IRIS Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy IRIS hosting and give your analysts a shared case-management platform on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned IRIS v2.4.29 images with a background worker, a private PostgreSQL database and a private RabbitMQ queue, generates the administrator password, mounts persistent volumes and publishes the web interface over HTTPS — with no open registration, so the first visitor never becomes an administrator.

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What is IRIS?

IRIS (DFIR-IRIS) is an open-source web collaborative platform that helps incident responders share technical details during investigations. It is split into IrisWeb, the web application with the web interface and database management, and IrisModules, extensions that let third parties process data through IRIS.

Upstream ships IRIS in Docker containers, with an application, a PostgreSQL database, a RabbitMQ queue and a worker. This template runs those pieces for you and publishes the web interface through xCloud-managed HTTPS.

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

An IRIS stack normally means a web application, a worker, a database, a message queue, volumes, generated secrets, a domain and a certificate before the first case. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick IRIS from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official IRIS web app and worker, pinned by immutable digest, with PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ kept private with no host ports, mount the db_data, iris_downloads, user_templates and server_data volumes, generate the administrator password and publish IRIS over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Open IRIS And Start A Case
Save the administrator password from the protected credentials panel, open your HTTPS IRIS URL (first boot can take a few minutes) and sign in as administrator. Create your first case, then add assets, IOCs, notes and tasks to it.

Everything IRIS Does, On Your Own Server

IRIS runs in full here: a shared investigation workspace for your analysts, backed by a database and queue you own.

Shared Incident Response Cases
Analysts work on the same investigation, sharing technical details as a case rather than passing files around.
Assets, IOCs And Evidence
Record assets, indicators of compromise, notes, timelines, evidence and tasks against each case.
Background Worker And Queue
A worker consumes jobs from RabbitMQ, which is how IRIS modules process data such as enriching IOCs, without blocking the web interface.
Modules For Third-Party Tools
IRIS ships with default modules and lets you configure and enable them under Manage > Modules to process data via other tools.
Local Login, No Open Registration
Only accounts created by an administrator can sign in. Optional two-factor authentication and OpenID Connect settings are available in the app configuration.
Persistent Case Data
The database, uploaded evidence downloads, user templates and server data each live in a named volume, so cases and IOCs survived an xCloud Restart in QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Case Platform 24/7

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

IRIS v2.4.29 deployed instantly
Official images pinned by digest
Administrator password generated for you
PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ kept private
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With IRIS

Run investigations as shared cases
Give every incident its own case that all assigned analysts can read and update, instead of splitting findings across personal notes.
Keep IOCs and assets together
Record the assets involved and the indicators of compromise found, next to the notes, timeline and evidence that explain them.
Track tasks and timelines per incident
Assign tasks and build a timeline on the case so the state of an investigation is visible without asking around.
Process data with modules
Enable IRIS modules and let the background worker handle jobs through the queue, such as enriching IOCs, without tying up the web interface.

IRIS vs Alternatives

Spreadsheets and shared documents: Common for small teams, but they have no built-in structure for cases, assets, IOCs, timelines or evidence. IRIS provides each as a record on a case.
General-purpose ticketing tools: Tools such as Jira track work items generically. IRIS is purpose-built for incident response investigations and is self-hosted, so case data stays on your server.
Hosted case-management SaaS: A vendor-hosted service keeps investigation data on the vendor's infrastructure. IRIS is LGPL-3.0 software you run yourself, on a server you control.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if IRIS sits alongside other security 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. IRIS itself is licensed by its maintainers under LGPL-3.0.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Case Platform?

IRIS 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?

Use the administrator username and the generated password shown in the protected credentials panel after install.

What runs alongside IRIS?

A background worker, PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ. The worker, database and queue have no host ports and are private to the site.

Is registration open?

No. Accounts are created by the administrator, so the first visitor does not become an administrator.

Can I enable two-factor authentication or OpenID Connect?

IRIS exposes optional two-factor authentication and OpenID Connect settings in its app configuration. The template does not turn them on for you.

Should I expose IRIS openly on the internet?

Upstream advises against it, because IRIS holds sensitive investigation data. The template adds no access layer beyond IRIS's own login, so consider enabling IRIS two-factor authentication or adding your own IP restriction.

Can I change the administrator password?

Yes, inside IRIS. The initial password is only applied when the account is first created, so changing it in the environment later does not change it.

Is the generated password written to a log?

Yes. IRIS prints it once in the application log at first boot, so treat container logs as sensitive.

Why did the page not load right after install?

The first boot creates the database and can take a few minutes. Wait and reload.

What should I back up?

The database and evidence volumes — db_data, iris_downloads, user_templates and server_data — together with the stable generated values in the site environment. Keep those values private.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Data on the named volumes. A case and an IOC created in QA were still present after the containers were restarted.

Is there an upload size limit?

Single-request uploads above roughly 100 MB can fail behind Cloudflare's proxy.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update IRIS?

No. The template pins IRIS v2.4.29 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release, 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, 2048 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk; measured use in QA was about 1 GB with the sample data. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with IRIS?

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