How do I deploy Sessy on Railway?

You can deploy Sessy 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: sessy-b06a9e67, or click "Get template help" for this template for more assistance.

Deploy and Host Sessy on Railway

Sessy is an open-source email observability tool for Amazon SES. It gives you a beautiful interface to track what happens after you hit send — deliveries, bounces, complaints, opens, clicks, and more — without paying for overpriced email services that are just glorified SES wrappers.

About Hosting Sessy

Deploying Sessy on Railway uses the official Docker image (ghcr.io/marckohlbrugge/sessy:main). It's a Rails application that stores data in SQLite and uses Solid Queue for background job processing. Sessy needs a persistent volume to retain its SQLite database, job queues, and storage across redeploys. You'll need to set SECRET_KEY_BASE for secure session handling and DISABLE_SSL=true since Railway handles TLS termination. Once running, configure AWS SES to send event notifications to your Sessy instance's webhook endpoint to start tracking email activity.

Common Use Cases

Monitoring Amazon SES email deliveries, bounces, complaints, opens, and clicks through a clean web dashboard instead of digging through CloudWatch
Replacing expensive email analytics services with a self-hosted, open-source alternative that sits on top of your existing SES setup
Debugging email deliverability issues by tracking the full lifecycle of every message sent through AWS SES

Dependencies for Sessy Hosting

Docker image: ghcr.io/marckohlbrugge/sessy:main
Persistent volume for SQLite database and storage
An Amazon SES account with event notifications configured

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

Environment variables for the Railway service:

Variable	Description
`SECRET_KEY_BASE`	Rails secret key (generate with `openssl rand -hex 64`)
`DISABLE_SSL`	Set to `true` — Railway handles TLS termination

Mount a persistent volume at /rails/storage to preserve the SQLite database, Solid Queue data, and uploaded assets across redeploys.

The background jobs dashboard is available at /jobs to monitor queues, retry failed jobs, and view recurring tasks.

Why Deploy Sessy 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 Sessy 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.