Milvus Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Milvus hosting and run a self-hosted vector database for similarity search and retrieval-augmented generation, with authentication on from the first start. xCloud runs the pinned Milvus image in standalone mode as a single container, generates the root password, publishes the REST API over HTTPS on your domain and lists a gRPC port for SDKs such as pymilvus that you open yourself in your firewall.

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What is Milvus?

Milvus is an open-source, high-performance vector database built for scale, written in Go and C++ and released under Apache 2.0. Upstream says it powers AI applications by organising and searching large amounts of unstructured data such as text, images and multi-modal information, and it works with the pymilvus Python SDK. Self-hosted Milvus is the option for teams that would otherwise store embeddings in a hosted vector service such as Pinecone.

On xCloud the template runs the official milvusdb/milvus v3.0.2 image in standalone mode, pinned by digest, as one container with the metadata store and object storage built in. Everything lives on the milvus_data volume. Authorization is on with a generated root password, the REST API is served over HTTPS, and gRPC is published on a TCP port that is not encrypted. The management port and WebUI are not exposed.

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

Self-hosting a vector database normally means standalone mode, authentication, a domain and a firewall decision for the gRPC port before a single collection exists. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Milvus from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain. There are no extra fields — xCloud generates the root password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Milvus v3.0.2 image in standalone mode with authorization on, the root password generated, and the REST API published over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Call The API And Create A Collection
Save the root password shown in the protected installation credentials, wait up to two minutes for first start, then call the HTTPS REST API with an Authorization: Bearer root:<password> header and create your first collection.

Everything Milvus Does, On Your Own Server

Milvus runs in full standalone mode here — the same vector search engine behind semantic search and RAG applications, on infrastructure you control.

Store And Search Embeddings
Store and search vector embeddings for semantic search, recommendations and retrieval-augmented generation.
Standalone Mode, No Sidecars To Manage
The metadata store and object storage are built into the single container — there are no separate services to provision.
HTTPS REST API On Your Domain
The REST API (/v1/* and /v2/vectordb/*) is served over xCloud-managed HTTPS on your own domain.
gRPC Endpoint For Official SDKs
Connect official SDKs such as pymilvus over gRPC once you open the allocated TCP port in your own firewall.
Authentication On From The First Start
Authorization is enabled at install with a generated 32-character root password; requests without credentials get HTTP 401.
Collections Survive A Restart
QA created a collection, restarted the container, and got identical get and search results back afterward.

Everything You Need To Run Your Vector Search 24/7

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

Milvus v3.0.2 deployed instantly
Generated 32-character root password
gRPC endpoint for SDKs like pymilvus
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Milvus

Run a vector database for RAG
Store document embeddings in a collection and query for the nearest chunks, so a chatbot can ground its answers in your own content while the vectors stay on a server you control.
Power semantic search in an app
Search by meaning rather than keywords: embed queries and items with the same model, insert them with metadata and return the closest matches through the REST API or pymilvus.
Recommend similar items
Index item embeddings and look up the vectors nearest to what a user viewed. A developer can prototype this against a single standalone server before deciding on a larger deployment.
Keep embeddings out of a hosted service
Teams with privacy rules can hold sensitive embeddings on their own Cloud VPS, behind a generated root password, instead of sending them to a third-party vector service.

Milvus vs Alternatives

Pinecone: If you store embeddings in Pinecone today, Milvus is the self-hosted route: Apache-2.0 software running in standalone mode on your own Cloud VPS, with the data on one volume you back up.
Qdrant: Qdrant has its own xCloud page and is an Apache-2.0 vector database written in Rust with REST and gRPC APIs and a browser dashboard. Its template asks for 1 GB of RAM; Milvus's asks for 8192 MB.
Weaviate: Weaviate has its own xCloud page and is a BSD-3-Clause vector database with REST and GraphQL APIs. Its template asks for 1024 MB of RAM against Milvus's 8192 MB, and Milvus adds a separate gRPC port.
Chroma: Chroma has its own xCloud page, and its template asks for 2048 MB of RAM. Milvus's standalone template asks for 8192 MB, so it needs the larger server.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Below the template's own manifest floor.

$24.99per month

6 GB RAM
4 vCPU cores
100 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 16 GB

Cloud VPS 24 GB

Milvus alongside a whole self-hosted AI 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. Milvus itself is free, open-source software under its own Apache-2.0 licence.

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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 Vector Search?

Milvus 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.

What is Milvus used for?

Milvus is used to store and search vector embeddings. Teams use it for similarity search over text, images and other unstructured data, for semantic search, recommendations and retrieval-augmented generation. Your application creates a collection, inserts vectors with metadata and queries for the nearest matches through an SDK or the REST API.

Is Milvus open source?

Yes. Milvus is an open-source project under the Apache 2.0 licence, hosted by the LF AI & Data Foundation, so the software is free. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS hosting it and for the deployment, not for Milvus itself.

Can I run Milvus with Docker?

Yes, and for Milvus Docker hosting the template does it for you. It runs the official milvusdb/milvus image in standalone mode, pinned by digest, as a single container with the milvus_data volume, turns authentication on, generates the root password and puts the REST API behind HTTPS on your domain.

What is the difference between Milvus Lite, Standalone and Distributed?

Upstream offers Milvus Lite, installed with pymilvus for a local file-backed database, and a fully distributed, Kubernetes-native deployment for scale. This template runs Standalone: one server container with the metadata store and object storage built in. It does not provide Lite or a distributed cluster, so plan cluster features elsewhere.

How do I connect to Milvus from Python?

Install pymilvus and create a MilvusClient with the server address, the gRPC port shown in your credentials and the token root:<password>. Open that TCP port in your own firewall first and restrict it to trusted IPs, because gRPC here is not encrypted. The HTTPS REST API needs no extra port.

Does Milvus support authentication?

Yes, and it is on from the first start. The template sets authorization enabled and generates a 32-character root password; requests without credentials get HTTP 401. For REST calls send an Authorization: Bearer root:<password> header. Create separate users and roles for applications rather than sharing root.

How much RAM does Milvus need?

The template manifest asks for 8192 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 20 GB of disk, and upstream recommends more for real workloads. That is why this page sells the 16 GB Cloud VPS and not the 6 GB tier. The CPU also needs SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 or AVX-512 on amd64; arm64 is supported.

Can I run Milvus in the cloud on xCloud?

Yes. Under Milvus cloud use, xCloud sets up a dedicated Cloud VPS, deploys the standalone container and attaches your domain and certificate. Data sits on the single milvus_data volume. A box rented elsewhere can be enrolled as a self-managed server.

How do I back up Milvus?

A Milvus backup is the milvus_data volume copied with the container stopped, because the metadata and object data must be restored together. For online copies use Milvus's own backup tooling. Keep your root password, since the credentials card keeps showing the original. Test a restore before you rely on it.

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How do I upgrade Milvus?

Milvus stays at v3.0.2 by digest until you decide otherwise. Copy milvus_data, read upstream's release notes, then choose a later template version, which raises the tag and digest together. Never delete the volume during the move, or every collection goes with it.

What does Milvus cost to host?

Milvus has no licence fee, so the cost is the server. Its manifest floor of 8192 MB of RAM selects the 16 GB Cloud VPS plan shown on this page, billed monthly with no lock-in. Heavy collections need more memory and disk than the floor, which you can add by resizing.

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.