Deploy and Host Prometheus + Grafana on Railway

Open-source monitoring and visualization stack. Prometheus collects and stores metrics from your services, Grafana turns them into dashboards. Self-host both on Railway with zero config files — just set env vars and deploy.

About Hosting Prometheus + Grafana

This template deploys two pre-configured services: Prometheus for scraping and storing metrics, and Grafana for visualizing them. Both are wired together automatically on deploy via Railway's private network — no manual datasource setup needed. Prometheus self-scrapes out of the box so it's useful immediately. Add your own services to monitor by setting a single environment variable. All data persists across restarts via Railway volumes.

Common Use Cases

Monitor your Railway services — track CPU, memory, and response times in real-time dashboards
Replace expensive SaaS monitoring tools like Datadog or Grafana Cloud with a self-hosted alternative
Set up alerting and observability for side projects, startups, or internal tools

Dependencies for Prometheus + Grafana Hosting

Docker (handled automatically by Railway)
A Railway account with volume support for data persistence

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy Prometheus + Grafana 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 Prometheus + Grafana 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.