Rauthy Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Rauthy hosting and run your own single sign-on server on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Rauthy 0.37.1 image, creates the administrator from the email you enter with a generated password, generates the encryption and cluster secrets, keeps the embedded database on a persistent volume and publishes the admin UI and OpenID Connect endpoints over HTTPS, with no separate database to run.

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What is Rauthy?

Rauthy is a lightweight, easy-to-use identity provider supporting OpenID Connect, OAuth 2 and PAM. Upstream says it puts heavy emphasis on passkeys and strong security, is written in Rust, and aims to give a Keycloak-style single sign-on service with a much lower footprint, with an admin UI, client branding, events and auditing. Self-hosted Rauthy is the alternative to a hosted identity provider that keeps your users on your own server, under the Apache-2.0 licence.

On xCloud it is Rauthy 0.37.1, pinned by digest, as one app container (plus a BusyBox health probe) with the default embedded Hiqlite database on the rauthy_data volume. Administrators must register a passkey before the admin UI opens. Outgoing email is not configured by default, and passkeys are bound to the domain, so choose the domain before you register them.

From Sign-Up to a Live Identity Provider In 3 Easy Steps

A self-hosted identity provider normally means a container, secrets that must never change, a volume, a domain and a certificate before the first client exists. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Rauthy from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter the email address of the first administrator.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Rauthy image pinned by immutable digest next to a tiny BusyBox container that only probes its health endpoint, mount the rauthy_data volume, generate the administrator password and the encryption and cluster secrets, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Register A Passkey, Add A Client
Open the HTTPS admin URL and sign in with your email and the generated password. Rauthy asks you to register a passkey on your account page; log out, sign in with password and passkey, then create an OIDC client for your first app under Clients.

Everything Rauthy Does, On Your Own Server

Rauthy runs in full here: an OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 provider with an admin UI, on your own domain, with its data on your own volume.

OpenID Connect And OAuth 2.0
Single sign-on for the apps you host: register each one as a client and let Rauthy issue the tokens.
Passkeys And Passwords
Users can sign in with a password or a passkey, and administrator accounts are required to use a passkey.
Admin UI
Manage users, clients, roles, groups and events from one interface, including sessions, scopes and API keys.
Embedded Database
Data lives in an embedded database on the rauthy_data volume, so there is no separate database service to provision or secure.
Small Footprint
The template asks for 128 MB of RAM and measured use in QA was about 33 MiB, so it fits easily beside your other apps.
Optional Email
Outgoing email is not configured by default; add the SMTP variables in the Environment editor to enable password reset and invitations.

Everything You Need To Run Your Identity Provider 24/7

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

Rauthy 0.37.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Administrator password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Rauthy

Give your apps one login
Connect internal tools and services to a single OpenID Connect provider, so staff sign in once instead of keeping a password per app.
Adopt passkeys for staff
Let users sign in with FIDO2 passkeys, including passkey-only accounts that have no password at all.
Run SSO on a small server
Operate an identity provider that upstream says idles at about 40 MB for a single instance, beside the apps it protects.
Audit who signed in
Use the admin UI and event log to review sign-ins and manage clients, branding and users in one place.

Rauthy Screenshots

The Rauthy admin UI with an OIDC client open under Clients, showing its configuration and the live events panel

The Rauthy admin UI Clients list still showing the created client after an xCloud restart

Rauthy vs Alternatives

Hosted identity providers: A hosted identity provider keeps user accounts and sign-in events with a vendor. Self-hosted Rauthy keeps them in an embedded database on your own Cloud VPS.
Keycloak: Keycloak has its own OneClick page. Upstream's goal for Rauthy was a Keycloak-style SSO provider with a much lower resource footprint, running even on a Raspberry Pi.
Authelia: Authelia has its own OneClick page as another sign-in and access-control option. Rauthy is a full OpenID Connect and OAuth 2 identity provider with an admin UI and passkey emphasis.
Zitadel: Zitadel has its own OneClick page as an identity platform. Rauthy takes the lighter route, with an embedded database and no external services in this template.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Rauthy sits beside many other self-hosted 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. Rauthy itself is licensed by Rauthy's maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Identity Provider?

Rauthy 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.

Can you self-host Rauthy with Docker?

Yes. Upstream ships a container image, and this template is Rauthy Docker hosting set up for you: the 0.37.1 image pinned by digest, one rauthy_data volume, generated secrets, a bootstrap administrator and HTTPS. It is your own Rauthy cloud sign-in server, with no database to configure.

How much RAM does Rauthy need?

Rauthy lists 128 MB RAM, a single CPU core and 2 GB disk; use in QA was about 33 MiB. The 6 GB plan is the entry rung here, which leaves room for the apps you connect to it, and Rauthy's own footprint stays small for a modest user count.

Is Rauthy free?

Yes, Rauthy is Apache-2.0 open source with no fee. The dedicated Cloud VPS is the one cost, cancellable whenever you wish. Users, clients and passkeys live in a database on a volume you control, so you decide how it is backed up.

How do I sign in to Rauthy the first time?

Open the HTTPS admin URL and sign in with the administrator email you entered and the generated password. Rauthy then asks you to register a passkey on your account page; log out and sign in again with the password and the passkey to open the admin UI.

Do I have to use a passkey with Rauthy?

Administrators must, because Rauthy opens its admin UI only to accounts that have a passkey. Other users can sign in with a password or a passkey. Upstream also supports passkey-only accounts, where a user logs in with an email and a FIDO2 key and has no password.

Does Rauthy need a separate database?

No. By default Rauthy runs on embedded Hiqlite, and upstream offers Postgres as an optional alternative. This template uses the embedded database, stored in the persistent rauthy_data volume, so no database service runs beside it and there is nothing extra to configure.

Can Rauthy send password reset and invitation emails?

Not out of the box: outgoing email is not configured by default. Add SMTP_URL, SMTP_USERNAME, SMTP_PASSWORD and SMTP_FROM in the Environment editor and redeploy to enable password reset and invitations. Until you do, create users and reset credentials from the admin UI.

What happens if I change the Rauthy domain?

Passkeys are bound to the domain, so changing it invalidates every registered passkey. RP_ID and PUB_URL are tied to the domain as well. Decide the final domain before users register, and plan to re-register passkeys if you ever move the site.

How do I back up Rauthy?

Back up the rauthy_data volume, and keep the generated encryption and cluster secrets: data encrypted with them cannot be read without them. Do not edit those secrets in the Environment editor. Stop the app for a consistent copy, and test a restore on a spare install.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade Rauthy?

The install stays on pinned 0.37.1 until you adopt a newer template version. Back up rauthy_data first and read the upstream release notes, because migrations can be one-way. Then redeploy and confirm admin sign-in and one client login. Nothing upgrades automatically.

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.