Deploy and Host Docuseal on Railway

What is docuseal?

Docuseal is an open-source electronic signature platform designed as a Docusign alternative, allowing users to create, send, and manage legally binding documents online. It enables individuals and businesses to collect e-signatures securely, automate document workflows, and track signatures in real-time, all while providing a customizable and affordable solution for digital document management.

About Hosting docuseal

Hosting Docuseal involves deploying a secure, scalable environment where the application and its dependencies run reliably in the cloud. This setup typically requires configuring storage for templates and documents, ensuring robust authentication for signers, and integrating necessary external APIs or notification systems. By deploying on Railway, you simplify the process—Railway’s automated workflows handle environment variables, persistent storage, and continuous deployment, so updating or maintaining Docuseal is seamless. Users benefit from high uptime, built-in monitoring, and the ability to scale resources based on usage, ensuring that document signing and management services are always available.

Common Use Cases

Sending contracts for signatures within a business workflow
Automating HR onboarding documents for new employees
Collecting client approvals or consent forms electronically

Dependencies for docuseal Hosting

Node.js and npm (for running the Docuseal backend)
MongoDB or PostgreSQL database (for storing document and user data)

Deployment Dependencies

Docker (optional, but recommended for containerized deployment)
Email service provider credentials (e.g., SMTP or SendGrid) for sending signature requests and notifications
External storage integration, such as AWS S3 or Railway’s persistent storage, for file uploads

You can configure Docuseal to upload attachments to AWS S3 by adding the following environment variables: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIAXYZ... AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=secretkey123 AWS_REGION=us-east-1 S3_ATTACHMENTS_BUCKET=docuseal-attachments

To send emails (for signature requests and notifications), add your SMTP credentials: SMTP_HOST=smtp.example.com SMTP_PORT=587 SMTP_USER=[email protected] SMTP_PASS=your_smtp_password

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Why Deploy docuseal 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 docuseal 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.