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    "slug": "libredesk-self-hosted",
    "name": "Libredesk [Updated Sep '26]",
    "description": "Libredesk [Sep '26] (Self-Hosted Zendesk/Intercom Alternative)",
    "url": "https://railway.com/deploy/libredesk-self-hosted",
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      "image": "libredesk/libredesk:latest"
    }
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      },
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      "volume_mount_path": "/var/lib/postgresql/data",
      "http": false
    },
    {
      "name": "libredesk",
      "source": {
        "image": "libredesk/libredesk:latest"
      },
      "needs_volume": false,
      "http": true
    },
    {
      "name": "redis",
      "source": {
        "image": "redis:8.2.1"
      },
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      "volume_mount_path": "/data",
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      "description": "Data directory — a subdirectory of the mount, not the mount root, or initdb fails on the lost+found artifact Railway volumes ship with.",
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    },
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      "description": "Database name.",
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      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "libredesk"
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    {
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      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Database user Libredesk connects as.",
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      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "libredesk"
    },
    {
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      "service": "postgres",
      "description": "Database password. Auto-generated per deploy.",
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      "strategy": "generate",
      "generate": "strong_password"
    },
    {
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      "service": "libredesk",
      "description": "HTTP port the app listens on. Matches the service's public domain target port.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "9000"
    },
    {
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      "service": "libredesk",
      "description": "Environment mode — prod disables the dev-only color logging.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "prod"
    },
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      "description": "Postgres private hostname.",
      "secret": false,
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      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
    },
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      "description": "Postgres port.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "5432"
    },
    {
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      "service": "libredesk",
      "description": "Postgres user.",
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      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
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      "service": "libredesk",
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      "secret": false,
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    },
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      "service": "libredesk",
      "description": "Postgres database name.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "LIBREDESK_DB__PASSWORD",
      "service": "libredesk",
      "description": "Postgres password.",
      "secret": true,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "LIBREDESK_DB__SSL_MODE",
      "service": "libredesk",
      "description": "SSL mode for the DB connection — Railway's private network doesn't need Postgres SSL.",
      "secret": false,
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      "default": "disable"
    },
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      "key": "LIBREDESK_APP__ENCRYPTION_KEY",
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      "description": "32-character hex encryption key for stored secrets. Auto-generate — never leave the image's baked-in placeholder (your-32-char-random-string-here!) in place.",
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      "generate": "random_base64_32"
    },
    {
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      "description": "Login password for the initial admin (System) account. Confirmed live: a password missing a special character makes install fail silently, and the app then logs a misleading database tables are missing error on the next boot, not a password-complexity warning. Save it — it isn't recoverable from the dashboard.",
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      "description": "Redis's private network hostname, for services that need it directly instead of the full URL.",
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      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
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      "description": "Redis port.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
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    },
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      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "default"
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
      "key": "REDISPASSWORD",
      "service": "redis",
      "description": "Same password, exposed under Railway's conventional Redis variable naming for services that expect it.",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
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      "description": "Auth password Redis is started with (--requirepass). Auto-generated.",
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      }
    },
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                  },
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                      "defaultValue": "${{postgres.RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}"
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                      "defaultValue": "${{redis.REDIS_URL}}"
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                      "defaultValue": "${{postgres.POSTGRES_DB}}"
                    },
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                      "description": "Postgres password.",
                      "defaultValue": "${{postgres.POSTGRES_PASSWORD}}"
                    },
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                      "defaultValue": "disable"
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                    },
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