Deploy and Host SILO on Railway

SILO (S3 Interface Libre Object) is an S3-compatible object storage server maintained by PGSTY. It is a fork of MinIO and provides an S3-compatible API for storing files and application data. This template runs SILO on Railway with a persistent volume, an S3 endpoint on port 9000, and a web console on port 9001.

About Hosting SILO

This template runs SILO as a single Railway service using the PGSTY distroless Docker image. Railway mounts a persistent volume at /data, and SILO stores its objects there.

The S3-compatible API listens on port 9000. The SILO web console listens on port 9001. Railway exposes both ports through HTTP networking.

The template sets MINIO_ROOT_USER to silo-admin and generates MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD with a Railway secret. SILO does not require a database or another Railway service.

Common Use Cases

Store files uploaded by web and mobile applications
Store images, videos, documents, and other application files
Provide S3-compatible object storage for applications and internal services
Store backups and build artifacts

Dependencies for SILO hosting

A Railway volume mounted at /data
Railway HTTP networking for ports 9000 and 9001

Implementation details

The template uses this Docker image:

pgsty/silo:RELEASE.2026-09-16T00-00-00Z-distroless

SILO starts with:

silo server /data --console-address :9001

The template sets these environment variables:

MINIO_ROOT_USER=silo-admin
MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=${{secret()}}

Railway mounts the persistent volume at:

/data

Port 9000 provides the S3-compatible API. Port 9001 provides the SILO web console.

Why Deploy SILO 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 SILO 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.