Deploy and Host OpenCloud on Railway

About Hosting OpenCloud on Railway

OpenCloud runs on Railway using the official upstream Docker image, with Railway handling HTTPS ingress and deployment lifecycle. This setup keeps runtime behavior close to upstream while enabling fast template-based provisioning.

Tech Stack

• OpenCloud (Go-based platform)
• Docker image deployment (Railway image source)
• Railway managed networking and TLS

Why Deploy OpenCloud on Railway

Railway provides simple image-based deployment, managed domains, and environment-variable driven configuration, which fits OpenCloud's container-first operations model.

Common Use Cases

Self-hosted file sync and sharing, team collaboration workspaces, and secure browser-based file access with API integration.

Deployment Notes

Use opencloudeu/opencloud-rolling:6.0.0 (pinned upstream tag), route Railway to container port 9200 via PORT, and set PROXY_TLS=false so OpenCloud serves plain HTTP behind Railway's TLS edge. OpenCloud requires first-run initialization, so set start command to sh -c 'opencloud init || true; exec opencloud server'. OC_URL should be https://${{RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN}}.

Dependencies for OpenCloud on Railway

This template uses a single self-contained OpenCloud service with no external database dependency required for baseline startup.

Deployment Dependencies