Docassemble Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Docassemble hosting and run guided interviews that turn answers into finished PDF and Word documents on your own domain, as a self-hosted guided interview and document assembly platform. xCloud runs the pinned Docassemble 1.10.13 all-in-one image with PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ built in, creates the administrator you choose, keeps backups on a persistent volume and publishes it over HTTPS.

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What is Docassemble?

Self-hosted Docassemble is an open-source platform for guided interviews and document assembly. The template README describes interviews written in YAML and Python that produce PDFs, Word documents and e-mails from the answers users give, and the project's licence file is MIT. It is a self-hosted alternative to document assembly products such as HotDocs, and its repository points to the docassemble website for documentation.

On xCloud the template runs docker.io/jhpyle/docassemble 1.10.13, pinned by digest, as one all-in-one container: nginx, uWSGI, Celery, PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ all run inside it under supervisord. The docassemble_backup volume holds periodic dumps and uploaded files. Public registration is off, uploads are limited to 16 MB by default, and the first start takes five to ten minutes.

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

A Docassemble server normally means a web stack, a database, a queue, background workers, a domain and a certificate before the first interview. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Docassemble from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the admin e-mail — the admin password can be generated for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the official Docassemble image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container that runs PostgreSQL, Redis and RabbitMQ inside it, mount the docassemble_backup volume, create the first administrator, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. The first start takes about 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 03
Invite Users And Build Interviews
Open your HTTPS Docassemble URL and sign in with the admin e-mail and the password from the credentials card. Invite users from Admin > Users, then start writing interviews.

Everything Docassemble Does, On Your Own Server

Docassemble runs in full here: a guided-interview server on your own domain, with its database, queue and workers inside the one container.

Guided Interviews In YAML And Python
Write web interviews that collect answers step by step, with Python available to extend what an interview can do.
PDF And Word Documents
Present users with documents in PDF or DOCX format built from their answers, which they can download or e-mail.
Everything In One Container
PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ and the Celery background workers run inside the container, so there is nothing extra to set up.
Closed Sign-Up By Default
Public registration is off. The admin invites users from Admin > Users, or opens sign-up under Admin > Configuration.
Persistent Backup Volume
Interview data, uploaded files and generated documents survive an xCloud Restart; Docassemble writes a database dump, uploaded files and config.yml to the docassemble_backup volume.
Playground For Developers
Admins and developers can write and run Python in the Playground, so grant those roles only to people you trust.

Everything You Need To Run Your Document Assembly 24/7

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

Docassemble 1.10.13 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin account created at install
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 Docassemble

Document assembly software for your forms
A legal aid group or firm builds a guided interview that asks a client questions step by step and assembles a PDF or Word document from the answers.
Author interviews in YAML and Python
A developer writes interview logic in YAML and extends it with Python in the Playground, testing in the browser before inviting users to the live interview.
Collect answers and send e-mails
An organisation uses an interview to collect information and generate an e-mail with the results, once outgoing mail is configured under Admin, Configuration.
Keep client answers on your own server
A team that handles sensitive answers hosts the platform itself, inviting users from the admin area and adding Basic Auth in front if the interviews should not be public.

Docassemble vs Alternatives

HotDocs: Choose Docassemble as a HotDocs alternative when you want an open-source, self-hosted platform. This page makes no claim about HotDocs itself; Docassemble interviews are authored in YAML and Python under an MIT licence.
Hosted form builders: A hosted form builder collects answers on a vendor's servers. Docassemble runs on your own Cloud VPS, so answers, generated documents and uploads stay on a server you control.
Word templates by hand: Filling Word templates by hand scales poorly. A Docassemble interview asks only the questions that apply and assembles the finished document, so staff do not copy answers between files.
Custom web forms: Building a custom web application for every form takes development time. Docassemble provides the interview engine and document output, so authors focus on questions and logic rather than a bespoke site.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

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Ready To Run Your Own Interview Server?

Docassemble 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.
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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.

Is Docassemble free and open source?

Yes. The Docassemble repository carries an MIT licence file, so the platform costs nothing in licences. xCloud bills for the dedicated Cloud VPS that runs it. This template adds no paid tier, and documents it generates are not legal advice.

Can I run Docassemble with Docker?

Yes, and this template does it for you: the docker.io/jhpyle/docassemble 1.10.13 image, pinned by digest, as one all-in-one container behind HTTPS with one backup volume. It is Docassemble Docker hosting without writing the compose file or setting up its internal services.

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How much RAM does a Docassemble cloud server need?

The floor is 4096 MB of RAM, so a Docassemble cloud install is sold on the 16 GB Cloud VPS. PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, uWSGI and Celery workers all share the one container, so heavier interview use needs more.

How long does Docassemble take to start?

Expect five to ten minutes on the first start. It runs the database setup, a package update and language-data downloads inside the container, and the container reports healthy once the health check returns 200. Later restarts are quicker.

What output formats can Docassemble produce?

The template README says interviews produce PDFs, Word documents and e-mails from the answers users give. Authors write the logic in YAML and Python. Outgoing mail defaults to a placeholder, so set up the mail section before relying on e-mail output.

How do I sign in to Docassemble?

Open your HTTPS URL and sign in with the admin e-mail and password from your credentials. The administrator is created on the first start only, so changing the environment later does not change the account. Public registration is off; invite users from Admin, Users.

How do I back up Docassemble?

Take a backup of the docassemble_backup volume. PostgreSQL and Redis live in the container filesystem; on a clean stop, and daily, Docassemble dumps the database and copies uploaded files and config.yml into that volume. After a hard crash the restore is skipped.

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How do I update Docassemble?

Treat upgrades as manual work. Docassemble 1.10.13 is fixed by digest and catalogue changes skip live sites. Back up the docassemble_backup volume first, read upstream's notes, then adopt a newer Docassemble template version when one is published, and test an interview end to end.

Who should get developer access to Docassemble?

Only people you trust. Administrators and developers can run arbitrary Python through the Playground and package installation, so grant those roles sparingly. There is no Basic Auth in front of the site, and uploads are limited to 16 MB by default, which you can raise up to the proxy's 100 MB.

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.