OpenViking Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy OpenViking on xCloud and get OpenViking hosting for a context database that gives your AI agents a self-hosted store for memory, knowledge resources and skills. xCloud runs the pinned image, generates the root API key, mounts persistent storage and publishes the REST API, MCP and Studio UI over HTTPS on your domain in minutes, so agents can connect with scoped user keys.

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What is OpenViking?

OpenViking is an open-source context database for AI agents: upstream calls it one filesystem for everything an agent knows, knowledge, memory and skills. A self-hosted OpenViking organises that context as a virtual filesystem under viking:// that agents navigate with commands such as ls, tree, read and grep, with L0 abstracts, L1 overviews and L2 details so they can judge relevance before opening full content. It is licensed under AGPL-3.0, and this is an alternative to hosted agent-memory services.

On xCloud the install runs OpenViking v0.4.22 from the official image, pinned by digest, as a single container with local storage and no separate database. The openviking_data volume holds the configuration, the encryption master key, workspace data, indexes and API-key state. xCloud generates the root API key; the first visitor does not become administrator.

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

Self-hosting OpenViking normally means a container, generated secrets, a domain and a certificate before an agent can store a single memory. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick OpenViking from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain and, optionally, add an OpenAI API key for embeddings — or leave it blank and add it later.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned OpenViking v0.4.22 image, generate a root API key, mount persistent storage for your workspace data and indexes, and publish the API, MCP and Studio over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Save Your Root Key And Create An Account
Open your HTTPS URL, go to /studio/settings and save the generated root API key, then go to /studio/users and create the first account to get a user key for everyday use.

Everything OpenViking Does, On Your Own Server

OpenViking runs in full here — its memory, resource and skill storage, on infrastructure you control.

Hierarchical Agent Memory
Store memory, knowledge resources and skills for your AI agents in one structured store instead of scattering them across prompts.
REST API, MCP And Studio
One endpoint serves the API, the MCP interface and the Studio UI together, all behind the same xCloud-managed HTTPS address.
API-Key Authentication Enforced
Requests without a key or with the wrong key are refused, and a regular user key cannot reach the admin API — enforced from the first boot.
Root Key, Then User Keys
Use the generated root key to create accounts, then give each user or agent its own user key instead of sharing the root key.
Optional Semantic Search
Add an OpenAI key at install or later to enable semantic ingest and search with text-embedding-3-small — the server runs without it.
Your Agent Memory, Your Server
Configuration, the encryption master key, workspace data, indexes and API-key state all stay on a server you control.

Everything You Need To Run Your Agent Memory 24/7

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

OpenViking v0.4.22 deployed instantly
Generated root API key
API, MCP and Studio on one HTTPS address
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With OpenViking

Give an agent memory that survives sessions
Store user preferences, project knowledge and skills as files an agent can read back later, instead of replaying everything through each prompt.
Let several agents share one knowledge store
Create an account per team or project and give each agent its own user key, so everyday clients never need the root key.
Inspect what your agents remember
Browse stored context in Studio or through the API, and read committed sessions as Markdown memories you can inspect, edit and merge.
Keep agent context off a vendor's servers
Run the context database, its indexes and its keys on a server you own, rather than sending agent memory to a hosted memory service.

OpenViking vs Alternatives

Hosted agent memory services: Hosted memory services keep your agents' context in a vendor's account. OpenViking stores it on your own server as a virtual filesystem under viking:// that you can browse and edit.
Letta: In an OpenViking vs Letta comparison, Letta has its own OneClick page. Its catalogue entry describes an open-source server for stateful AI agents with persistent memory, exposed as a REST API backed by Postgres with pgvector.
Basic Memory: Basic Memory has its own OneClick page. Its catalogue entry describes a self-hosted MCP server that gives assistants a persistent, searchable Markdown knowledge base with a local knowledge graph.
Chroma: Chroma has its own OneClick page. It is an open-source vector database for semantic search and RAG, where OpenViking adds a filesystem-style layout for memory, resources and skills.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More agents, more accounts, more stored context.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

OpenViking 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. OpenViking itself is open source.

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Ready To Own Your Agent Memory?

OpenViking on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the 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.

Can you self-host OpenViking with Docker?

Yes, and this template is OpenViking Docker hosting without the setup. Upstream documents a deployment guide; here xCloud runs the official v0.4.22 image pinned by digest, generates the root API key, mounts openviking_data and publishes the API, MCP and Studio over HTTPS.

How much RAM does OpenViking need?

The template floor is 1024 MB of RAM with 2 CPU cores and 10 GB of disk; its README puts idle use around 450 MB. Large corpora and concurrent ingest need more. The 6 GB plan is the entry rung here.

How do I sign in to OpenViking for the first time?

Open /studio/settings, paste the generated root API key from the installation credentials and save it, then create the first account at /studio/users and use the user key it returns. There is no default password, and the first visitor does not become admin.

Do I need an OpenAI key for OpenViking?

Only for ingest and semantic search, which use OpenAI text-embedding-3-small. The server starts and stays healthy without it, but ingest and search fail until you add the key in the Environment editor and redeploy, ideally before the first ingest.

Can I change the OpenViking embedding provider after install?

No. The vector collection dimension is fixed on first boot, so the embedding provider, model and dimension must stay as set at install. Changing them afterwards makes startup fail with an embedding rebuild error, so choose them before you ingest anything.

Which clients can connect to OpenViking?

Use the user or admin key, not the root key, with Studio, the ov command line, the SDKs and MCP. The same endpoint serves the REST API, MCP and Studio over your HTTPS domain, and requests without a valid key are refused.

What should I back up on an OpenViking server?

Back up the whole openviking_data volume, which holds ov.conf with provider keys, the encryption master key, workspace data, indexes and API-key state. Treat backups as secret-bearing, and stop the container before copying for a consistent copy.

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How do I upgrade OpenViking?

The install stays on its pinned v0.4.22 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up openviking_data first and check the upstream release notes. Installs never upgrade themselves, and a redeploy keeps the named volume, so never delete it.

Is OpenViking free?

Yes. OpenViking is open source under AGPL-3.0, so the context database is free to run. You pay for the dedicated Cloud VPS, plus any OpenAI usage if you enable embeddings, which xCloud does not bill and which you control with your own key.

How is OpenViking different from Letta?

Upstream describes OpenViking as a filesystem-style context database for memory, resources and skills with L0, L1 and L2 layers. Letta, per its own OneClick page, is a server for stateful agents backed by Postgres. They overlap in persistent agent memory, so compare their APIs.

Is there a hosted OpenViking cloud?

Upstream offers a browser Studio, but this page is different: the OpenViking container runs on a Cloud VPS that xCloud provisions, so your instance holds its data, keys and indexes on a server you control.

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.