MintHCM Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

MintHCM hosting on xCloud gives your organisation self-hosted HR software for recruitment, onboarding, time, leave and employee records, built on SuiteCRM. Deploy MintHCM from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned runtime with private MySQL and Elasticsearch, installs release 4.3.3 on first boot, generates the admin password, mounts five volumes and publishes it over HTTPS. The first boot takes 10 to 20 minutes.

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What is MintHCM?

MintHCM is an open-source human capital management suite for recruitment, onboarding, time, leave and employee records, built on SuiteCRM. Its README also describes it as a platform you can customise at the framework level, with full control of your data and infrastructure. Self-hosted MintHCM is HR software you run yourself instead of renting a hosted service such as BambooHR. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

On xCloud this template runs an Ubuntu, Apache and PHP runtime pinned by digest, with Percona MySQL and Elasticsearch private to the install, and clones MintHCM 4.3.3 from GitHub on the first boot, so the server needs outbound HTTPS. Code, web files, cron, database and search each sit on their own volume. The manifest needs 4 GB of RAM. Demo data is off, so create a Position before adding employees.

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

Self-hosting MintHCM normally means a database, a search service, an installer run and a domain and certificate before you can add an employee. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick MintHCM from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain — xCloud generates the credentials, so there are no other app-specific fields.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We clone the MintHCM 4.3.3 release, bring up Percona Server (MySQL) and Elasticsearch, generate the administrator password, and publish the web interface over HTTPS while the database and search service stay private.
Step 03
Sign In And Create A Position
Wait for the installer to finish (often 10 to 20 minutes), open the HTTPS URL, sign in as admin with the generated password, and complete the first-login User Wizard. Create at least one Position before adding employees, since the Employee form requires one.

Everything MintHCM Does, On Your Own Server

MintHCM runs in full here — its recruitment, onboarding, time and leave modules on infrastructure you control.

Recruitment And Onboarding
Track candidates, onboarding steps and employee records in one open-source HCM built on SuiteCRM.
Time And Leave Tracking
Keep time and leave requests alongside employee data instead of a separate spreadsheet or tool.
Search Across Records
Find candidates, employees and records quickly through the bundled Elasticsearch service.
Generated Admin Password
A strong administrator password is generated at install, with the database and search service never exposed publicly.
Your HR Data, Your Server
Employee records and recruitment pipelines stay on infrastructure you control, not a third-party HR SaaS.
Five Volumes, Cleanly Split
The application tree with uploads, the first-install marker, cron jobs, the database and the search index each sit on their own volume and survive a restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your HR Software 24/7

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

MintHCM 4.3.3 deployed instantly
Generated admin password
Elasticsearch search included
Private MySQL-compatible database
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With MintHCM

Track recruitment and onboarding
HR staff record candidates, move them through hiring and onboard new employees from one system.
Manage leave and time
Employees and managers record time and leave in the same place as employee records.
Keep employee records on your own server
A company that does not want HR data in a hosted service keeps it in a MySQL volume on a server it rents.
Customise the HR system
A team with PHP skills adapts the SuiteCRM-based application to its own processes, since it can change the code and data model.

MintHCM vs Alternatives

BambooHR: BambooHR is a hosted HR service. MintHCM is software you run yourself, and this page makes no feature-parity claim.
ERPNext: ERPNext is a separate business suite with its own OneClick page that includes HR among many modules. MintHCM concentrates on human capital management.
OrangeHRM: OrangeHRM is a separate open-source HR system. Compare its modules and licence with MintHCM's before choosing.
Spreadsheets and shared drives: Some teams keep HR records in spreadsheets and shared drives. MintHCM keeps them in structured modules for recruitment, onboarding, time and leave, at the cost of running a larger stack.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Below the template's own floor — for testing only.

$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

MintHCM alongside a whole self-hosted business 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. MintHCM itself is free under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your HR Platform?

MintHCM on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own your HR data. 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.

Is MintHCM free?

Yes. MintHCM is open source under AGPL-3.0, with the licence file linked from this page at the pinned 4.3.3 tag. Hosting a modified copy may require offering the corresponding source to its users. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for MintHCM, and there is no per-employee fee.

Can you self-host MintHCM with Docker?

Yes, and this MintHCM Docker hosting template does it for you: a digest-pinned runtime image runs beside private Percona MySQL and Elasticsearch containers on your own server, installs 4.3.3 on first boot, and sits behind HTTPS. It is not a MintHCM cloud account, so HR data stays with you.

How much RAM does MintHCM need?

The template manifest asks for 4096 MB of RAM, because MySQL and Elasticsearch run beside the application. That floor is why this page sells the 16 GB tier rather than the 6 GB one. Plan for more as employee records and search data grow.

How do I sign in to MintHCM the first time?

Wait for the first boot, which often takes 10 to 20 minutes while it clones the source, waits for MySQL and Elasticsearch and runs the installer. Then sign in as admin with the generated password and complete the first-login User Wizard. Change the password inside MintHCM.

Why can't I add an employee right after installing MintHCM?

Demo data is off, and the Employee form requires a Position. Create at least one Position first, in the Positions module with Create Position, then add employees. This is how MintHCM behaves on a fresh database, not a fault in your install.

What runs alongside MintHCM?

A private Percona Server 8.0 for MySQL and Elasticsearch 7.16.3 for search, neither published to the host. The installer connects to MySQL as root with a generated password. Elasticsearch runs with security disabled, which is acceptable only because it sits on the private network.

Is there an upload size limit in MintHCM?

Yes. Browser uploads are limited to 10 MB by the image's PHP settings. Larger uploads fail until the PHP limits and the matching application upload limit are raised together, so test the file sizes your HR processes need before you rely on it.

Can I change the MintHCM admin password or database credentials later?

Change the admin password inside MintHCM. The install values apply only on the first boot, so editing them in the environment later does not rotate anything. To rotate database credentials, change the MySQL account first, then the matching values in config.php.

How do I back up MintHCM?

Back up all five volumes together: minthcm_app holds the application code, minthcm_db holds the database, minthcm_es holds search data, and the web and cron volumes hold the rest. Stop the stack for a consistent copy, and test a restore on a disposable install.

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How do I upgrade MintHCM?

A running install stays on release 4.3.3 until you adopt a newer template version, so catalog updates leave it alone. Back up every volume first and read the MintHCM release notes. The application is cloned into its own volume, so follow the project's upgrade guidance rather than only restarting.

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.