How do I deploy Temporal.io on Railway?

You can deploy Temporal.io 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: temporal-io-3df7ccad, or click "Get template help" for this template for more assistance.

Deploy and Host Temporal.io on Railway

Temporal is an open-source durable execution platform for building reliable distributed applications. It guarantees that workflows run to completion even through infrastructure failures, network outages, and server restarts. Developers write workflows as regular code in Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, or .NET, and Temporal handles retries, state persistence, and fault recovery automatically. Temporal workflows

About Hosting Temporal.io

Hosting Temporal involves deploying five interconnected services: the Temporal Server itself (via the auto-setup image, which handles database schema creation and default namespace initialization), PostgreSQL for workflow state and visibility data, Elasticsearch for advanced workflow search and filtering, a web UI for monitoring and inspecting workflow executions, and Admin Tools for cluster management and debugging. All services communicate over private networking. The auto-setup image eliminates manual schema migration and namespace configuration, making the deployment zero-config out of the box.

Common Use Cases

Orchestrate long-running business workflows (order fulfillment, payment processing, user onboarding) that must complete reliably across service boundaries and infrastructure failures
Build scheduled and recurring job systems that survive server restarts without losing state, replacing fragile cron jobs and message queue setups
Coordinate microservice communication with built-in retry logic, timeouts, and compensation (saga) patterns instead of hand-rolling distributed transaction handling

Dependencies for Temporal.io Hosting

PostgreSQL (workflow execution state, task queues, and visibility data)
Elasticsearch (advanced visibility layer for searching and filtering workflow executions by custom attributes)
Temporal Server (durable workflow orchestration engine via auto-setup image)

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

The template pre-configures all service connections through Railway's reference variables. POSTGRES_SEEDS, ES_SEEDS, and TEMPORAL_ADDRESS are wired automatically between services. The ELASTIC_PASSWORD and POSTGRES_PASSWORD are generated at deploy time. The auto-setup image creates the required database schemas and a default namespace on first boot, so no manual initialization is needed.

To connect your application workers to this Temporal cluster, set TEMPORAL_ADDRESS to ${{Temporal Auto Setup.RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}:7233 on your worker service within the same Railway project.

Why Deploy Temporal.io 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 Temporal.io 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.