) log('no embedding model among your keys: knowledge bases need one (add an OpenAI or OpenRouter key), or use their Economy index mode');
log(`Dify is ready: open ${URL_ || 'the Dify service URL'} and sign in with ADMIN_EMAIL and ADMIN_PASSWORD.`);
`

### Postgres https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** pgvector/pgvector:pg17

### Web https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@ff030029127cc39bd7212cc10fe36eefde0019ea/service-icons/dify.svg

- **Image:** langgenius/dify-web:1.18.0
- **Health check:** /signin

## Buckets

- **Bucket**

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Dify (w/ AI model setup) on Railway

Dify is an open-source builder for AI apps, agents and workflows. Put your OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter key in the deploy form: Setup creates your admin, installs the provider and picks default models, so apps work after sign-in.

![Dify with AI model setup on Railway](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@56db5a52196bf5c32e9b4cca84b5d81015729315/dify-ai-models/banner.png)

## About Hosting Dify (w/ AI model setup)

You get Dify 1.18, Postgres with pgvector, Redis and a Railway Bucket, on one URL. Sign in at the Dify service's URL with the email and password you typed. It needs about 2.3 GB of memory: Trial, Hobby or Pro plan.

## Common Use Cases

- Chatbots on your own documents
- AI workflows with code steps
- Internal assistants and agents

## Dependencies for Dify (w/ AI model setup) Hosting

- PostgreSQL (pgvector)
- Redis
- Railway Bucket

### Deployment Dependencies

- [Dify self-hosting with Docker Compose](https://docs.dify.ai/en/self-host/quick-start/docker-compose)
- [Dify model providers](https://docs.dify.ai/en/use-dify/workspace/model-providers)

### Implementation Details

![Architecture: you and your apps reach Dify through one public router; Setup adds your model keys; the plugin daemon calls OpenAI, Anthropic or OpenRouter; the rest stays on the private network](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/mikedepo/railway-template-assets@6776f80ae21811e20af7acf6c008dc1de9e6508c/dify-ai-models/architecture.png)

Knowledge bases need an OpenAI or OpenRouter key. To add a key later, set it on Setup and redeploy. Back up Postgres and the Bucket. SMTP email needs a Railway Pro plan.

## Why Deploy Dify (w/ AI model setup) 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 Dify (w/ AI model setup) 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 2026-10-29:** SMTP plan note.


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