Self-Hosting Plark

Plark is designed to be self-hosted. You can run it on your own VPS (Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, etc.) or deploy to platforms like Render with just a few clicks.

Before You Begin

You'll need:

• A domain name (e.g., yourwebsite.com)

• A place to host your site, either:

  • A VPS server (Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, etc.), or

  • A managed hosting platform like Railway or Render

Option 1: Deploy on VPS

1. Provision a VPS from your preferred provider (Hetzner, DigitalOcean, AWS, Vultr, etc.).

2. SSH into your server and run:

   bash <(curl -fsSL https://cli.plark.com/install.sh)

3. Open your browser and visit your server's IP address (e.g., http://123.45.67.89).

   • You’ll be guided to register your first admin user.

4. Setup You Domain

   • Update your DNS records to point your domain to your VPS IP.

   • In the Plark dashboard, go to Settings > Domains and add your domain.

Option 2: Deploy on Railway

Railway offers a straighforward way to host web applications.

1. Click on the Deploy Link: 👉 Deploy Plark on Railway  

2. Congiure your custom domain in Railway (Guide here)

Option 3: Deploy on Render

Render is an easy way to get started that includes a global CDN for faster load times.

1. Click on the Deploy Link: 👉 Deploy Plark on Render

2. Configure your custom domain in Render (Guide here)

3. In Render’s settings, enable CDN Edge Caching.

🎉 You’re all set!
Plark is now up and running on your own infrastructure. From here, you can log in as your admin and start creating your website.