---
title: "Deploy Dragonfly"
description: "Redis-compatible in-memory data store, with a status page"
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/dragonfly-2
---

# Deploy Dragonfly

Redis-compatible in-memory data store, with a status page

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

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

- **Creator:** zer0person's Projects
- **Category:** Other
- **Total deploys:** 1

## Template content

### Dragonfly

- **Image:** ghcr.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly:latest
- **Start command:** `sh -c 'exec dragonfly --logtostderr --dir=/data --dbfilename=dump --snapshot_cron="*/30 * * * *" --requirepass="$REDIS_PASSWORD"'`
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Dragonfly on Railway

[Dragonfly](https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly) is a modern in-memory data store, fully compatible with the Redis and Memcached protocols, built for much higher throughput on a single node.

## About Hosting Dragonfly

This template runs the official `docker.dragonflydb.io/dragonflydb/dragonfly` image with a persistent volume at `/data` (snapshots every 30 minutes). Dragonfly serves its status page over HTTP on the same port, which is what the public URL shows (HTTP basic auth: username `default`, password from `REDIS_PASSWORD`; `/metrics` is open for Prometheus). The Redis protocol is protected by the same generated password.

## Common Use Cases

- Drop-in replacement for Redis as a cache, queue or session store
- Use it from other services on the same Railway project via the private address `dragonfly.railway.internal:6379`
- Check memory, keys and connections on the built-in status page

## Dependencies for Dragonfly Hosting

- One service with a volume; nothing else

### Deployment Dependencies

- [Dragonfly on GitHub](https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly)
- [Docker image](https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/pkgs/container/dragonfly)

## Why Deploy Dragonfly on Railway?

Railway gives you a public HTTPS URL, a persistent volume and automatic restarts with no server to maintain. Connect from your other services with `redis://default:${{Dragonfly.REDIS_PASSWORD}}@${{Dragonfly.RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}:6379` (adjust the service name if you rename it).


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