AzuraCast Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

AzuraCast hosting on xCloud gives you self-hosted web radio software without building the server yourself. Deploy AzuraCast from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned all-in-one container behind HTTPS on your domain, with a generated database password and persistent volumes for your station media and database. You then finish the setup wizard, create a station and share the public player link.

Deploy your AzuraCast

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is AzuraCast?

AzuraCast is a simple, self-hosted web radio management suite, so self-hosted AzuraCast gives you a station you run yourself instead of renting SHOUTcast hosting. You manage stations, playlists, AutoDJ, listener statistics and a public web player from one web interface. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and its official Docker image bundles nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB, Redis, Icecast and Liquidsoap.

On xCloud this template deploys AzuraCast 0.23.8 as that single all-in-one container, pinned by digest, behind HTTPS on your domain. MariaDB runs inside that container and is not exposed publicly. Named volumes hold station media, backups, the database and uploads, and xCloud generates the database passwords. There is no preset admin account: the first person through the setup wizard becomes Super Administrator.

From Sign-Up to a Live AzuraCast Station In Just 3 Easy Steps

AzuraCast hosting normally means a Docker host, a domain, a certificate, a database and racing to claim the admin account before anyone else. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick AzuraCast from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and server — no other fields, because xCloud generates the database credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy AzuraCast For You
One click. We bring up the pinned AzuraCast 0.23.8 image and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. Allow a few minutes for the first boot to finish.
Step 03
Finish Setup And Go On Air
Open the HTTPS URL right away and complete the setup wizard — the first account becomes Super Administrator. Then create a station, upload media and share the public player link.

Everything AzuraCast Does, On Your Own Server

AzuraCast runs in full here as one all-in-one container: AutoDJ, live DJs, a public player and analytics, on infrastructure you control.

A Station That Plays 24/7
Liquidsoap AutoDJ plays your library from standard-rotation or scheduled playlists, so the station keeps streaming between live shows.
Go Live From The Browser
Broadcast with the built-in Web DJ, or create individual DJ and streamer accounts for your presenters.
Public Player On One HTTPS Domain
Listen streams, Web DJ and HLS are served on the same HTTPS URL through the radio proxy. Listeners never need a special port.
Manage Media In The Browser
Upload songs, edit metadata and organise folders. Station media uses chunked uploads, so typical library files work.
Analytics And A REST API
Track listeners with detailed analytics and reports, and automate with the authenticated REST API and web hooks such as Discord, Slack and TuneIn.
Survives A Restart
Media, playlists, streamer accounts and admin login were all retained after a container restart, and the station auto-started and resumed streaming — verified on QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Radio Station 24/7

Managed hosting for AzuraCast, so the server underneath your station is not your problem.

AzuraCast 0.23.8 deployed instantly
You create the Super Administrator
Free SSL certificate
Server backups you schedule
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With AzuraCast

Keep an AutoDJ radio server on air between shows
A station owner uploads a library, builds standard-rotation or scheduled playlists, and lets Liquidsoap AutoDJ keep the stream running around the clock, with presenters taking over only for live slots.
Let presenters go live from a browser
A community or campus station creates a streamer account for each DJ, or uses the built-in Web DJ, so a presenter can broadcast from a laptop without installing encoder software.
Give listeners one public player link
A broadcaster shares the public station page on their own HTTPS domain. Streams, Web DJ and HLS use that one address, so listeners never need a special port.
Automate your station through the REST API
A developer connects other tools to the authenticated REST API or web hooks, such as Discord or Slack, and reads listener analytics and reports without opening the admin pages.

AzuraCast vs Alternatives

SHOUTcast hosting: SHOUTcast hosting is a streaming server rented from a provider. AzuraCast is a free, AGPL-3.0 suite you run on your own server, where AutoDJ, live DJ accounts and the public player are managed from one web interface.
LibreTime: LibreTime is a separate radio automation project, so it is a different server and admin. Choose this template when you want AzuraCast's AutoDJ, Web DJ and REST API, run as one container with HTTPS.
Centova Cast: Centova Cast is a separate radio-hosting control panel. This template runs AzuraCast 0.23.8 on a server you rent, with station data on named volumes you can back up and move yourself.
Owncast: Owncast is a self-hosted live video streaming server with its own OneClick page. AzuraCast is built for audio radio stations, with playlists, AutoDJ and listener requests rather than video.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Room for more stations alongside the baseline.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

AzuraCast alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

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

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AzuraCast is free and open source under AGPL-3.0; this is the managed server it runs on. The app's baseline is 1 CPU core, 2048 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk. This page sells the 6 GB tier. Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

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Ready To Launch Your Radio Station?

AzuraCast on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your station. 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.
Intuitive Control Panel
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.

Can you run AzuraCast with Docker?

Yes, and this AzuraCast Docker hosting template does it for you: one pinned all-in-one container with ten named volumes behind HTTPS on your domain. Your station runs on your own server, not in an AzuraCast cloud account, and the compose file and passwords are generated for you.

Is AzuraCast free?

Yes. AzuraCast is free and open-source software under the AGPL-3.0 licence, linked from this page at the pinned 0.23.8 tag. xCloud's bill covers the dedicated Cloud VPS underneath, separate from the app's own licence, with no per-station fee.

What is AutoDJ in AzuraCast?

AutoDJ is the built-in automation that keeps a station streaming without a person at the desk. Liquidsoap plays your uploaded media from standard-rotation or scheduled playlists, and live DJs can take over for their slots. It starts with the station after a restart, as QA verified.

Does AzuraCast support live DJs?

Yes. Create a streamer account for each presenter and broadcast with the built-in Web DJ from a browser, which runs over the same HTTPS domain as the public player. Direct Icecast source ports (8000–8499) are not published on this install, so presenters go live through Web DJ.

Does AzuraCast have an API?

Yes. AzuraCast has an authenticated REST API and web hooks, such as Discord, Slack and TuneIn. On this template the API is served on your HTTPS domain, and unauthenticated requests are rejected once the setup wizard has closed. Create your API keys inside AzuraCast.

What server do I need to run AzuraCast?

The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 2048 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk. Measured idle use on QA was about 436 MiB, or about 586 MiB with one station on air, and each extra station adds processes. This page sells the 6 GB tier for headroom.

How do I update AzuraCast?

Upgrades are manual, never automatic. The image is pinned by digest and the in-app web updater is disabled, because this template ships no Docker-socket updater. Read the upstream release notes, back up all volumes, then bump the tag and image digest together. Catalog updates affect new installs only.

How do I back up AzuraCast?

Back up all the named volumes together: station_data (media and station configs), backups, db_data (MariaDB) and www_uploads, plus the .env values. Stop the container or use an application-consistent snapshot before copying db_data, keep an off-server copy, and test a restore.

Backups in xCloud

Does AzuraCast use Icecast or Shoutcast?

The image bundles Icecast and Liquidsoap, so streams are served through Icecast. A shoutcast2_install volume exists for optional encoder binaries, but this page does not promise SHOUTcast support. Direct Icecast source ports and SFTP are not published; everything goes through your HTTPS domain.

Can I broadcast to AzuraCast on a non-standard port?

No. Direct Icecast source ports (8000–8499) and SFTP (2022) are not published on this install. Listen, Web DJ and HLS paths share your HTTPS domain, so listeners and Web DJ presenters need no special port, and you link the public player page rather than embedding it elsewhere.

How do I sign in the first time?

There is no preset admin password. Open your HTTPS URL right after install and complete the setup wizard; the first account becomes Super Administrator, and until then anyone who reaches the wizard can claim the instance. Enter your domain as the Site Base URL.

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.