Lavalink Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Lavalink hosting and run a self-hosted Discord music bot server of your own: a private audio node on your own domain that your bot connects to instead of processing audio itself. xCloud runs the pinned image as a single container, generates the Authorization password, mounts persistent plugin and log volumes and publishes the REST and WebSocket endpoints over HTTPS.

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What is Lavalink?

Lavalink is a free, open-source standalone audio sending node for music bots, based on Lavaplayer and Koe and released under the MIT licence. Your bot asks it to load and play audio, and it sends that audio itself, so the audio never reaches your bot's own shards. It offers a REST API, a WebSocket event system, statistics for load balancing, Prometheus metrics and plugin support. Self-hosted Lavalink replaces renting a hosted node.

On xCloud the template runs Lavalink 4.2.2 as a single container, pinned by digest, with no database. It has no web interface: you point a Lavalink client at the HTTPS address, send the generated 32-character password as the Authorization header and open the v4 WebSocket. Plugin files live on lavalink_plugins and logs on lavalink_logs. Voice to Discord uses outbound UDP from the node.

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

A Lavalink node normally means a Java runtime or container, a config file, a password, volumes, a domain and a certificate before your bot can connect. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Lavalink from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Lavalink image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no separate database, mount the lavalink_plugins and lavalink_logs volumes, generate the Authorization password, and publish port 2333 over HTTPS on your domain. Give the JVM about a minute to boot.
Step 03
Point Your Bot At It
Save the Authorization password shown in the protected installation credentials. In your Lavalink client, use your HTTPS URL, send the password as the Authorization header, and connect to wss://your-domain/v4/websocket with a User-Id header. There is no browser admin to open.

Everything Lavalink Does, On Your Own Server

Lavalink runs in full here: an authenticated audio node for your bot, reachable over HTTPS and WebSocket on a server you own.

Audio Off The Bot Process
Lavalink is a standalone audio sending node based on Lavaplayer, so audio is sent without ever reaching any of your shards.
REST And WebSocket APIs
Resolve tracks and control players over REST, and connect clients over the v4 WebSocket endpoint, both published through HTTPS.
Password-Protected Routes
Every REST and WebSocket route needs the generated 32-character password: requests without it get 401 and a wrong password gets 403.
Plugin Support
The plugins directory is a persistent volume, so extra sources, such as the youtube-source plugin, can be added through environment keys.
Prometheus Metrics
Upstream includes Prometheus metrics, and GET /metrics serves read-only JVM and player counters for monitoring.
Statistics For Load Balancing
Upstream lists statistics as a feature, useful for spreading players across more than one node.

Everything You Need To Run Your Audio Node 24/7

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

Lavalink 4.2.2 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Authorization 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 Lavalink

A dedicated node for a Discord music bot
Offload audio processing from the bot process to a node you control, and let the bot connect to it as a Lavalink client.
Keep the password and endpoint private to your project
Every REST and WebSocket route requires the generated password, and the documented example password is not used.
Add sources through plugins
Install extra sources, for example the youtube-source plugin, through environment keys; plugin JARs stay on a persistent volume across a Restart.
Watch the node with Prometheus
Scrape the metrics endpoint to track player and JVM counters, and use the statistics to decide when a busy bot needs another node.

Lavalink vs Alternatives

Hosted music bot services: A hosted music bot service runs the audio for you on someone else's machine. A Lavalink node runs on your own Cloud VPS, protected by a password only you hold, and any client that speaks Lavalink's API can use it.
Lavaplayer inside your bot: Lavalink is built on Lavaplayer. Using the library directly keeps audio in your bot's own process, whereas a Lavalink node sends audio without it reaching your shards.
Running Lavalink.jar yourself: Upstream requires Java 17 LTS or newer and a configuration file for a hand-run JAR. The template runs the pinned image with the password, volumes, domain and certificate already set up.
Running the upstream Docker setup by hand: The official Docker guide at lavalink.dev works, but you wire the volumes, password, domain and certificate yourself; here those are generated and published for you.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for a busy node with many players.

$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. Lavalink itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT.

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Lavalink 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 host a Lavalink server?

Pick Lavalink in the OneClick catalog, choose a domain and a server, and deploy. xCloud starts the pinned container, generates the Authorization password and publishes the node over HTTPS. Give the JVM about a minute to boot. Voice to Discord uses outbound UDP from the node; no inbound UDP port is published.

Is Lavalink free?

Yes. Lavalink is free, open-source software under the MIT licence, so there is no licence fee for the node. On xCloud you pay for the dedicated Cloud VPS it runs on and the deployment around it. Keep upstream's copyright and licence notices if you redistribute the image.

What Java version does Lavalink need?

Upstream requires Java 17 LTS or newer for a hand-run JAR. You do not install one here: the pinned 4.2.2 image already contains the runtime and starts Lavalink.jar for you. If you change the image later, check the new release's requirements before you redeploy.

How do I connect my Discord bot to Lavalink?

In your Lavalink client, use your HTTPS URL and send the generated password as the Authorization header. WebSocket clients connect to wss://your-domain/v4/websocket and also send a User-Id header. Requests without the password get 401 and a wrong password gets 403.

Can you run Lavalink with Docker?

Yes. For Lavalink Docker hosting this template runs the official ghcr.io/lavalink-devs image, pinned by digest, as one container with its plugin and log volumes mounted. You do not write the compose file, set the password or put a certificate in front of port 2333.

How do I add plugins to Lavalink?

Add plugin coordinates through the LAVALINK_PLUGINS_0_DEPENDENCY environment key, then redeploy. Lavalink downloads the JAR into the lavalink_plugins volume, so it stays after a restart. Environment keys are read on every start, and there is no in-app settings screen.

Edit environment variables and redeploy

Does Lavalink support YouTube?

Not out of the box. The built-in YouTube source is deprecated and switched off in this template, and no youtube-source plugin is installed by default. Upstream lists YouTube stream support through that plugin, so add it with the plugin environment key if your bot needs YouTube.

How do I update Lavalink?

Lavalink 4.2.2 is pinned by digest, so it only changes when you choose. Read the upstream release notes, back up the plugin volume and your environment values, then bump the tag and digest together through a newer template version. Existing installs are not upgraded by a template change.

What should I back up for a Lavalink node?

A backup is a copy of the lavalink_plugins volume (downloaded plugin JARs) and of lavalink_logs (log files), plus your environment values, including the generated password, kept somewhere safe. There is no database. Do not run docker compose down -v on an installation you want to keep, because it deletes the volumes.

Backups in xCloud

How much RAM does a Lavalink node need?

The template manifest asks for 2048 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 8 GB of disk. QA measured about 266 MiB idle and 294 MiB after a test round-trip, but a busy node with many players needs more. The 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here covers that.

Can I run Lavalink in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. For Lavalink cloud use, xCloud sets up a dedicated Cloud VPS, deploys the node and attaches your domain and certificate. Prefer your own hardware or another provider? Attach that machine as a self-managed server and the node deploys onto it.

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.