Apache DevLake Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Apache DevLake hosting and pull data from your engineering tools into one database, as a self-hosted engineering metrics platform with DORA metrics and dashboards in Grafana on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned v1.0.3-beta18 DevLake, Config UI and Grafana images with a private MySQL database, protects the Config UI with a generated login, and publishes it all over HTTPS in minutes.

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What is Apache DevLake?

Self-hosted Apache DevLake brings your development data, which upstream says lives in many silos and tools, together to give a complete view of your software development life cycle. Its README says it implements metrics from DORA to scrum retros with prebuilt dashboards, supports connections to GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Jira, SonarQube and more, and shows the data in integrated Grafana dashboards. It is an alternative to hosted engineering-metrics products such as LinearB and Jellyfish, under Apache-2.0.

On xCloud the template runs the DevLake server, Config UI and dashboard images at v1.0.3-beta18 plus MySQL 8.4, all pinned by digest. Upstream tags this series as beta, so treat it accordingly. One domain serves the Config UI, Grafana under /grafana/ and the API under /api/, with MySQL, Grafana data and logs on three named volumes.

From Sign-Up to Engineering Dashboards In Just 3 Easy Steps

A DevLake stack normally means a server, a Config UI, Grafana, a MySQL database, generated secrets, a reverse proxy, a domain and a certificate before the first connection. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Apache DevLake from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official DevLake server, Config UI and Grafana images pinned by immutable digest with a private MySQL 8.4.11 database kept off the public internet, mount the mysql_data, grafana_data and devlake_logs volumes, generate the Config UI and Grafana passwords, and publish the Config UI over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Connect A Source
Wait a few minutes for the first-boot database migrations, open your HTTPS URL and sign in as devlake. Add a data source connection and schedule collection, then open /grafana/ and sign in as admin to see the dashboards.

Everything Apache DevLake Does, On Your Own Server

Apache DevLake runs in full here: the server, the Config UI, Grafana dashboards and a database you own, all behind one domain.

Connect Your Dev Tools
Add GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, SonarQube and other data sources from the Config UI and schedule collection.
69 Ready-Made Dashboards
Grafana dashboards are provisioned on the reviewed release (69 of them), including DORA, served under /grafana/ on the same domain.
Bring Your Own Deployments
Send your own deployments and incidents through a webhook connection and see them in the dashboards.
Protected Config UI And API
The Config UI is behind a generated password and the REST API only answers requests carrying a DevLake API key.
Private Database And Services
The DevLake server, Grafana and MySQL have no published host ports; only the Config UI is reachable, through xCloud-managed HTTPS.
Data That Survives A Restart
Connections, collected data and Grafana users live on persistent volumes and were still present after an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Engineering Analytics 24/7

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

Apache DevLake v1.0.3-beta18 deployed instantly
Official images pinned by digest
Config UI and Grafana logins generated for you
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 Apache DevLake

A DORA metrics dashboard for your teams
An engineering lead connects GitHub or GitLab and Jenkins, defines deployments and incidents, and reads DORA metrics in the Grafana dashboards instead of assembling them by hand.
Bring data from many tools into one database
A platform team collects issues, pull requests and builds from tools such as Jira and SonarQube into one MySQL database, so reporting no longer depends on each tool's own export.
Run retros with prebuilt dashboards
A team uses the prebuilt dashboards for common frameworks and goals in sprint retrospectives, and edits the SQL behind a panel when it needs a different view.
Automate with the REST API
An engineer pushes deployment data from an unsupported tool through an incoming webhook and uses an API key as a bearer token for automation, rather than the shared Config UI login.

Apache DevLake vs Alternatives

LinearB: Choose Apache DevLake as a LinearB alternative when you want engineering data and dashboards on your own Cloud VPS. This is a category comparison; no source compared the two, and this page makes no feature claim.
Jellyfish: Apache DevLake is a Jellyfish alternative that you host yourself, with collected data in MySQL on a volume you control. This page makes no feature-by-feature claim about Jellyfish.
Grafana: Grafana is a self-hosted dashboard tool with its own OneClick page, and it is the dashboard layer inside DevLake. DevLake adds the data collection, normalisation and prebuilt engineering dashboards.
Metabase: Metabase is another tool that people compare. This page makes no feature claim about it; DevLake's pitch is ready-made engineering connectors and DORA dashboards, with SQL when a prebuilt view is not enough.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

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More headroom for larger organisations and pipelines over many repositories.

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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. Apache DevLake itself is licensed by its maintainers under the Apache License 2.0.

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Apache DevLake on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Apache DevLake free and open source?

Yes. Apache DevLake is licensed Apache-2.0, so the platform costs nothing in licences. xCloud bills for the dedicated Cloud VPS, and this page claims no endorsement by the Apache Software Foundation. The Config UI sits behind a generated login on your own domain.

Can I run Apache DevLake with Docker?

Yes, and upstream documents Docker Compose and Helm. This template does it for you: the DevLake, Config UI and dashboard images plus MySQL 8.4, pinned by digest, on one HTTPS domain. It is Apache DevLake Docker hosting without writing the compose file.

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How much RAM does an Apache DevLake cloud server need?

The manifest floor is 1536 MB of RAM, so the 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here suits an Apache DevLake cloud install. MySQL, the DevLake server and Grafana share the machine, and more data sources with longer histories need more memory.

What are DORA metrics?

DORA metrics are the delivery performance measures from the DORA research programme, such as deployment frequency and lead time. Upstream's docs describe configuring a scope config to define deployments and incidents, then reading the metrics in its built-in Grafana dashboard.

Which data sources does Apache DevLake support?

Upstream lists connections to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jira, Jenkins, SonarQube and more, with a page of supported data sources. For tools not on the list, incoming webhooks can push deployment data. You set connections up in the Config UI after sign-in.

How is Apache DevLake protected by a login?

DevLake has no user accounts of its own, so the template protects what it can. The Config UI sits behind one shared HTTP basic login, the dashboards behind a Grafana login with sign-up off, and the REST API behind a bearer-token API key. Anyone with the Config UI login can add connections.

How do I back up Apache DevLake?

Take one backup of mysql_data, grafana_data and devlake_logs, with mysql_data the important one: it holds all collected data and saved connections. Keep the ENCRYPTION_SECRET with the backup, because saved data source tokens cannot be decrypted without it.

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How do I update Apache DevLake?

Moving versions is your call. The v1.0.3-beta18 images are fixed by digest, and a catalogue refresh leaves live sites alone. Back up the volumes, read upstream's notes, adopt a newer template version when one is published, and confirm pipelines and dashboards still run.

How do I sign in to the Apache DevLake dashboards?

Open your domain and enter the Config UI login, user devlake with the generated password in your credentials, to manage connections and pipelines. Dashboards are at the /grafana/ path of the same domain with a separate Grafana admin account and its own generated password; sign-up is off.

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.