Pulse Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Pulse hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted monitoring dashboard for Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, TrueNAS, machines and VMware. Deploy Pulse in one click: xCloud runs the pinned Pulse Community image as one container, mounts the pulse_data volume, generates the administrator password and publishes the workspace over HTTPS on your domain, so you can add your first Proxmox node or Docker host within minutes and see its state, history and alerts in one place.

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What is Pulse?

Pulse is an MIT-licensed, self-hosted monitoring workspace. Self-hosted Pulse offers Docker and Proxmox monitoring in one dashboard, alongside Kubernetes, TrueNAS, physical and virtual machines and early-access VMware vSphere. It combines live infrastructure state, history, alerts, recovery visibility and scheduled health checks without a conventional enterprise monitoring stack. Proxmox VE, PBS and PMG are read through the Proxmox API with a read-only token, so nothing runs on the host.

This template runs the public Pulse Community image 6.4.1 as a single container behind xCloud's nginx. The pulse_data volume holds configuration, authentication state, target definitions and metrics history. xCloud generates the admin password. Host agents and Docker-socket access are optional upstream integrations and are not part of this template, and Pulse Pro and Relay are not included.

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

A Pulse install normally means a container, persistent storage, a reverse proxy, a domain, a certificate and an admin password before a single target appears. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Pulse from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server; xCloud generates the 24-character administrator password so you do not have to invent one.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the Pulse Community 6.4.1 image pinned by digest, mount the pulse_data volume at /data, keep the container bound to localhost behind nginx and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Add A Proxmox Target
Sign in as admin with the password in your Credentials panel, then add a Proxmox, Kubernetes, TrueNAS or other target using a dedicated least-privilege API credential, and confirm it reports in.

Everything Pulse Does, On Your Own Server

Pulse Community runs here as a monitoring workspace for the targets you connect, with its history stored on a volume you control.

Proxmox VE, PBS And PMG
Covers nodes, guests, storage, backups, replication, Ceph and mail gateways through the Proxmox API, using a read-only token rather than software on the host.
Docker And Podman Hosts
Upstream tracks hosts, containers, Compose projects, Swarm services and health through its unified agent, which you install yourself because this template does not bundle it.
Kubernetes And TrueNAS
Clusters, workloads and pods through the unified agent, and TrueNAS SCALE or CORE pools, datasets, disks, snapshots and replication tasks.
Alerts And Metrics History
Alerts, history and recovery visibility share one resource model, and the metrics history persists on the pulse_data volume across restarts.
Scheduled Health Checks
Pulse Patrol runs scheduled checks across current state and recent history, flagging failed backups, capacity pressure and restart loops; in Community it uses a local model or AI provider you configure.
No Docker Socket Needed
The Pulse server container does not need the Docker socket, and this template mounts no socket, uses no host networking and runs unprivileged.

Everything You Need To Run Your Monitoring Workspace 24/7

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

Pulse Community 6.4.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Administrator password generated for you
Bound to localhost, only HTTPS is public
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Pulse

Pulse Proxmox monitoring for a home lab
A homelab owner adds a Proxmox VE node with a read-only API token and watches guests, storage and backups from a dashboard on their own domain instead of opening the Proxmox UI.
Catch failed backups between visits
An admin lets scheduled health checks flag failed backups, capacity pressure and restart loops, so problems surface without anyone staring at a screen.
Self-hosted infrastructure monitoring for a small team
A small ops team keeps its Proxmox, Docker and TrueNAS estate in one self-hosted infrastructure monitoring workspace on a Cloud VPS, with the history stored on a volume it controls.
Watch a TrueNAS pool and its snapshots
A storage admin connects TrueNAS SCALE or CORE to see pools, datasets, disks, snapshots and replication tasks beside the Proxmox hosts that use them.

Pulse vs Alternatives

Datadog: Pulse is a monitoring workspace you run yourself: upstream describes combining live state, history and alerts without a conventional enterprise monitoring stack, and here that data sits on your own volume.
Beszel: Beszel is another monitoring app with its own xCloud page. Pulse reads Proxmox VE, PBS and PMG through the Proxmox API with a read-only token, so no software runs on those hosts.
Zabbix: Zabbix is a further monitoring option on xCloud. Pulse's template asks for 1 CPU core and 1024 MB of RAM, and gives Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, TrueNAS and machines their own dedicated views.
Grafana: Grafana has its own xCloud page too. Pulse ships its own views for Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, TrueNAS and machines, backed by one shared resource model for search, alerts and history.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More targets watched from one workspace.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Pulse alongside a whole self-hosted infrastructure 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. Pulse Community itself is free under the MIT 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.

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Ready To Run Your Own Monitoring Workspace?

Pulse on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Keep your metrics history. 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 I self-host Pulse with Docker?

Yes, and Pulse Docker hosting is what this template does. Upstream publishes the Pulse image; xCloud runs Community 6.4.1 pinned by digest as a single container with pulse_data mounted, served on your domain over HTTPS, rather than a docker run command and reverse proxy you maintain.

How much RAM does Pulse need?

The manifest for Pulse requires 1024 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 10 GB of disk as a floor for Pulse alone, which the 6 GB plan sold here covers. More targets and a longer metrics history raise memory and disk use over time.

How do I update Pulse?

Pulse does not update itself here: the image is pinned by digest, and existing installations keep their installed Compose snapshot until you change it. Back up pulse_data, move to the newer pin, then verify login, targets, history and health. Upstream names 6.4.0 as the rollback target for 6.4.1.

What should I back up in Pulse?

Back up the complete pulse_data volume. It holds Pulse configuration, authentication state, target definitions and metrics history, and the template README treats it as one consistency boundary, so restore it together as a whole. Take a backup before every upgrade and test a restore on a spare install.

Back up and restore Docker apps

What does Pulse monitor?

Pulse covers Proxmox VE, PBS and PMG, Docker and Podman, Kubernetes, TrueNAS SCALE and CORE, Linux, Windows and macOS machines, and early-access VMware vSphere. Some of those need upstream's unified agent, which is an optional integration and is not part of this template.

How does Pulse connect to Proxmox?

Through the Proxmox API with a read-only token, so nothing runs on the Proxmox host. Upstream's generated setup script creates a privilege-separated monitoring user. In Pulse you add the node as a target with that dedicated least-privilege credential and keep the credential private.

Does Pulse need an agent on every node?

Often not. Upstream monitors Proxmox VE, PBS and PMG through the API with no host software. An agent is for data the API cannot provide, such as SMART health, temperatures, Docker hosts or standalone machines. This template does not bundle agents, so you install them per host.

Is Pulse free and open source?

Yes. Pulse Community is open source under the MIT licence, and the LICENSE file at the v6.4.1 tag is the MIT text. This template deploys that public Community image; Pulse Pro and Relay use separate private images and are not included. You pay xCloud for the server, not for Pulse.

Who owns the data stored in Pulse?

You do. This is Pulse cloud hosting on a dedicated Cloud VPS only you use, so configuration, target definitions and metrics history sit on your pulse_data volume. Target credentials are yours to keep private; xCloud runs the server and the deployment, not your monitoring setup.

How do I sign in to Pulse the first time?

Use the username admin and the 24-character password xCloud generated, both shown in your Credentials panel next to the Application URL. The install form asks for no other app-specific values, and only one administrator is created, during installation.

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.