Deploy and Host Workbench, a BullMQ Dashboard, on Railway

Workbench is a BullMQ dashboard for monitoring and managing queues. This Railway template deploys Workbench, connects to your existing Redis instance with REDIS_URL, and monitors the queues configured through QUEUE_NAMES.

About Hosting Workbench - BullMQ Dashboard

Hosting this standalone Workbench service on Railway involves deploying the Docker image, connecting it to Redis, and configuring the queues it should monitor. The two core variables are REDIS_URL, which points Workbench at the Redis instance used by BullMQ, and QUEUE_NAMES, which defines the comma-separated queue names to show in the dashboard.

Authentication: Protecting your production environment

Workbench exposes queue data and queue actions, so authentication is highly recommended in production. Set these variables to enable basic authentication:

• AUTH_USERNAME
• AUTH_PASSWORD

Common Use Cases

• Monitor specific BullMQ queues from a standalone dashboard
• Inspect job failures, retries, and queue health
• Provide protected production visibility into Redis-backed workers

Dependencies for Workbench - BullMQ Dashboard Hosting

• Redis instance used by your BullMQ queues
• Docker image thomasamol/getworkbench-bun-serve

Deployment Dependencies

• Workbench: https://getworkbench.dev
• Docker Hub image: https://hub.docker.com/r/thomasamol/getworkbench-bun-serve
• Bun: https://bun.com
• BullMQ: https://docs.bullmq.io
• Railway Redis: https://railway.com/deploy/redis

Why Deploy Workbench - BullMQ Dashboard 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 Workbench - BullMQ Dashboard 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.