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SFTPGo — Secure File Transfer Server

Deploy SFTPGo, a secure file transfer server with web UI, SFTP, FTP/S, and WebDAV support, on Railway.

Deploy and Host

Host your own SFTPGo instance on Railway. This template provisions the SFTPGo server with persistent storage for user accounts, SSH keys, and SQLite configuration.

Why Deploy

SFTPGo is the open-source SFTP server powering secure file transfer for teams, DevOps pipelines, and self-hosted apps. Running it on Railway gives you a production-ready, auto-updating, globally reachable instance with:

• Multi-protocol — SFTP, FTP/S, WebDAV, and HTTP/S from a single service
• Web UI — browser-based admin panel and file browser
• Persistent storage — user accounts, keys, and config survive restarts on a Railway volume
• Single container — no external dependencies, fast startup
• SQLite-backed — embedded database, zero config
• Auth flexibility — users, groups, SSH keys, API keys, OAuth2
• Production-ready — used for secure file transfer in regulated industries

Common Use Cases

• Secure file transfer — SFTP-based uploads and downloads for applications
• DevOps pipelines — artifact storage and CI/CD file distribution
• Self-hosted cloud storage — WebDAV/WebClient for personal file access
• FTP replacement — modernize legacy FTP with TLS
• API access — REST API for programmatic file management
• Multi-user hosting — per-user SFTP accounts for teams

Deployment Dependencies

The deploy form pre-fills all required variables. No additional services needed — SFTPGo runs as a single container with a volume for persistent storage.

After the first successful deploy:

1. Open https:///web/admin/setup to create your admin account
2. The setup page only appears once on first run
3. Create users and start transferring files

About Hosting

SFTPGo runs as a single container on Railway with a volume mount at /var/lib/sftpgo. All configuration, user data, and the SQLite database persist across restarts. The container starts as root only to fix volume permissions, then runs SFTPGo.

Behind Railway's reverse proxy the client IP changes between requests, so this template sets SFTPGO_HTTPD__TOKEN_VALIDATION=1 (SFTPGo's documented proxy mode) — without it, logging in fails with "The form token is not valid".

Default Ports

Dependencies for

This template deploys a single SFTPGo container with a Railway volume for persistent storage. No additional services are required.

Configuration

All configuration is via environment variables. SFTPGo converts env vars to config by prefixing with SFTPGO_ and using __ for nested keys. For example:

• SFTPGO_HTTPD__BINDINGS__0__PORT → httpd.bindings[0].port
• SFTPGO_HTTPD__TOKEN_VALIDATION → httpd.token_validation (set to 1 by this template; required behind Railway's proxy)
• SFTPGO_SFTPD__BINDINGS__0__PORT → sftpd.bindings[0].port

The SQLite database (SFTPGO_DATA_PROVIDER__NAME) lives on the persistent volume so your admin account, users, and settings survive redeploys. SSH host keys are auto-generated on first start in the same volume.

For the full list of environment variables, see the SFTPGo documentation.

Documentation

• SFTPGo Docs
• SFTPGo GitHub