---
title: "Deploy Lavalink"
description: "Deploy and Host Lavalink with Railway"
category: "Bots"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/lavalink-1
---

# Deploy Lavalink

Deploy and Host Lavalink with Railway

**[Deploy Lavalink on Railway](https://railway.com/template/lavalink-1)**

- **Category:** Bots
- **Total deploys:** 173

## Template content

### Lavalink 2026 https://lavalink.dev/assets/logo.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/lavalink-devs/lavalink:4-alpine
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host

Lavalink is designed to be deployed as a standalone audio node. Running it separately from your bot improves stability, scalability, and performance, especially for multi-server usage.

## About Hosting

Lavalink can be hosted on VPS, dedicated servers, or container platforms such as Docker. It requires a stable network connection and sufficient CPU and memory for audio encoding and streaming.

## Why Deploy

Deploying Lavalink offloads all audio processing from your bot application. This prevents blocking, reduces crashes, and allows a single Lavalink instance to serve multiple bots or shards efficiently.

## Common Use Cases

* Music bots for Discord servers
* High concurrency audio streaming
* Sharded bots with centralized audio handling
* 24/7 radio or playlist playback
* External audio processing and filtering

## Dependencies for

Lavalink depends on a Java runtime and audio libraries to function correctly. Proper dependencies ensure stable playback, codec support, and optimal performance.

### Deployment Dependencies

* Java 17 or newer
* Supported OS (Linux recommended)
* Network access to Discord voice servers
* Optional: Docker or Docker Compose
* Adequate CPU and RAM for expected load


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