Deploy and Host Rocketchat on Railway

Rocket.Chat is an open-source communication platform designed for team collaboration, real-time messaging, and secure file sharing. It provides chat, video, and audio conferencing capabilities, offering a flexible alternative to proprietary solutions like Slack or Microsoft Teams. With robust extensibility and white-labeling options, Rocket.Chat is especially popular among developers and enterprises seeking custom communication solutions.

About Hosting Rocketchat

Hosting Rocket.Chat involves deploying its server application, which is built with Node.js, and managing critical supporting services like MongoDB for database storage. Configuration typically includes setting environment variables for database connections, email integration, and user authentication. When self-hosted, administrators are responsible for backup, scaling, updates, and ensuring security. With platforms like Railway, deployment is streamlined: Rocket.Chat containers and dependencies can be provisioned rapidly, and Railway manages infrastructure concerns such as uptime, scaling, and networking so teams can focus on collaboration features and user experience.

Common Use Cases

Secure team messaging and collaboration within organizations
Customer support chat embedded on websites or apps
Federated communication between multiple business entities

Dependencies for Rocketchat Hosting

MongoDB: Used as the primary data store for Rocket.Chat messages and configuration.
Node.js: Required to run the Rocket.Chat server.

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy Rocketchat 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 Rocketchat 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.