Carbone Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Generate PDF, Word and Excel documents from JSON templates through your own Carbone API, instead of sending invoices, contracts and reports through someone else's hosted service. xCloud configures the pinned Carbone 4.25.5 image with bundled LibreOffice, a generated bearer token, persistent template storage and the HTTPS reverse proxy in minutes.

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From Sign-Up to a Live Carbone API In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a document generation API normally means an engine, a document-conversion dependency, a token gateway, persistent storage, a domain and a certificate before a single template renders. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Carbone from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain, and optionally enter a Carbone Enterprise license or S3-compatible storage details — leave them blank to use local storage.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Carbone 4.25.5 image (with bundled LibreOffice) behind a pinned Caddy gateway, generate a 48-character API token, mount the template, render and config volumes, and publish only the gateway over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Call The API With Your Token
Save the generated token from your protected installation credentials, then call the HTTPS API URL with Authorization: Bearer <token> — for example against /status — before uploading a template and rendering it with JSON data.

Everything Carbone Does, On Your Own Server

Carbone runs in full here — template-based document generation with a token-protected API, on infrastructure you control.

Office Template Rendering
Fill DOCX, ODT, XLSX and other office templates with JSON data to produce invoices, contracts and reports on demand.
PDF Conversion Via LibreOffice
Convert rendered documents to PDF using the LibreOffice engine bundled inside the full Carbone image — no separate conversion service to run.
Bearer-Token-Protected API
Every request needs the generated token in an Authorization: Bearer header; anything else gets HTTP 401 from the gateway in front of Carbone.
Multi-Format Output
Render the same template to PDF, DOCX, XLSX, ODT, HTML and more, depending on what your request asks for.
Optional S3 Storage And Enterprise License
Point Carbone at S3-compatible storage or supply a Carbone Enterprise license at install — both stay optional, local storage works out of the box.
Separate Volumes For Templates, Renders And Config
Uploaded templates, generated files and configuration or plugin data each persist on their own volume, so a restart doesn't lose any of them.

Everything You Need To Run Your Document API 24/7

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

Carbone 4.25.5 deployed instantly
Official pinned image digest
Generated 48-character API token
Carbone engine not publicly exposed
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Carbone and its bundled LibreOffice engine. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Heavier rendering volume and larger templates.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Carbone alongside a whole self-hosted document 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. Carbone runs under the Carbone Community License, which is free for use except offering it as a hosted Document-Generator-as-a-Service.

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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.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Document Generation API?

Carbone 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.

What is Carbone?

Carbone is a document-generation API: send it an office template and JSON data and it renders back PDF, DOCX, XLSX, ODT, HTML and more. This template deploys the full 4.25.5 image, which bundles LibreOffice for PDF conversion.

How do I authenticate?

Send the generated token as an Authorization: Bearer header on every request. Anything else gets HTTP 401 from the gateway in front of Carbone.

Is there a web UI?

No. Carbone Studio is not available in this deployment, because browsers can't send the Authorization: Bearer header the gateway requires. Use the API with your generated token instead.

Can I self-host Carbone with this template?

Yes — that is exactly what this template deploys. It brings up the pinned Carbone 4.25.5 image with bundled LibreOffice behind a token-protected Caddy gateway, mounts persistent storage and publishes only the gateway over HTTPS on your domain in minutes instead of assembled by hand.

What runs alongside Carbone?

A small Caddy gateway that enforces the bearer token and is the only service published over HTTPS. The Carbone engine itself stays on the internal network, unreachable directly.

Can I download a rendered document twice?

No. Rendered files are one-shot downloads — once you download a generated report it's deleted, so render again if you need another copy.

What should I back up?

The template, render and config volumes together — template_data for uploaded templates, render_data for generated files and config_data for configuration, plugins and licenses — plus your S3 data if you enabled external storage.

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What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 1024 MB of RAM and 5 GB of disk as a floor. Measured idle use on QA was only about 150 MiB; this page sells the 6 GB tier so LibreOffice's own conversion spikes have real room to run.

How do I rotate the API token?

Change the token's environment value and redeploy. Treat the old and new token like a password change — update anything calling the API before the old token stops working.

Is Carbone free?

Carbone is released under the Carbone Community License, which is free for use except offering it as a hosted Document-Generator-as-a-Service. The Enterprise image this template deploys runs in Community mode unless you supply your own Enterprise license at install.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Carbone?

No. The template pins Carbone 4.25.5 by immutable digest; a catalog re-sync affects new installations only. To upgrade, bump the readable tag and digest together after reading the upstream release notes, and back up all three volumes first.

What happens if I send malformed JSON?

Carbone itself returns an upstream HTTP 500 with a short error message. Validate your JSON payload before sending it if you need a cleaner failure mode in your own integration.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Carbone?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and Carbone has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for Carbone under its own Community License.

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.