Deploy and Host Dufs on Railway

About Hosting

Dufs is a single-binary file server written in Rust. It serves files through a browser UI, supports uploads, WebDAV, resumable transfers, search, and optional access control. On Railway, the clean deployment model is to run the official Docker image sigoden/dufs:latest as a single service and mount a persistent volume at /data so uploaded files survive redeployments.

This template mirrors the Docker Compose pattern dufs /data -A by setting DUFS_SERVE_PATH=/data and DUFS_ALLOW_ALL=true. That means the deployed service is publicly writable unless you change the defaults.

Why Deploy

• Official upstream image with no custom Dockerfile required
• Very small runtime footprint and no external database
• Browser UI, WebDAV, upload, search, and resumable transfer support in one service
• Persistent Railway volume keeps uploaded files across restarts and redeployments
• Easy to harden later with DUFS_AUTH and more granular permission flags

Common Use Cases

• Personal cloud drive for quickly uploading and downloading files
• Lightweight team dropbox for sharing build artifacts or documents
• Simple WebDAV endpoint for syncing tools and desktop clients
• Public or semi-public file distribution with a searchable web interface

Dependencies for Deployment

Deployment Dependencies