Aurral Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Aurral hosting on xCloud runs a self-hosted music discovery companion for Lidarr, beside the server you already have. Deploy Aurral 2.10.0 and xCloud runs the pinned official image behind HTTPS with a persistent config volume and a suggested admin password. You then finish Aurral's setup wizard straight away and connect your Lidarr URL and API key, so requests go to your library.

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What is Aurral?

Self-hosted Aurral is a Lidarr companion for music discovery. Upstream says it offers personalized recommendations, trends, discover playlists, search, scheduled playlist flows and a request activity queue, built on Lidarr instead of replacing it. It integrates with services such as Last.fm, ListenBrainz, Navidrome, Plex and Gotify, and it is a self-hosted alternative to streaming discovery features such as Spotify Discover Weekly. It is licensed under the MIT licence.

On xCloud the template runs the official ghcr.io/lklynet/aurral 2.10.0 image, pinned by digest, as one container with its database, settings and downloaded playlist tracks on the aurral_config volume. It needs an existing Lidarr server and API key. Aurral is open to anyone until its setup wizard is finished, so complete it right after install.

From Sign-Up to Live Music Discovery In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting Aurral normally means a container, persistent storage, a domain and a certificate before it's even connected to Lidarr. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Aurral from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain — xCloud generates the admin password for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official ghcr.io/lklynet/aurral image pinned by immutable digest, mount the persistent config volume, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Finish The Setup Wizard
Save the admin username and generated password from your protected installation credentials, open your HTTPS Aurral URL, and create the admin account in the setup wizard. Enter your Lidarr URL and API key, finish setup, sign in and start discovering.

Everything Aurral Does, On Your Own Server

Aurral runs in full here — the same discovery and request tooling as any hosted companion, connected to the Lidarr server you already run.

Recommendations Built On Lidarr
Personalized recommendations, trends, tags and recent releases, all built on top of your existing Lidarr library.
Search, Preview, Request
Search artists and albums, preview tracks, and add them to Lidarr with your own defaults.
Scheduled Playlist Flows
Run scheduled playlist flows and imports from Spotify, Last.fm or ListenBrainz, each needing its own account.
Multi-User Access
Per-user profiles and permissions, with local login, reverse-proxy SSO or native OIDC.
Activity View
See an activity view of Lidarr requests and downloads from inside Aurral.
Survives A Restart
The settings database, user accounts, request history and downloaded playlist tracks live on the persistent config volume, and settings, login and request history survived a container restart in verification.

Everything You Need To Run Your Music Discovery 24/7

Managed hosting for Aurral, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Aurral 2.10.0 deployed instantly
Generated admin password for setup
Lidarr request and recommendation engine
Multi-user profiles and OIDC
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Aurral

Lidarr music discovery for your library
A collector sees recommendations, trends and recent releases for artists they like, then adds an artist or album to Lidarr with their defaults in one click from Aurral.
Run scheduled playlist flows
A listener sets scheduled flows and imports playlists from Spotify, Last.fm or ListenBrainz, then lets Aurral build tracklists that appear alongside the music Lidarr already manages.
Request music for a household
A family or small group each gets a profile with permissions, so everyone can ask for albums through Aurral while the library itself stays managed by Lidarr.
Stream discovered playlists in your player
A Navidrome or Plex user syncs Aurral playlists to their server from a dedicated download folder and plays them in their usual app, since Aurral only previews tracks itself.

Aurral vs Alternatives

Spotify Discover Weekly: Aurral is a self-hosted alternative to streaming discovery features such as Spotify Discover Weekly, working with your own Lidarr library. Upstream lists rotating flows and playlist downloads; this page makes no claim of parity.
Lidarr: Aurral does not replace Lidarr, which has its own OneClick page. It is the companion that sends requests to a Lidarr server you already run and supply the API key for.
Navidrome: Navidrome is a self-hosted music server with its own OneClick page. Aurral can sync playlists to Navidrome for playback, but it is not a music player and does not stream your library itself.
Plex and Plexamp: Upstream lists playback through Plex or Plexamp playlists from a dedicated download folder. Aurral handles discovery and requests, while Plex or Plexamp does the streaming.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Aurral hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Multi-user discovery for a shared Lidarr setup.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Aurral alongside a whole self-hosted media stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Aurral itself is free under the MIT licence.

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Ready To Discover Your Next Favourite Album?

Aurral on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
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From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Does Aurral replace Lidarr?

No. Upstream calls Aurral a Lidarr companion that is built on Lidarr instead of replacing it. It sends requests to a Lidarr server you already run and supply the API key for, and music managed by Lidarr stays on the Lidarr server, not on this one.

Can I run Aurral with Docker?

Yes, and this template does it for you: the official ghcr.io/lklynet/aurral 2.10.0 image, pinned by digest, with an aurral_config volume behind HTTPS. It is Aurral Docker hosting without writing a compose file, as long as you bring your own Lidarr server.

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How much RAM does an Aurral cloud server need?

Aurral's floor is 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 4 GB of disk, and the 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here is plenty for an Aurral cloud install. Disk use grows with downloaded playlist tracks kept under the config volume.

What does Aurral need to work?

An existing Lidarr server reachable from this site, plus its API key, which you enter in the setup wizard. Integrations such as Last.fm, ListenBrainz, Navidrome or Plex are optional and configured inside Aurral. Without Lidarr there is nothing for Aurral to send requests to.

Can Aurral connect to Navidrome or Plex?

Yes. Upstream lists playback through Navidrome or Plex and Plexamp playlists, synced through their APIs from a dedicated download folder. Aurral only previews tracks, so you play full tracks in that player. Setting up those connections is up to you.

Is Aurral secure to expose to the internet?

Only after setup. Aurral is open to anyone who reaches it until its wizard is finished, so open the site right away, create the admin, and leave auto-login on the local network off, because every proxied visitor counts as local. Afterwards it asks for the login on every visit.

How do I back up Aurral?

Take a backup of the aurral_config volume, which holds Aurral's database, settings and, by default, downloaded playlist tracks under /config/downloads/aurral. Music already managed by Lidarr stays on the Lidarr server and is not part of this backup.

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How do I update Aurral?

Updates are not automatic: each install runs Aurral 2.10.0 pinned by digest. To move to a newer release, back up aurral_config, then adopt a newer xCloud template version once one is published, and check the Lidarr connection still responds.

Can I change the Aurral admin password later?

Yes, inside Aurral under Settings, Users. The password lives in Aurral's database, so changing AUTH_PASSWORD in the Environment editor afterwards has no effect on an account created in the wizard. Optional OIDC sign-in and the public URL are listed as commented lines.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.