How do I deploy pghero-railway on Railway?

You can deploy pghero-railway on Railway by clicking the "Deploy Now" button on this page. Railway will automatically set up all the necessary services and configurations for you.

What are the system requirements?

Railway handles all the infrastructure requirements. You only need a web browser to deploy and manage your application.

Is this template free to use?

Yes, this template is free to use within your existing Railway account.

Can I customize this template?

Yes, you can fully customize this template. After deployment, you will have full control of what you've deployed in your Railway project.

How do I get support for this template?

You can get support through our community forum: pghero-railway-f32ecf8c, or click "Get template help" for this template for more assistance.

Deploy and Host pghero on Railway

What is pghero-railway?

pghero-railway is a ready‑to‑run container that bundles PgHero behind a minimal Ruby web server and makes its performance dashboard available over HTTPS. It surfaces slow queries, missing indexes, bloat, locks, and live statistics for any PostgreSQL database—without installing extensions or touching the database host itself.

About Hosting pghero-railway

Deploying pghero‑railway on Railway takes only a few clicks. Point the template at your DATABASE_URL, set optional BASIC AUTH credentials, and hit Deploy. Railway builds the image, provisions an HTTPS endpoint, and wires up health‑checks automatically. Because PgHero is stateless, Railway can restart or horizontally scale the service with zero downtime. Logs and metrics flow into the same dashboard you already use for your other apps, and upgrading is as simple as triggering a rebuild. You focus on tuning queries; Railway handles SSL, orchestration, and scaling.

Common Use Cases

Query tuning sessions – identify slow SQL, missing indexes, and N+1 patterns before they hit production.
Periodic health checks – review index bloat, cache‑hit ratio, and dead rows on a schedule.
Multi‑environment monitoring – connect staging, preview, and production databases to one dashboard.

Dependencies for pghero-railway Hosting

PostgreSQL 9.6 – 17 (read‑only privileges are enough for most insights)
Ruby 3.x + Bundler (already included in the container)

Deployment Dependencies

PgHero:

Why Deploy pghero-railway 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 pghero-railway 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.