LiveKit Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy LiveKit hosting and run a self-hosted WebRTC server that your own app connects to for video calls, live streams and voice AI agents. xCloud starts the pinned LiveKit image as a single container, generates an API key and secret, publishes the signalling and API port over HTTPS on your domain and lists the UDP and TCP media ports you open in your firewall. It has no web console.

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What is LiveKit?

LiveKit is open-source realtime infrastructure for voice, video and AI agents. Upstream describes a scalable, distributed WebRTC SFU, a selective forwarding unit, where people, devices and AI agents join the same room, with SDKs for web, mobile, desktop and server, JWT authentication, UDP, TCP and TURN connectivity, and a single binary, Docker or Kubernetes deployment. It is released under the Apache License 2.0. Self-hosted LiveKit is the option for teams that would otherwise rent a hosted video API such as Twilio Video.

On xCloud the template runs the livekit/livekit-server v1.13.9 image, pinned by digest, as one container with no database, cache or volume. Signalling and the HTTP API sit behind HTTPS on your domain, while media goes straight to the server IP on two ports you open yourself. Rooms live in memory and start empty after a restart. The embedded TURN relay is off.

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

Self-hosting a WebRTC media server normally means a container, a domain, generated API credentials and two open firewall ports before a single video call can connect. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick LiveKit from the OneClick catalog and select a domain — no extra fields, xCloud generates the credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned LiveKit v1.13.9 image, generate an API key and secret, and publish the signalling and API port over HTTPS on your domain, shown in the protected installation credentials.
Step 03
Open Your Ports And Connect An SDK
Open the UDP and TCP media ports listed on the credentials card in your server firewall, then point a LiveKit SDK, the LiveKit CLI or a LiveKit Agents worker at the Server URL and sign access tokens with the key and secret.

Everything LiveKit Does, On Your Own Server

LiveKit runs in full here — the open-source WebRTC media server, on infrastructure you control.

Self-Hosted Real-Time Infrastructure
Self-hosted real-time audio and video infrastructure you control, with no managed media vendor.
SDKs For Web, Mobile And Backend
SDKs for web, mobile and backend languages to build video calls, live streams and voice AI agents.
HTTPS Signalling, No Default Credentials
HTTPS (WebSocket) signalling on your domain, with a generated API key and secret and no default credentials.
Nothing Else To Manage
Single container with no database or cache to manage.
Lightweight By Measurement
Lightweight: measured idle memory was roughly 15 MiB on QA.
Credentials Survive A Restart
Nothing is stored on disk. After an xCloud Restart the same API key and secret keep working; rooms are held in memory only and start empty.

Everything You Need To Run Your Real-Time Video 24/7

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

LiveKit v1.13.9 deployed instantly
Generated API key and secret
HTTPS signalling on your domain
Single container, no database to manage
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With LiveKit

Run a WebRTC SFU server for your app
A product team building video calls can point its web and mobile clients at its own selective forwarding unit, so media routes through a server it controls instead of a third-party video API.
Host a voice AI agent's room
Run a LiveKit Agents worker that joins rooms as a participant, so users talk to an AI agent in real time while your backend signs the access tokens that let them in.
Stream a live event to viewers
Publish from an encoder or a browser into a room and let many participants subscribe. Your backend decides who gets a token, so access stays under your control.
Prototype realtime features cheaply
A small team can try in-app calls on a single container, with generated credentials, and tear it down or resize the Cloud VPS later without changing the client code.

LiveKit vs Alternatives

Twilio Video: If you build on a hosted video API such as Twilio Video, LiveKit is the self-hosted route: the same kind of room-and-token model, with the media server running on your own Cloud VPS under Apache-2.0.
Zoom SDK: If your app embeds the Zoom SDK, LiveKit gives you SDKs for web, mobile, desktop and server and a server you operate. You build the user interface yourself; there is no ready-made meeting page.
Jitsi: Jitsi has its own xCloud page and is browser-based video conferencing where guests join a room. LiveKit is infrastructure that your own application connects to; it has no web console.
mediasoup: mediasoup has no OneClick page here. LiveKit's template is one pinned container with generated credentials, HTTPS signalling and upstream SDKs for web, mobile, desktop and server to connect from.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More concurrent rooms and participants.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

LiveKit alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 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. LiveKit itself is free and open source under the Apache License 2.0.

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Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy LiveKit 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 Own Your Media Server?

LiveKit 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.

Can you self-host LiveKit?

Yes. For LiveKit Docker hosting the template runs the livekit/livekit-server image, pinned by digest, as a single container, generates an API key and secret and puts HTTPS signalling on your domain. Upstream also supports a single binary and Kubernetes. It is a singleton, so one install per server.

Does LiveKit have a web dashboard?

No. LiveKit is a media server with no web console. Your application drives it through a LiveKit SDK, the LiveKit CLI or a LiveKit Agents worker, using the API key and secret to sign short-lived access tokens. Requesting the domain in a browser just answers OK once the server is ready.

How much RAM does LiveKit need?

LiveKit's manifest floor is 256 MB of RAM, a single core and 2 GB of disk, and idle memory measured roughly 15 MiB in QA. Real rooms need more as participants and tracks grow. The 6 GB Cloud VPS sold here covers a small deployment; media-heavy use calls for more CPU and bandwidth.

Is LiveKit open source?

Yes. The LiveKit server is open source under the Apache License 2.0, so the server software is free. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS hosting it and for the deployment. Keep upstream's licence notices if you redistribute it.

What ports does LiveKit use?

Signalling and the API use container port 7880, behind HTTPS on your domain. Media uses 7882 over UDP, with 7881 over TCP as a fallback, each published on its own allocated host port shown in your credentials. xCloud does not open firewall ports, so open both media ports yourself.

Configure firewall management

Which SDKs work with LiveKit?

Upstream lists SDKs for web, mobile, desktop, embedded and server, plus the LiveKit Agents framework for Python and Node.js. Point any of them at your Server URL, wss:// followed by your domain, and sign access tokens with the generated API key and secret.

Can I build voice AI agents with LiveKit?

Yes. Upstream presents LiveKit Agents as the SDK for code-first realtime voice agents, joining rooms like any participant. The agent worker is a separate program you run, pointed at your Server URL with the key and secret. This template deploys the media server only, not an agent.

Where do I keep the LiveKit API secret?

Keep it on your server only, never in a web page or mobile app, because it signs the tokens that let people join rooms. It lives in the Environment editor; changing it and redeploying invalidates every token signed with the old one. Do not put Basic Auth in front of the domain, since clients send tokens in the Authorization header.

How do I upgrade a self-hosted LiveKit server?

The container stays at v1.13.9 by digest. For a newer server, read upstream's release notes, keep a copy of the API key and secret, and select a later template version. Rooms are held in memory, so any room open during the restart ends and starts empty afterwards.

How do I back up LiveKit?

There is no volume, so a LiveKit backup is only your credentials. The server keeps no state on disk, and rooms are held in memory and start empty after a restart. The only thing to keep is the API key and secret from the Environment editor, so store a copy; anyone you gave tokens to needs them unchanged.

Can I run LiveKit in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. Under LiveKit cloud use, xCloud sets up a dedicated Cloud VPS, deploys the server and attaches your domain and certificate. Media goes to the server IP, so a Cloudflare-proxied domain carries signalling only. Without TURN, clients blocking UDP and TCP cannot connect.

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.