Other platforms

Run Composery on Coolify, Dokploy, CapRover, Northflank, Sliplane, PikaPods, Elestio, and similar container hosts.

Most platforms people reach for to run apps like n8n are a GUI over "run this container image with a persistent volume." Composery has no bespoke config file for any of them, because it does not need one - give the platform these five things and it works:

SettingValue
Imageghcr.io/sloikodavid/composery:latest
Port8080 (set PORT if you change it)
Health checkHTTP GET /_composery/healthz
Persistent volumemounted at /data
Instancesone (persistence is a single writer)

Open /ide/ on the service URL and register the password on first visit, or set COMPOSERY_PASSWORD / COMPOSERY_HASHED_PASSWORD (see Configuration).

Everything below runs Composery's default supervisor init. systemd mode (closest to Composery Cloud) needs a privileged container with host cgroups, so it is available only on the platforms that put you on your own Docker host - Coolify, Dokploy, CapRover, and Elestio - not on the fully managed hosts.

Coolify

Coolify installs on a VPS you own and gives you a dashboard over Docker with a built-in Traefik edge for HTTPS. Add Composery as a Docker image resource (or paste a VPS compose recipe), point it at the image, and add a persistent volume mapped to /data. Because the host is yours, systemd mode works too.

Dokploy

Dokploy is the same idea - a self-hosted PaaS on your VPS - with a template system and built-in volume backups. Add a Docker-image application and a volume at /data.

CapRover

CapRover runs on your server over Docker Swarm. Deploy Composery as an app from the image and add a persistent directory mapped to /data.

Northflank

Northflank is fully managed: create a deployment service from the image and attach a volume. Mount it at /data only - Northflank sets volume ownership from the image, so mounting just the path you need avoids permission surprises.

Sliplane

Sliplane is a managed container host that is popular for n8n. It builds from a git Dockerfile, so use a one-line FROM ghcr.io/sloikodavid/composery:latest repo, then add a volume at /data. Automatic volume backups are included.

PikaPods and other one-click hosts

PikaPods and similar one-click app hosts work if they let you run a custom image with a mounted volume - use the five settings above.

Elestio

Elestio provisions a dedicated VM, runs your Docker Compose on it, and manages SSL, backups, and updates. Deploy it with a VPS recipe; because you get a real VM with SSH and privileged containers, the systemd + Caddy recipe works, or any of the others.

Koyeb

Koyeb is a managed platform with attachable volumes and its own edge. It has its own guide because of its region and single-instance volume rules.

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