eLabFTW Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy eLabFTW hosting and give your research team a private electronic lab notebook on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned eLabFTW 6.0.7 official image with a private MySQL 8.4 database, generates the database credentials, mounts persistent volumes for uploads, exports, the encryption key and the database, and publishes the notebook over HTTPS — your experiments and records stay on a server you control.

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What is eLabFTW?

eLabFTW is an electronic lab notebook manager for research teams. It lets you store and organise research experiments, and includes a database where objects such as antibodies, plasmids, cell lines and boxes can be stored. It is accessed through the browser.

Several research teams can be hosted on the same installation, so it can be installed at institute level. Upstream describes it as a self-contained service that does not leak data to third parties, and it is released under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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

A self-hosted eLabFTW normally means a web container, a database, a one-off setup step, an encryption key, a domain and a certificate before the first experiment. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick eLabFTW from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the database credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official eLabFTW image pinned by immutable digest, a private MySQL 8.4 database with no published port, and a short-lived setup container that prepares the volumes and the encryption key. Uploads, exports, the secret key and the database each get a persistent volume, and the site is published over HTTPS. The first start takes one to two minutes while the database tables are created.
Step 03
Register The Sysadmin
Open https://your-domain/register.php right away: the first account registered becomes the Sysadmin, so do this before sharing the address. Then sign in, set up outgoing email in the Sysadmin panel and create your first experiment.

Everything eLabFTW Does, On Your Own Server

eLabFTW runs in full here: an electronic lab notebook and a resource database on your own domain, backed by a database you own.

Lab Notebook For Experiments
Store and organise research experiments and attach files to them. Uploading and reading back an attached file was verified on the QA install.
Inventory And Resources Database
Keep a database of lab objects such as antibodies, plasmids, cell lines, boxes and equipment next to your experiments.
Teams In One Installation
Several research teams can share one installation. New registrations must be validated by an administrator before they can log in or see any data.
Timestamping And Export
Upstream lists trusted timestamping, blockchain timestamping, and import and export in various formats.
Booking, Tasks And API
Upstream includes a calendar for booking equipment, a to-do list and a public REST API.
Private MySQL Included
MySQL 8.4 is reachable only inside the install's private network, with no published port.

Everything You Need To Run Your Lab Notebook 24/7

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

eLabFTW 6.0.7 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Database credentials generated for you
Encryption key kept in its own volume
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With eLabFTW

Record experiments and protocols
Keep experiments, protocols and their attached files in a lab notebook your own group hosts.
Track lab resources
Hold reagents, equipment, storage and cell lines in the resources database alongside the experiments that use them.
Share one installation across teams
Host several research teams in one place, with an administrator validating each new account before it can see data.
Keep sensitive results on your own server
Run the notebook on a server you control instead of sending research records to an outside service.

eLabFTW Screenshots

eLabFTW dashboard after the first Sysadmin login

An eLabFTW experiment with an uploaded file attached

The eLabFTW instance settings page in the Sysadmin panel

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if eLabFTW sits alongside other research 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. eLabFTW itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Lab Notebook?

eLabFTW 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 the first time?

Open /register.php on your domain and create your account; the first account registered becomes the Sysadmin. There is no preset account, so register before you share the address.

Can strangers register on my instance?

Self-registration is on by default, but new accounts must be validated by an administrator before they can log in. On the QA install an unvalidated stranger could not log in or reach any data.

What runs alongside eLabFTW?

A private MySQL 8.4 database and a short-lived setup container that prepares the volumes and the encryption key. Neither is exposed publicly.

What should I back up?

The four persistent volumes together: elabftw_uploads (uploaded files), elabftw_exports (exports), elabftw_secret (the encryption key) and elabftw_db (MySQL data). Without the secret volume, saved SMTP, LDAP and timestamp passwords cannot be read again.

Backups in xCloud

Is outgoing email set up?

No. Outgoing email, such as password resets and notifications, is not configured by default. Set it up in the Sysadmin panel after signing in.

What is the upload size limit?

Uploads are limited to 100M per file by default, and the web proxy in front of the site enforces the same limit. Raising MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE alone is not enough, because the proxy enforces its own limit.

What happens if I change the domain?

SITE_URL follows the site domain. If you change the domain, redeploy so the new address is used in links and emails.

Edit environment variables and redeploy

What survives a restart?

Experiments, uploaded files, settings and the database all survived an xCloud restart on the QA install, because each lives on a persistent named volume.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update eLabFTW?

No. The template pins eLabFTW 6.0.7 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release and 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, 1024 MB of RAM and 4 GB of disk. Measured idle use on QA was about 29 MiB for the app and about 456 MiB for MySQL. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with eLabFTW?

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