Deploy and Host Docmost on Railway

Docmost is an open-source, collaborative wiki and documentation software designed for real-time knowledge sharing, team notes, and company wikis (an open-source alternative to Notion, Confluence, and Outline).

This template deploys the production-ready Docmost stack on Railway with zero manual configuration: PostgreSQL and Redis are managed via native plugins, application secrets are dynamically generated at deploy time, and persistent storage is isolated on a dedicated volume.

About Hosting Docmost

This template provisions a complete 3-tier production architecture:

Docmost Server: The core application running the collaborative real-time editor with nested page hierarchies, markdown support, and permissions.
Managed PostgreSQL: Production-ready database with automated connection pooling and persistent schema storage.
Managed Redis: High-performance in-memory cache and pub/sub backend powering real-time multi-user document collaboration.
Persistent Volume: Attached at /app/data/storage to ensure all user uploads, attachments, and media survive redeployments.
Dynamic Security: The required APP_SECRET is securely generated per-deployment using platform entropy generators, and SSL is automatically terminated at the edge.

Why Deploy Docmost on Railway?

Railway is an ideal cloud platform to deploy full-stack collaborative applications without DevOps complexity:

One-Click Zero-Ops Deployment: No need to configure reverse proxies, SSL certificates, or manual database migration scripts.
Automatic SSL & Custom Domains: Out-of-the-box HTTPS on Railway public domains with support for your own custom corporate domains.
Isolated Persistence: File uploads and attachments reside safely on dedicated persistent storage.
Vertical & Horizontal Scalability: Effortlessly scale memory and vCPU as your team documentation library grows.

Common Use Cases

Company Wiki & Knowledge Base: Centralize internal engineering documentation, SOPs, and employee handbooks.
Real-Time Team Notes: Collaborate synchronously during meetings with rich text, tables, and nested spaces.
Open-Source Notion/Confluence Alternative: Self-host your documentation to maintain complete ownership and sovereignty of your team's data.

Dependencies for Docmost Hosting

PostgreSQL Database: Managed relational storage (automatically provisioned by this template).
Redis Cache: In-memory caching and real-time collaboration layer (automatically provisioned by this template).
Persistent Storage: A persistent volume mounted at /app/data/storage (included in this template).

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