Deploy Steel Browser

Deploy and Host Steel Browser with Railway

Steel Browser is a managed browser service that provides access to a serverless Chrome instance via API. It enables developers to automate web interactions, run browser automation scripts, and perform web scraping tasks without needing to think about building/deploying browsers.

About Hosting Steel Browser

Hosting Steel Browser on Railway provides a reliable, scalable environment for running headless Chrome instances. The Steel Browser API handles browser session management, proxy configuration, and CDP passthroughs while Railway provides extremely easy APIs to scale and handles resource allocation automatically. Running Steel Browser on Railway's infrastructure ensures your browser automations run consistently with minimal configuration, while providing automatic scaling and health monitoring for production workloads.

Common Use Cases

Web Scraping: Extract data from dynamic websites that require JavaScript rendering
Browser Automation: Automate repetitive web tasks and workflows
End-to-End Testing: Run automated browser tests for web applications
Screenshot & PDF Generation: Capture screenshots or generate PDFs from web content
Data Collection: Gather information from multiple web sources programmatically

Dependencies for Hosting Steel Browser

Docker: Steel Browser runs as a containerized application
Chrome/Chromium: Headless browser engine (included in the Docker image)
Node.js Runtime: Required for the Steel Browser service

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

You can read more about connecting to and running browser sessions with Steel Browser on Railway here.

Why Deploy Steel Browser 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 Steel Browser 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.

Benefits of Steel Browser on Railway:

Automatic HTTPS/SSL configuration
Built-in health monitoring
Easy scaling as your browser automation needs grow
Simple environment variable management
Seamless integration with other Railway services

Post-Deployment Notes

After deploying this template, users should:

Access the Instance: Navigate to the Railway-provided public domain
Verify Health: Check the /v1/health endpoint returns a successful response
Configure API Access: Use the public domain URL in their application code
Monitor Usage: Check Railway's metrics dashboard for resource usage

Security Considerations:

Consider adding authentication if exposing publicly
Monitor for unusual traffic patterns
Set up rate limiting if needed for production use