DataLens Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy DataLens hosting and give your team self-hosted BI dashboards on a dedicated Cloud VPS. xCloud starts the pinned DataLens v2.9.0 stack with private internal services and PostgreSQL, generates the admin password and signing keys, switches self-registration off, keeps data and keys on two persistent volumes and serves the interface over HTTPS on your own domain, with a demo workbook loaded.

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What is DataLens?

DataLens is a modern business intelligence and data visualization system, developed and extensively used as a primary BI tool at Yandex. You connect databases, describe them as datasets, build charts and assemble dashboards, then share them with your team. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted DataLens, an alternative to a hosted reporting service such as Looker Studio, under the Apache-2.0 licence. This is not Yandex Cloud's hosted DataLens.

On xCloud it is the v2.9.0 release set as ten containers pinned by digest: the UI, control and data APIs, a storage service, a meta manager, an auth service, Temporal, a key generator and PostgreSQL 16 holding seven internal databases. The datalens_postgres and datalens_keys volumes hold the state. Only the UI is published.

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

A DataLens install normally means a UI, two APIs, a storage service, an auth service, a workflow engine, seven databases and a set of signing keys before the first chart. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick DataLens from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and a server; the install form has no application fields, because xCloud generates the admin password and every internal token.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the DataLens v2.9.0 services and a PostgreSQL image, all pinned by digest, mount datalens_postgres and datalens_keys, generate the signing keys and publish only the UI over HTTPS. The first start takes about five minutes.
Step 03
Sign In And Build A Chart
Sign in as admin with the generated password. Create a connection to your database, a dataset on top of it, then charts and dashboards; the demo workbook shows an example. Give connection rights only to people you trust.

Everything DataLens Does, On Your Own Server

DataLens v2.9.0 runs here as a full BI stack, with its data and its generated keys kept on two volumes you own.

Connections, Datasets, Charts
Connect a database, describe it as a dataset, then build charts and assemble them into dashboards you share with your team.
Database And API Connectors
Database and API connectors are available. CSV and Excel file connections are not enabled, because no file-upload service ships.
Demo Workbook Included
The first start loads a demo workbook so you can see a working example of connections, datasets and charts before adding your own data.
Admin Account, No Self-Registration
Sign-in is required and self-registration is off, so only accounts the admin creates can sign in. A generated password replaces upstream's quick-start login.
Keys In Their Own Volume
Session-signing keys and the connection-password encryption key live in datalens_keys. Back it up with datalens_postgres, or saved connections cannot be decrypted.
Only The UI Is Published
The UI is the one public service. The APIs, auth, storage, workflow engine and PostgreSQL stay on the private network with no host port.

Everything You Need To Run Your BI Dashboards 24/7

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

DataLens v2.9.0 deployed instantly
All images pinned by digest
Admin password and keys generated
Self-registration off
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With DataLens

Build team dashboards on your own database
Point DataLens at a database you run and give your team dashboards that read live data, hosted on a server you control.
Share charts without exporting spreadsheets
Publish charts and dashboards to colleagues who sign in, rather than emailing exports that go stale the moment they are sent.
Explore a demo before connecting real data
Open the loaded demo workbook to see connections, datasets and charts working before you add a connection to your own systems.
Keep reporting data inside your network edge
Run the BI layer on infrastructure you control, with connection passwords encrypted by a key that lives on your volume.

DataLens Screenshots

DataLens collections view after signing in as admin

A DataLens demo bar chart rendering data

A saved DataLens chart still listed after a full restart

DataLens vs Alternatives

Looker Studio: DataLens runs as ten containers on your own xCloud server, with its data on your volumes.
Tableau: DataLens is Apache-2.0 software you host yourself, and this page makes no claim that it replaces Tableau's full feature set.
Metabase: DataLens is a separate Apache-2.0 product built around connections, datasets, charts and dashboards; compare both on your own data before choosing.
Superset: A self-hosted Apache Superset BI server, available as its own OneClick app; compare its SQL Lab and chart types with DataLens's datasets and dashboards.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More users and concurrent queries on the same server.

$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. DataLens itself is released under the Apache-2.0 licence.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own BI Platform?

DataLens on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your data. 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 I run DataLens in Docker?

Yes, and this template is DataLens Docker hosting without the compose file: the v2.9.0 release set, with the UI, APIs, storage, auth, Temporal and a PostgreSQL image, all pinned by digest, behind one HTTPS route. Upstream's quick start also uses Docker Compose.

How much RAM does DataLens need?

The template minimum is 3072 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 10 GB of disk, for ten containers including PostgreSQL and the workflow engine. The cheapest plan clears that figure comfortably. Heavier dashboards and more users add load, so watch memory after launch.

What is the DataLens default login?

Upstream's quick start uses a well-known admin login, but this template sets a generated admin password instead. Sign in as admin with the password from the credentials. Change it from inside DataLens, since editing the environment after first start does not.

Which databases can DataLens connect to?

Database and API connectors are available in this template. Upstream lists many database types, but this page does not promise a particular connector, so test yours. Anyone allowed to create connections can reach any database the server can, including its internal one.

Can anyone register on my DataLens?

No. Self-registration is switched off, so only accounts the admin creates can sign in. If you set AUTH_SIGNUP_DISABLED to false, anyone who can reach the site can create a viewer account, so keep it off on a public domain.

Can DataLens read CSV and Excel files?

Not here. CSV and Excel file connections are not among the available connectors in this template, and no file-upload service ships, so use a database or API connector. Load files into a database first if you need them.

Is DataLens free?

Yes. DataLens is released under the Apache-2.0 licence, so the software costs nothing; you are billed for the dedicated server alone. Highcharts, if you enable it, loads proprietary code under its own licence and is off by default.

How do I back up DataLens?

Stop the site and back up both datalens_postgres and datalens_keys together. The keys volume holds the encryption key for saved connection passwords and the session-signing keys, so without it saved connections cannot be decrypted. Copies are your job here, so automate them and practise a restore.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade DataLens?

Nothing upgrades itself: all images are pinned to the v2.9.0 release set by tag and digest, and a catalog re-sync changes new installs only. To move up, back up both volumes, read the upstream release notes, then adopt a newer template version rather than editing any image tag or digest.

Is this a DataLens cloud service?

It is DataLens on a dedicated Cloud VPS under your xCloud login, a DataLens cloud of your own at your domain, separate from Yandex Cloud's hosted product. The first start creates the internal databases and keys, so allow about five minutes.

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.