Ferron Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Ferron hosting and serve your static website from a fast, memory-safe Rust web server on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Ferron 2.8.1 Alpine image, keeps the web root on a persistent volume and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes. Until you add files it shows the bundled welcome page, and the site is public with no login.

Deploy your Ferron

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Ferron?

Ferron is a fast, memory-safe web server written in Rust. It serves files from a web root, and its configuration file covers virtual hosts, redirects, reverse proxying and access control. Run on your own server it is a self-hosted Ferron, an alternative to a static site host such as Netlify or GitHub Pages, with the code under the MIT licence and your files on a volume you hold.

On xCloud it is the upstream ghcr.io/ferronweb/ferron 2.8.1 Alpine image, pinned by digest, serving the ferron_www volume as a website. The xCloud proxy terminates HTTPS, so Ferron's own automatic TLS stays off. The configuration is left at the image default, Ferron reads no environment variables, and there is no login, admin panel or upload form: files are copied into the volume on the server.

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

A Ferron site normally means the server image, a web root volume, a published port, a domain and a certificate before the first page. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Ferron from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and target server; the install form has no fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start ghcr.io/ferronweb/ferron 2.8.1-alpine, pinned by digest, mount the ferron_www web root volume and publish it over HTTPS on your domain. It is usually ready in about 15 seconds.
Step 03
Copy In Your Site
Open your URL to see the welcome page. Then copy your site's files into the ferron_www volume on the server. They are served at once with no restart.

Everything Ferron Does, On Your Own Server

Ferron 2.8.1 runs here as a plain static web server, with its web root on a volume you own.

Fast And Memory-Safe
Ferron is a web server written in Rust, a language chosen for strong memory safety, built for high concurrency.
Static Site From A Web Root
The server serves whatever sits in its web root, seeded with a welcome page until you copy in your own files.
Changes Served Immediately
Copy new files into the ferron_www volume and they are served at once. There is no restart and no build step.
HTTPS From The xCloud Proxy
TLS ends at the xCloud proxy in front of Ferron, so Ferron's own automatic TLS is not used.
Configuration In One File
Virtual hosts, redirects, reverse proxying and access control live in Ferron's configuration file, left at the image default here.
Public By Design
There is no login, admin panel or upload form, so every file in the web root is readable by anyone.

Everything You Need To Run Your Web Server 24/7

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

Ferron 2.8.1 deployed instantly
Image pinned by digest
Free SSL certificate
Web root on a persistent volume
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Ferron

Host a static website
Serve a plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript site from your own server on your own domain.
Leave a static site host
Move a site off a hosted static platform onto a web root you control.
Publish documentation or a landing page
Copy built files into the volume and have them live at once, with no deploy pipeline.
Learn a Rust web server
Run Ferron on a real domain to see how its configuration behaves before relying on it.

Ferron vs Alternatives

GitHub Pages: GitHub's documentation describes GitHub Pages as a static site hosting service that takes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files. Self-host Ferron instead when you want to serve a web root volume on your own server over HTTPS on your own domain.
Netlify: A hosted static site platform. Ferron is an open-source Netlify alternative you self-host, serving the files in a web root volume on your own server over HTTPS.
Caddy: A web server with automatic HTTPS; its web UI is available as the Caddy Manager OneClick app.
nginx: An open-source web server and reverse proxy; Ferron is a Rust alternative configured in its own file.
Apache HTTP Server: A long-established open-source web server; Ferron is a newer, memory-safe option for serving a static site.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Headroom if Ferron shares the server with other apps.

$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. Ferron is MIT licensed.

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Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Ferron on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Web Server?

Ferron 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 Ferron in Docker?

Yes, and this template is Ferron Docker hosting without the setup: the upstream ghcr.io/ferronweb/ferron 2.8.1-alpine image pinned by digest, the ferron_www web root volume mounted, no database to run and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Ferron need?

The template minimum is 256 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 1 GB of disk. There is no database, so the server is ready within seconds. The first plan on this page sits well above it.

How do I publish my website on Ferron?

Copy your site's files into the ferron_www Docker volume on the server; docker volume inspect shows the folder. Changes are served immediately with no restart. Keep an index.html there, because the container health check requests the root page.

Does Ferron have a login or admin panel?

No. Ferron has no accounts, admin panel or upload form, so everyone who can reach the domain can read every file in the web root. Put HTTP Basic Auth in front at your own proxy if part of the site should be private.

Does Ferron handle HTTPS itself?

Not here. Ferron supports automatic TLS upstream, but the xCloud proxy terminates HTTPS in front of it, so the template serves plain HTTP on the loopback port only and does not enable Ferron's own certificates or ask Let's Encrypt for any.

Where is the Ferron configuration file?

Ferron reads /etc/ferron.kdl, baked into the image. It serves the web root on port 80 and writes logs under /var/log/ferron. The template leaves it at the default, and Ferron reads no environment variables, so the Environment editor has nothing to change.

Is Ferron free?

Yes. Ferron is released under the MIT licence, which carries no fee for the software itself. Your spend is the dedicated Cloud VPS that serves your static site, and there is no separate subscription for the web server on top. That makes it a Ferron cloud of your own.

How do I back up Ferron?

Back up the ferron_www volume, which holds your whole website. There is no database to dump. Nothing schedules the copy, so run it yourself, keep a copy off the server, and take one before any upgrade you adopt.

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How do I upgrade Ferron?

The install stays on its pinned 2.8.1 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up the ferron_www volume first, then redeploy without deleting it. Existing sites are never upgraded automatically, and the volume is not deleted by a redeploy.

Can Ferron act as a reverse proxy?

Ferron's configuration file supports reverse proxying with load balancing and health checks, per upstream. This template leaves the configuration at the image default and gives you no way to edit it from the dashboard, so treat reverse proxying as upstream capability only.

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.