PlanarAlly Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy PlanarAlly hosting and run your own virtual tabletop on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned PlanarAlly v2026.2 image as a single container with its built-in SQLite database, generates the administrator username and password, mounts persistent volumes for campaigns, assets and mods, and publishes the table over HTTPS in minutes. Public registration starts closed, so only accounts you allow can sign in.

Deploy your PlanarAlly

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What is PlanarAlly?

PlanarAlly is an open-source web tool that adds virtual battlemaps with various extras to a TTRPG or D&D toolbox. Upstream describes it as self-hostable, so you can run it wherever you like without relying on an external service.

The game master builds scenes from layers on an infinite canvas, with dynamic lighting, player vision, floors and an initiative tracker, and players join from their browsers. This template deploys PlanarAlly v2026.2 as a single container on your own xCloud server.

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

Self-hosting a virtual tabletop normally means a container, a database file, volumes for uploads, a domain and a certificate before the first map. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick PlanarAlly from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official PlanarAlly image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with its embedded SQLite database, mount the planarally_data, planarally_assets and planarally_mods volumes, generate the administrator username and password, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Start A Campaign
Save the generated administrator username and password from the installation credentials, open your HTTPS PlanarAlly URL and sign in. Change the password in the app, then create your first campaign.

Everything PlanarAlly Does, On Your Own Server

PlanarAlly runs in full here: a browser-based virtual tabletop on your own domain, with campaigns stored on volumes you own.

Battlemaps On An Infinite Canvas
Upstream describes virtual battlemaps on an infinite canvas, so a limited workspace is not a constraint.
Dynamic Lighting And Player Vision
Work with light and shadows, and limit what players see to what their tokens can see.
Layers And Floors
Organise scenes in layers, and look down on lower floors when a token stands on a balcony.
Initiative Tracker
A simple initiative tracker is built in for running combat at the table.
Players Join From A Browser
Players join live from their browsers while the game master controls the table.
Closed Registration By Default
Only accounts you allow can sign in. Open registration with ALLOW_SIGNUPS=true when your group is ready, then close it again.

Everything You Need To Run Your Virtual Tabletop 24/7

Managed hosting for PlanarAlly, so the parts that keep the table online are not your problem.

PlanarAlly v2026.2 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Administrator credentials generated for you
Public registration closed by default
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With PlanarAlly

Run weekly RPG sessions online
Put maps, tokens, fog of war and dynamic lighting on a table your group opens in a browser, hosted on your own server.
Keep campaigns on infrastructure you control
Campaigns, the database and uploaded assets and mods live on persistent volumes that survived an xCloud Restart in QA.
Limit the table to your group
Public registration is closed by default, so only accounts you allow can sign in; open it briefly when players need to register.
Host without running a database service
A built-in SQLite database means one container and no separate database service to manage.

PlanarAlly Screenshots

PlanarAlly dashboard listing campaigns after sign-in

A PlanarAlly campaign open as a game table

PlanarAlly vs Alternatives

Roll20: A hosted virtual tabletop service you use in the browser; PlanarAlly is software you run on your own server.
Foundry Virtual Tabletop: Another virtual tabletop you host yourself, distributed as a licensed product; PlanarAlly is MIT-licensed open source.
Owlbear Rodeo: A browser-based virtual tabletop offered as a hosted service; PlanarAlly lets you keep the table and its data on your own server.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if PlanarAlly sits alongside other apps for your group.

$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. PlanarAlly itself is licensed by its maintainers under the MIT License.

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Ready To Run Your Own Game Table?

PlanarAlly 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.

How do I sign in?

Use the administrator username and password shown in the installation credentials. xCloud generates them and creates the account on first start.

Can my players register?

Not by default. Set ALLOW_SIGNUPS=true in the Environment editor and redeploy, then set it back to false once your group has registered, because open registration lets anyone create campaigns and uploads that use your disk.

Edit environment variables

What runs alongside PlanarAlly?

Nothing. PlanarAlly runs as one container with an embedded SQLite database, so there is no separate database service to manage.

What should I back up?

The three persistent volumes: planarally_data (the SQLite database and config.toml), planarally_assets (uploaded images and assets) and planarally_mods (uploaded mods).

Backups in xCloud

Does PlanarAlly send statistics upstream?

No. The template switches off usage statistics export to the upstream project server on first start.

Can I change the administrator password?

Change it in the app. The administrator account is created on first start only, so changing the password variable later does not alter an existing account. Do not rename ADMIN_USER after install.

Does password-reset email work?

Not until you add a [mail] section to config.toml. Without it, an administrator on the server can reset a password from the command line instead.

What survives a restart?

Campaigns, the database and uploaded assets and mods — they sit on persistent named volumes and were verified to survive an xCloud Restart in QA.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update PlanarAlly?

No. The template pins PlanarAlly v2026.2 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release and existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 5 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 66 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, which leaves room for large maps and uploads on the same server.

Is xCloud officially partnered with PlanarAlly?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the PlanarAlly project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source PlanarAlly project.

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.