Black Candy Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

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

Deploy your Black Candy

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

What is Black Candy?

Black Candy is a self-hosted music streaming server: your own music center, with a web player you open in the browser. You keep the library on your own server and stream it to yourself and the users you create.

This deployment runs the official image as one container with SQLite storage, so there is no separate database. Black Candy is licensed under MIT.

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
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Black Candy

Stream your own collection
Play music you already own from a private web player instead of a subscription service.
Organise listening
Build playlists, mark favorites and browse by album from the web player.
Share with a few people
Give family or friends accounts that you create as administrator; open registration is closed.
Keep the library on storage you control
Keep the music in a dedicated volume on your own server and run a sync when you add files.

Black Candy vs Alternatives

Navidrome: Navidrome is another self-hosted music server you can run on xCloud; Black Candy is the one with a web player and iOS and Android apps available upstream.
Jellyfin: Jellyfin is a broader media system for video as well as music; Black Candy focuses on music streaming.
Subscription streaming services: A hosted service keeps the catalogue and your listening on its servers; Black Candy streams files you copy to your own server.

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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Ready To Run Your Own Music Server?

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.
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.

How do I sign in?

Use the administrator email and password shown in your installation credentials. The upstream default account is replaced during install.

How do I add music?

Black Candy has no upload page. Copy files into the media folder over SSH, then open Settings in Black Candy and run a sync.

Can others register?

No. Registration is closed; the administrator creates users.

What runs alongside Black Candy?

Nothing. It is a single container with SQLite storage.

How do I change the administrator password?

Change it inside Black Candy after sign-in; editing the install fields later does not change the account.

Why is the first start slow?

The first boot can take a minute or two.

What should I back up?

The blackcandy_storage volume (databases, cover images) and the blackcandy_media volume (your music), together with the stable environment values. SECRET_KEY_BASE signs sessions; changing it signs everyone out.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

The library, databases and signed-in sessions survive an xCloud Restart.

How do I upgrade?

Bump the readable tag and digest together after reading the upstream upgrade guide, which can list breaking changes.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Black Candy?

No. The template pins Black Candy 3.2.1 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 196 MiB after restart. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Black Candy?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the Black Candy project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Black Candy project.

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.