Hoop Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Hoop hosting puts your databases and servers behind one audited, role-based entry point on your own domain. Deploy Hoop 1.236.1 as a self-hosted access gateway: xCloud runs the pinned image as a single container with its embedded PostgreSQL, creates the first administrator from the email you enter, generates the password, mounts persistent volumes for the database and session recordings, and publishes the web UI over HTTPS.

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What is Hoop?

Self-hosted Hoop is an access gateway for databases, servers and internal tools. Per the template, users reach resources through Hoop with role-based access, approvals, session recording and data masking, while agents deployed next to the resources do the actual connecting. It is MIT licensed, and its README describes an open-source binary driven by one config file. Teams use it in place of shared credentials or a bare bastion host.

On xCloud the template runs the official hoophq/hoop 1.236.1 image as a single container pinned by immutable digest, with Hoop's embedded PostgreSQL. The hoop_data and hoop_sessions volumes persist users, connections, keys and recordings. The API and web UI are served over HTTPS, and an agent gRPC port is published as plain TCP. No agents are bundled, and some masking providers need an enterprise licence.

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

A Hoop gateway normally means a container, a database volume, a recordings volume, a first administrator, 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 Hoop from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and enter the administrator email — that is the only field.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Hoop image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with its embedded PostgreSQL, mount the hoop_data and hoop_sessions volumes, create the administrator at first boot with a generated password, and publish the web UI over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Connect An Agent
Open your HTTPS Hoop URL and sign in with the email you entered and the generated password from the credentials panel. Change the password, create a connection, then deploy an agent next to your resources using the gRPC host and port shown there.

Everything Hoop Does, On Your Own Server

Hoop runs in full here: a gateway with a web UI on your own domain, with its data on volumes you own.

One Entry Point To Your Resources
Users reach databases, servers and internal tools through Hoop with role-based access, while agents deployed next to the resources do the actual connecting.
Session Recording And Audit Trail
Sessions are recorded to the hoop_sessions volume, giving sensitive access an audit trail you can review.
Approvals
Risky operations can be routed through an approval step before they run.
Data Masking
Sensitive values can be masked in responses. Some masking providers need an upstream enterprise licence and are unavailable in the open edition.
Optional Native-Client Proxies
Postgres, SSH and RDP proxy listeners stay off until an admin enables them in Hoop's settings, then native clients connect to the server IP on the matching published port.
Administrator Ready At First Boot
The first administrator is created automatically, so nobody else can claim the sign-up page, and later self-registration is refused.

Everything You Need To Run Your Access Gateway 24/7

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

Hoop 1.236.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Administrator password generated for you
Web UI 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 Hoop

Give teams audited database access
Let people reach production databases through role-based connections instead of shared credentials, with sessions recorded for later review.
Put approvals in front of risky work
Route sensitive operations through an approval step so a second person signs off before they run.
Mask sensitive data in results
Apply data masking so people who need to query a database do not see every value in it.
Let native clients connect through the gateway
Enable the optional Postgres, SSH or RDP proxy listeners so existing clients connect to the server IP and port instead of directly to the resource.

Hoop vs Alternatives

Teleport: Compared with Teleport, Hoop here is one container with its embedded PostgreSQL on a Cloud VPS you control, with session recording, approvals and data masking per the template.
HashiCorp Boundary: Compared with HashiCorp Boundary, Hoop is a separate project with its own web UI, agents and session recordings, and this template needs no extra services.
Apache Guacamole: Apache Guacamole has its own xCloud template. Hoop covers database, SSH and RDP access with approvals and data masking, per the template description.
A bastion host: A hardened SSH jump server gives you one entry point, but session recording, approvals and masking are not built in. Hoop adds them in front of databases, servers and internal tools.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Hoop sits alongside other tools 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. Hoop itself is licensed by Hoop's maintainers under MIT.

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Hoop 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 much RAM does Hoop need?

Hoop's manifest floor is one core, 1024 MB of RAM and 4 GB of disk, with about 500 MiB idle in QA. The 6 GB Cloud VPS this page sells leaves real headroom above that, which matters because session recordings grow on the hoop_sessions volume.

Is Hoop open source?

Yes. Hoop is MIT licensed, per the LICENSE file at the 1.236.1 tag. Some enterprise features, such as certain data-masking providers, are unavailable in the open edition. xCloud bills only for the dedicated Cloud VPS, not for the software.

Can you run Hoop with Docker?

Yes, and this is Hoop Docker hosting prepared for you: the template runs the official hoophq/hoop 1.236.1 image as one container with its embedded PostgreSQL, pinned by immutable digest, with hoop_data and hoop_sessions volumes and the web UI over HTTPS on your domain.

Does Hoop include agents?

No. Agents run next to your databases and servers and connect back to Hoop over gRPC, using the host and port shown in the credentials panel. You deploy them where the resources live; the template installs only the gateway.

Which ports does Hoop publish?

The web UI and API go over xCloud-managed HTTPS. The agent gRPC port and the optional Postgres, SSH and RDP proxy ports are published TCP ports, and the gRPC port is plain TCP without TLS. xCloud does not open them in your firewall, so open only the ones you use.

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Is the Hoop web UI public by default?

Yes, anyone with the URL can reach the login page, though the first administrator is created automatically at first boot and later self-registration is refused. For an extra gate, configure Basic Auth at your reverse proxy or access layer; the template does not enable it.

Does Hoop record sessions and mask data?

Per the template, sessions are recorded to the hoop_sessions volume for review, risky operations can be routed through approvals, and sensitive values can be masked in responses. Some masking providers need an upstream enterprise licence and are unavailable here, so test the one you need.

Can the Hoop web terminal run Postgres queries?

Not with the stock image. Web terminal and exec on Postgres connections need an agent image that includes psql, which the stock one does not. The Postgres proxy and native clients work without it once an admin enables the listener in Hoop's settings.

What should I back up on a Hoop server?

A backup is the hoop_data volume (users, connections and keys) and the hoop_sessions volume (session recordings), together, with the stack stopped. Hoop stores connection credentials and recordings, so treat the admin account and every copy as highly privileged.

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How do I upgrade Hoop?

Nothing upgrades it for you: the template pins 1.236.1 by immutable digest. When a newer template version is published, stop the stack, back up both volumes, read the upstream release notes and adopt that version, then confirm administrator sign-in and an agent connection.

Is this Hoop cloud hosting?

It is your own Hoop on a dedicated Cloud VPS that xCloud provisions, not a hosted gateway service. The container, both volumes and the administrator belong to your install, and recordings and connection credentials stay on your own server.

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.