Perses Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Perses hosting puts an open-source dashboard server for your Prometheus, Loki and Tempo data on your own domain, a self-hosted way to keep observability dashboards as code. Deploy Perses v0.54.0 as one pinned container with a built-in file database, authentication on and a generated admin password, published over HTTPS in minutes. You add the data sources it should read, because none is bundled.

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What is Perses?

Perses is an open-source observability dashboard tool for displaying Prometheus metrics, Tempo traces, Loki logs and Pyroscope profiles, and it is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project. Upstream pairs it with GitOps-friendly dashboards as code through SDKs and a command line. A self-hosted Perses is an alternative to Grafana for teams that want a dashboards-as-code workflow and a dashboard specification that other tools can reuse, released under Apache-2.0.

On xCloud it is Perses v0.54.0 from the official image, pinned by digest, as one container with a built-in file database on the perses_data volume. xCloud generates the admin password and an encryption key, turns authentication on and self-registration off, and serves the UI and API over HTTPS. The template bundles no Prometheus, Loki or Tempo.

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

A Perses server needs the app, a database, an encryption key, an admin account, a domain and a certificate before the first dashboard. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Perses from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server; the install form has no fields.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start persesdev/perses:v0.54.0-debug, the official build plus a shell for health checks, pinned by digest, with its file database on the perses_data volume, switch authentication on with self-registration off, generate the admin password and encryption key and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Add A Data Source
Sign in as admin with the generated password, then add your Prometheus, Loki or Tempo URL as a data source. The Perses container makes the requests, so use addresses it can reach from this server.

Prometheus Dashboard Server: Perses On Your Own Server

Perses runs here as the dashboard server only, with your dashboards in a file database on a volume you control.

Four Observability Data Types
Upstream shows Prometheus metrics, Tempo traces, Loki logs and Pyroscope profiles in one place. You bring the data sources; none is bundled.
Dashboards As Code
Define dashboards with the Go and CUE SDKs and manage them with the percli command line, so dashboards live in version control.
Open Dashboard Specification
Upstream is defining a standard dashboard specification, with npm packages for embedding panels and dashboards in other UIs.
Plugin Architecture
Plugins extend panels and data sources, and core plugins are maintained in their own repository by the project.
Built-In Login, No Self-Registration
Authentication is on and sign-up is off, so only the provisioned admin can open the UI or its data-source proxy.
Encrypted Data-Source Secrets
Credentials saved for data sources are encrypted with a generated 32-character key that must stay unchanged after install.

Everything You Need To Run Your Dashboards 24/7

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

Perses v0.54.0 deployed instantly
Image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Self-registration disabled
Free SSL certificate
Dashboards on a persistent volume
Server backups and snapshots
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Perses

Keep dashboards in version control
Write dashboards with the Go or CUE SDKs, validate them in CI and apply them with percli instead of editing them by hand.
Show Prometheus metrics on a private dashboard
Point Perses at your Prometheus and give the team a login-protected view on your own domain.
Put metrics, logs and traces side by side
Add Prometheus, Loki and Tempo data sources and build dashboards that cover several of them.
Embed dashboards in your own tools
Use the project's npm packages to bring Perses panels and dashboards into another interface.

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Perses vs Alternatives

Grafana: Grafana has its own OneClick page. In a Perses vs Grafana comparison, Perses is built around dashboards as code and an open dashboard specification; check the panels and plugins you rely on first.
VictoriaMetrics: VictoriaMetrics has its own OneClick page. It is a metrics store, whereas Perses is a dashboard layer, so check which role you need before deploying either.
SigNoz: SigNoz has its own OneClick page. It is an observability platform with its own backend, while Perses is the dashboard layer only.
Perses demo site: Upstream runs an online demo for trying existing dashboards. A hosted install gives you your own login, data sources and dashboards instead.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Perses shares the server with other monitoring apps.

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. Perses is licensed under Apache-2.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Dashboard Server?

Perses on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Your dashboards, your data sources, your domain.

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 Perses an alternative to Grafana?

Upstream positions Perses as a dashboard tool with dashboards as code and an open specification. It can be used instead of Grafana for Prometheus, Loki and Tempo dashboards, but this page claims no feature parity, so trial your key dashboards.

Which data sources does Perses support?

Upstream lists Prometheus for metrics, Tempo for traces, Loki for logs and Pyroscope for profiles. None is bundled here, so add their URLs as global or project data sources from the Perses UI after you sign in.

Can you self-host Perses with Docker?

Yes. Perses ships an official image, and this template is Perses Docker hosting without the setup: the v0.54.0 image pinned by digest, a data volume, a generated admin login and HTTPS on your own domain.

How much RAM does Perses need?

The manifest floor is 512 MB of RAM, one core and 2 GB of disk, since it is one container with a file database. The 6 GB plan sits far above that and leaves room for other apps.

What is dashboards as code in Perses?

Dashboards are defined in files rather than clicked together. Upstream provides SDKs in Go and CUE plus a percli command line, so dashboards can be validated and applied from a CI pipeline and reviewed like any other code change.

How do I change the Perses admin password?

Edit ADMIN_PASSWORD in the Environment editor and redeploy. Perses re-applies it at every start and about once an hour, so a password changed inside the Perses interface is reset to that value; keep the Environment editor as the one source of truth.

Is Perses open source?

Yes. Perses is released under Apache-2.0, so the software has no licence fee. You pay only for the Cloud VPS underneath, which makes this a Perses cloud of your own rather than a hosted dashboard account.

Can other people register on my Perses server?

No. Authentication is on and self-registration is disabled, so only the provisioned admin account can open the UI or its data-source proxy. There is no SSO and no multi-user onboarding in this template, so add colleagues carefully.

How do I back up Perses?

Back up the perses_data volume, which holds the file database of dashboards, projects, data sources and users. Dashboards can also be exported as JSON from the UI or with percli, which gives you a copy in version control.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Perses?

The install stays on its pinned v0.54.0 image until you adopt a newer template version. Back up perses_data first and read the upstream release notes. Keep PERSES_SECURITY_ENCRYPTION_KEY unchanged, or saved data-source secrets become unreadable after the move.

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.