Deploy and Host MySQL PITR on Railway

MySQL with point-in-time recovery powered by continuous binary log archiving. Every committed transaction is shipped to a Railway Bucket, letting you restore your database to any specific timestamp within your retention window.

About Hosting MySQL PITR

Hosting MySQL PITR on Railway provisions a Railway Bucket alongside your existing MySQL service and streams binary logs to it continuously, on top of periodic full backups. The archiver ships in Railway's MySQL image and activates automatically when BINLOG_ARCHIVE_BUCKET is detected on startup — no manual installation or configuration needed. Railway's Backups panel handles the full restore workflow: pick a target timestamp, and Railway provisions a new service, restores the newest full backup before your target, and replays binlogs forward to it.

Common Use Cases

Recovering from accidental DROP TABLE, DELETE, or row-level data corruption
Rolling back a failed migration to a known-good state before changes were applied
Meeting compliance or audit requirements for point-in-time data recoverability
Creating a safety net before major schema changes or MySQL version upgrades

Dependencies for MySQL PITR Hosting

MySQL — A running Railway MySQL service (standalone) on Railway's MySQL image. HA clusters require a dedicated rolling flow to enable PITR without disrupting quorum.
Railway Bucket — Provisioned automatically by this template; stores binary logs and full backups.

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

This template overlays six BINLOG_ARCHIVE_* environment variables onto your existing MySQL service. The image detects BINLOG_ARCHIVE_BUCKET on startup, enables binary logging with archiving-safe retention, takes a full backup, and begins shipping binlogs continuously. To restore, select a target timestamp in the Backups panel — Railway creates a new service whose first boot restores the newest full backup at or before the target and replays binary logs forward to it.

Why Deploy MySQL PITR on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying MySQL PITR on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.