farmOS Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

farmOS hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted farm management app for your records, assets and logs on your own domain. Deploy farmOS from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned 4.0.7 image with a private PostgreSQL 17 database and a separate hourly cron container, creates the admin account with a generated password, keeps public self-registration off, mounts two volumes and publishes it over HTTPS. The first start takes several minutes.

Deploy your farmOS

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What is farmOS?

farmOS is a web-based application for farm management, planning and record keeping, according to its README. It is developed by a community of volunteers and aims to provide a standard platform for farmers, developers and researchers to build upon. You record what the farm has, such as land, plantings, animals and equipment, as assets, and what happens to it as logs such as activities, observations, inputs and harvests. Self-hosted farmOS is a farm record system you run yourself instead of a hosted service. It is licensed under GPL-2.0 and built on Drupal.

On xCloud this template deploys farmOS 4.0.7 from the upstream image, pinned by digest, with a private PostgreSQL 17 database and a cron sidecar. Settings and uploaded files sit on the farmos_sites volume and the database on farmos_db. Email is not configured, and the external API for apps such as Field Kit is not set up by this template.

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

A farmOS stack normally means a Drupal-based web application, a database, a cron job, volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first record. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick farmOS from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, and enter the administrator email.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the upstream farmOS image, pinned by immutable digest, with a private PostgreSQL 17 database and a cron container kept off the public internet, mount the farmos_sites and farmos_db volumes, generate the admin password, run the installer before the web server starts and publish farmOS over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Log Your First Activity
Wait a few minutes for the first-start install, open your HTTPS farmOS URL and sign in as admin with the password from the installation credentials. Add your first Land asset, then log an Activity against it.

Everything farmOS Does, On Your Own Server

farmOS runs in full here: a web-based farm record keeper on your own domain, with the database and scheduled cron alongside it.

Assets And Logs
Record land, plantings, animals, equipment and activities as assets and logs in one place.
Common Log Types Ready
Land assets and the Activity, Observation, Input and Harvest log types are enabled out of the box.
Attach Files To Logs
Attach files of up to 100 MB to logs so photos and documents stay with the record.
Closed To The Public
Public self-registration is off: the administrator adds the users who can sign in.
Scheduled Cron Included
A scheduled Drupal cron runs in a separate private container, so periodic tasks keep running.
Records That Persist
Records, uploaded files and the PostgreSQL database sit on persistent volumes and survived an xCloud Restart in QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Farm Records 24/7

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

farmOS 4.0.7 deployed instantly
Upstream image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With farmOS

Keep a record of every field and planting
Add land and planting assets and log what is done to each, so the farm's history is in one searchable place.
Log activities, inputs and harvests
Use the Activity, Observation, Input and Harvest log types to write down the work as it happens.
Keep farm data on your own server
Records, attachments and users live in your own database and volumes rather than with a hosted service.
Share one system across a small team
The administrator adds the people who need access, so a family farm or cooperative can work from the same records.

farmOS Screenshots

An activity log with an attachment in farmOS

farmOS vs Alternatives

Farmbrite: farmOS keeps assets, logs and attachments in a database and volumes on a server you control, rather than in a hosted account. This page makes no feature-parity claim with Farmbrite.
Farmier: Farmier is a paid farmOS hosting option that farmOS's own README names, for people who would rather not run a server. This template is the do-it-yourself route on a server you rent.
InvenTree: InvenTree and Grocy each have their own OneClick page. farmOS is built for farm records specifically: it models land, plantings, animals and equipment as assets, with activity, observation, input and harvest logs.
Spreadsheets: A common way to start recording farm activity. farmOS adds structured assets and logs for land, plantings and animals in place of loose sheets, at the cost of running a server.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if farmOS sits alongside other apps 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. farmOS is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-2.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Farm Management App?

farmOS 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.

Is farmOS free?

Yes. farmOS is open source under GPL-2.0, and its file is linked here at the pinned 4.0.7 tag. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for farmOS, and there is no per-field or per-user fee. The project is developed by a community of volunteers.

Can you self-host farmOS with Docker?

Yes, and this farmOS Docker hosting template does it for you: the upstream farmos/farmos image, pinned by digest, runs beside a private PostgreSQL container and an hourly cron container on your own server, with HTTPS in front. It is not a farmOS cloud account, so records stay with you.

How much RAM does farmOS need?

farmOS, PostgreSQL and cron together need a floor of 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 5 GB of disk. Uploads and logs grow the volumes. The 6 GB tier sold here gives a growing farm room.

How do I sign in to farmOS?

Open /user/login on your domain and sign in as admin with the generated password from the credentials. The first start runs the farmOS installer, which takes several minutes, and until it finishes the address returns a gateway error. Change the password on your account page afterwards.

Can people self-register on farmOS?

No. Public self-registration is switched off after install, so strangers cannot create accounts. The administrator adds other users from People in the farmOS menu. Share the address only with the people who need it, and review user roles before you give anyone edit access to records.

Does farmOS send email?

Not out of the box. The image has no mail transfer agent, so password-reset and notification emails are not sent until you add SMTP settings through a mailer DSN in settings.php on the sites volume. Until then, keep the administrator password safe, because email cannot reset it.

Can I use the farmOS mobile apps such as Field Kit?

Not as configured. The external API with OAuth2 that apps such as Field Kit use is not set up by this template, so those apps cannot connect yet. You can still use farmOS in a mobile browser. Enabling the API needs extra configuration that this page does not cover.

How large can a farmOS attachment be?

Files of up to 100 MB can be uploaded and attached to logs, and the proxy limit is set slightly higher to cover multipart overhead. Larger uploads are rejected before they reach farmOS. Uploaded files are stored in a private path on the farmos_sites volume.

How do I back up farmOS?

Back up both volumes: farmos_db holds the database of assets and logs, and farmos_sites holds settings, uploaded files and private files. The database credentials are also stored in settings.php on the sites volume, so keep the two together. Test a restore on a disposable install first.

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How do I upgrade farmOS?

farmOS 4.0.7 stays pinned on a running install through catalog changes. To upgrade, back up both volumes together and read the farmOS release notes, then adopt a newer template version and run the database updates farmOS releases need. Then check that your assets and logs still open.

What survives a restart of farmOS?

Assets, logs and uploaded files, because they live on the persistent farmos_db and farmos_sites volumes. The site domain can change freely, since farmOS only answers on the site's current domain and follows it after the platform restarts the app. Cron keeps running hourly in its own container.

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.