Black Candy Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Black Candy hosting lets you stream your own music from a private web player on your own domain. Deploy Black Candy 3.2.1 as a self-hosted music streaming server: xCloud runs the pinned official image as a single container with SQLite storage, replaces the public upstream default account with the administrator login you set at install, mounts persistent volumes for the databases and your library, and publishes it over HTTPS.

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What is Black Candy?

Self-hosted Black Candy is a music streaming server. Its README calls it a self-hosted music streaming server, your personal music center, with a web player you open in the browser and iOS and Android apps available upstream. People run it in place of a subscription streaming service such as Spotify for music they already own. It is MIT licensed.

On xCloud the template runs the official Black Candy 3.2.1 image as one container pinned by immutable digest, with SQLite storage and no separate database. The blackcandy_storage and blackcandy_media volumes persist databases, cover images and your library. HTTPS is published on your domain, registration is closed, and the upstream default account is replaced at install. There is no upload page: you copy music into the media folder.

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

A private music server normally means a container, storage for databases and the library, an administrator account, a domain and a certificate before the first track plays. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Black Candy from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and enter the administrator email and password; a password is generated for you and shown in the protected installation credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Black Candy image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container using SQLite — no separate database — mount blackcandy_storage for databases and cover images and blackcandy_media for your music, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. The first boot can take a minute or two.
Step 03
Sign In And Sync Your Music
Open your HTTPS Black Candy URL and sign in with the administrator credentials. Black Candy has no upload page: copy music into the media folder over SSH, then open Settings and run a sync.

Everything Black Candy Does, On Your Own Server

Black Candy runs in full here: a private music streaming server on your own domain, with a library you keep on your own storage.

Web Player
Stream from a web player with playlists, favorites and album browsing; iOS and Android apps are available upstream.
Your Library, Your Server
Keep your music on your own server in the blackcandy_media volume instead of a third-party streaming service.
Sign-In Required
Sign-in is required and registration is closed; only the administrator creates further users.
Your Own Administrator
The public upstream default account is replaced at install with your administrator email and password; QA confirmed the default login is rejected, before and after a restart.
Single Container With SQLite
One container using SQLite, so there is no separate database to run; idle use measured about 196 MiB on QA.
Persistent Storage
The library, databases and signed-in sessions survive an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Music Server 24/7

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

Black Candy 3.2.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Administrator password generated for you
Registration closed by default
Single container, no separate database
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Black Candy

Stream a collection you already own
Play your own files from a private web player on your own domain, with playlists, favorites and album browsing, instead of paying a streaming subscription for the same tracks.
Share a library with family
Create accounts for relatives or friends as administrator, since registration is closed, and let them play the same collection from the web player or the upstream mobile apps.
Keep the music on storage you control
Hold the library in the blackcandy_media volume of your own Cloud VPS, then run a sync from Settings whenever you add files.
Run music beside other apps
Because it is one container using SQLite, it uses about 196 MiB idle in QA and leaves most of the 6 GB plan for other OneClick apps.

Black Candy vs Alternatives

Spotify: Spotify is a hosted streaming catalogue. Black Candy streams music files you copy to your own server, from a private web player, so it replaces a subscription only for a library you already own.
Navidrome: Navidrome is another self-hosted music server with its own xCloud template. Black Candy's README stresses a web player and iOS and Android apps, so compare the clients you want to use.
Jellyfin: Jellyfin is a broader media system for video as well as music, with its own xCloud template. Black Candy focuses on music streaming only.
Funkwhale: Funkwhale is another self-hosted audio platform people compare. Black Candy here is a single container with SQLite and closed registration, for a private library.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Black Candy sits alongside other media tools.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 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. Black Candy itself is licensed under MIT.

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Black Candy 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.

How much RAM does Black Candy need?

The floor in the manifest is one core, 512 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk; QA measured roughly 196 MiB idle after a restart. The 6 GB tier sold here is far larger than that, though the disk is what bounds how much music you can keep.

Is Black Candy free and open source?

Yes. Black Candy is MIT licensed, per the LICENSE file at the v3.2.1 tag, so the player costs nothing to run. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS only, and your music and databases stay in your own volumes.

Can you run Black Candy with Docker?

Yes, and this is Black Candy Docker hosting prepared for you. Upstream publishes its image on ghcr.io and Docker Hub; the template runs the official 3.2.1 image as one container, pinned by immutable digest, with two volumes and HTTPS on your domain, so no docker run command is yours to manage.

How do I add music to a self-hosted Black Candy?

Black Candy has no upload page. Copy your files into the media folder over SSH, for example with docker cp into /media_data in the container, then open Settings in Black Candy and run a sync. The library stays empty until you do.

Does Black Candy have mobile apps?

Upstream offers iOS and Android apps alongside the web player, per its README and site. The apps are separate from this template, so check them against your server's HTTPS address and administrator login, and keep in mind that registration is closed.

Can anyone register on my Black Candy server?

No. Sign-in is required and registration is closed. Only the administrator creates further users, from the Users page in Black Candy, so family or friends need an account you create. There is no HSTS header from the edge, so keep the address to people you trust.

Does the upstream default Black Candy login still work?

No. The public upstream default account is replaced at install with the administrator email and password you set, and QA confirmed the default login is rejected. Change the password inside Black Candy afterwards, since editing the install fields later changes nothing.

What should I back up on a Black Candy server?

A backup is the blackcandy_storage volume (databases and cover images) and the blackcandy_media volume (your music), together with the stable environment values. SECRET_KEY_BASE signs sessions, so changing it signs every user out. Test a restore before relying on it.

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How do I upgrade Black Candy?

Nothing upgrades it for you: the template pins 3.2.1 by immutable digest. To upgrade, back up both volumes, read the upstream upgrade guide for breaking changes, then adopt a newer template version when one is published. Do not edit the image tag or digest yourself.

Why is the first start slow?

The first boot sets up the databases and can take a minute or two before the site answers. After that, the library, databases and signed-in sessions survive an xCloud Restart, because they sit on persistent volumes.

Is this Black Candy cloud hosting?

It is your own Black Candy on a dedicated Cloud VPS provisioned by xCloud, not a hosted music service. The container, the volumes and the administrator account belong to your install, and the player is served over HTTPS on your domain.

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.