{
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  "template": {
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    "slug": "instantdb",
    "name": "InstantDB",
    "description": "Self-hosted InstantDB with Postgres and Railway Bucket object storage.",
    "url": "https://railway.com/deploy/instantdb",
    "upstream": {
      "image": "ghcr.io/instantdb/server:latest"
    }
  },
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      "name": "server",
      "source": {
        "image": "ghcr.io/instantdb/server:latest"
      },
      "needs_volume": true,
      "volume_mount_path": "/app/resources/config",
      "http": true
    },
    {
      "name": "dashboard",
      "source": {
        "image": "ghcr.io/instantdb/dashboard:latest"
      },
      "needs_volume": false,
      "http": true
    },
    {
      "name": "postgres",
      "source": {
        "image": "ghcr.io/instantdb/postgresql:postgresql-16-pg-hint-plan"
      },
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      "volume_mount_path": "/var/lib/postgresql/data",
      "http": false
    }
  ],
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      "service": "server",
      "description": "Port the backend listens on.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "8888"
    },
    {
      "key": "JAVA_OPTS",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "JVM heap settings for the InstantDB backend.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "-Xmx1024m -Xms256m"
    },
    {
      "key": "S3_BUCKET",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Railway Bucket name for InstantDB storage objects.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "AWS_REGION",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Railway Bucket region.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "S3_ENDPOINT",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "S3-compatible endpoint for the Railway Bucket.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "DATABASE_URL",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Internal Postgres connection URL.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Railway Bucket access key used by InstantDB object storage.",
      "secret": true,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "S3_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Public S3-compatible endpoint used when InstantDB creates signed URLs.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "INSTANT_BACKEND_URL",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Public URL of this InstantDB backend service.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "WAL_HISTORY_STORAGE",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Store WAL history in Postgres.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "pg"
    },
    {
      "key": "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Railway Bucket secret access key used by InstantDB object storage.",
      "secret": true,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "INSTANT_DASHBOARD_URL",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Public URL of the InstantDB dashboard service.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "INSTANT_APP_EMAIL_SENDER_NAME",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Sender name for app emails.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "Instant"
    },
    {
      "key": "INSTANT_TEAM_EMAIL_SENDER_NAME",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Sender name for team emails.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "Instant"
    },
    {
      "key": "INSTANT_DASHBOARD_EMAIL_SENDER_NAME",
      "service": "server",
      "description": "Sender name for dashboard emails.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "Instant"
    },
    {
      "key": "PORT",
      "service": "dashboard",
      "description": "Port the dashboard listens on.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "3000"
    },
    {
      "key": "INSTANT_BACKEND_URL",
      "service": "dashboard",
      "description": "Public URL of the InstantDB backend service.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGDATA",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Location where Postgres initializes data inside the mounted Railway volume.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGHOST",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Private network hostname for Postgres.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGPORT",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Postgres port.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "5432"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGUSER",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Postgres user used by Railway data tooling.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGDATABASE",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Database name used by Railway data tooling.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGPASSWORD",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Postgres password used by Railway data tooling.",
      "secret": true,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "POSTGRES_DB",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Default database created by the Postgres image.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "instant"
    },
    {
      "key": "DATABASE_URL",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Internal Postgres connection URL.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "POSTGRES_USER",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Default Postgres user created by the Postgres image.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "instant"
    },
    {
      "key": "POSTGRES_PASSWORD",
      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Generated Postgres password.",
      "secret": true,
      "strategy": "generate",
      "generate": "strong_password"
    }
  ],
  "deploy": {
    "mcp": {
      "server": "railway",
      "tool": "deploy_template",
      "args": {
        "template_code": "instantdb"
      }
    },
    "cli": "railway deploy --template instantdb",
    "api": {
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/graphql/v2",
      "body": {
        "query": "mutation templateDeploy($input: TemplateDeployV2Input!) { templateDeployV2(input: $input) { projectId workflowId } }",
        "variables": {
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            "templateId": "4e7d25af-a028-4005-b916-f9882f712db4",
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                }
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                    "restartPolicyType": "ALWAYS",
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                  },
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                  },
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                    },
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                    },
                    "S3_BUCKET": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Railway Bucket name for InstantDB storage objects.",
                      "defaultValue": "${{instantdb-storage.BUCKET}}"
                    },
                    "AWS_REGION": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Railway Bucket region.",
                      "defaultValue": "${{instantdb-storage.REGION}}"
                    },
                    "S3_ENDPOINT": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "S3-compatible endpoint for the Railway Bucket.",
                      "defaultValue": "${{instantdb-storage.ENDPOINT}}"
                    },
                    "DATABASE_URL": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Internal Postgres connection URL.",
                      "defaultValue": "${{postgres.DATABASE_URL}}"
                    },
                    "POSTMARK_TOKEN": {
                      "isOptional": true,
                      "description": "Optional Postmark token. If omitted, magic-code emails are logged by the server.",
                      "defaultValue": ""
                    },
                    "STRIPE_API_KEY": {
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                      "description": "Optional Stripe API key for billing-related InstantDB features.",
                      "defaultValue": ""
                    },
                    "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Railway Bucket access key used by InstantDB object storage.",
                      "defaultValue": "${{instantdb-storage.ACCESS_KEY_ID}}"
                    },
                    "S3_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Public S3-compatible endpoint used when InstantDB creates signed URLs.",
                      "defaultValue": "${{instantdb-storage.ENDPOINT}}"
                    },
                    "INSTANT_BACKEND_URL": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Public URL of this InstantDB backend service.",
                      "defaultValue": "https://${{RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN}}"
                    },
                    "WAL_HISTORY_STORAGE": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Store WAL history in Postgres.",
                      "defaultValue": "pg"
                    },
                    "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Railway Bucket secret access key used by InstantDB object storage.",
                      "defaultValue": "${{instantdb-storage.SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}}"
                    },
                    "INSTANT_DASHBOARD_URL": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Public URL of the InstantDB dashboard service.",
                      "defaultValue": "https://${{dashboard.RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN}}"
                    },
                    "INSTANT_EMAIL_REPLY_TO": {
                      "isOptional": true,
                      "description": "Optional reply-to email address for InstantDB emails.",
                      "defaultValue": ""
                    },
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                      "description": "Sender name for app emails.",
                      "defaultValue": "Instant"
                    },
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                      "description": "Optional sender email for app emails when Postmark is configured.",
                      "defaultValue": ""
                    },
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                      "defaultValue": "Instant"
                    },
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                    },
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                      "defaultValue": ""
                    }
                  },
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                        "port": 8888
                      }
                    }
                  },
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                    }
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                  "icon": "https://instantdb.com/img/icon/android-chrome-192x192.png",
                  "name": "dashboard",
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                  },
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                  },
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                      "defaultValue": "3000"
                    },
                    "INSTANT_BACKEND_URL": {
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                      "description": "Public URL of the InstantDB backend service.",
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                    }
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                  },
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                      "defaultValue": "${{RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}"
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                    },
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                    },
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                    },
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  },
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  },
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  },
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      },
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}