Rocket.Chat Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Rocket.Chat hosting on xCloud gives your organisation a self-hosted team chat platform on a server you control. Deploy Rocket.Chat 8.8.1 and xCloud runs the pinned image with a private single-node MongoDB 8.2 replica set, generates the administrator password, mounts two persistent volumes and publishes the workspace over HTTPS on your own domain in just a few minutes, with public registration switched off.

Deploy your Rocket.Chat

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What is Rocket.Chat?

Self-hosted Rocket.Chat is an open-source, customizable communications platform developed in TypeScript for organizations with high standards of data protection. Upstream describes real-time conversations between colleagues, other companies and customers, with channels and direct messages, voice calls, federation and an apps marketplace and Apps-Engine for extending it. It is a self-hosted alternative to Slack and Microsoft Teams, and its core is MIT-licensed, with enterprise features separately licensed.

On xCloud the template runs Rocket.Chat 8.8.1 as a single container with a single-node MongoDB 8.2 replica set, both pinned by digest. Two named volumes hold the database and uploads. The first administrator is seeded from the install form, public registration is disabled, and SMTP, push notifications and the apps engine are not set up for you.

From Sign-Up to a Live Rocket.Chat Workspace In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting Rocket.Chat normally means a MongoDB replica set, migrations, a domain and a certificate before your first message. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Rocket.Chat from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain, then enter the administrator email, username (default rcadmin) and display name.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up Rocket.Chat and a single-node MongoDB 8.2 replica set, both pinned by immutable digest, generate a 32-character administrator password, and publish the workspace over HTTPS while MongoDB stays private.
Step 03
Sign In And Invite Your Team
Open your HTTPS URL after first boot finishes forming the replica set and running migrations (a few minutes), sign in with your administrator credentials, change the password inside Rocket.Chat, then invite your team.

Everything Rocket.Chat Does, On Your Own Server

Rocket.Chat runs in full here — channels, calls and the apps framework, on infrastructure you control.

Channels And Direct Messages
Team collaboration through channels and DMs, with voice calls and federation support listed upstream.
Apps-Engine And Marketplace
Extend the workspace with marketplace apps built on the open-source Apps-Engine framework.
Identity And Access Control
Identity management, end-to-end encryption and role and attribute-based access control listed upstream as platform capabilities.
Invite-Only By Default
Public sign-up is disabled out of the box, so only people you invite can join your workspace.
Generated Administrator Login
A 32-character administrator password is generated at install, so there's no shared default credential.
Chat History That Persists
Chat history, users and files stored in MongoDB GridFS, plus avatars and uploads, survive a restart on persistent volumes.

Everything You Need To Run Your Team Chat 24/7

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

Rocket.Chat 8.8.1 deployed instantly
Generated administrator password
Sign-up disabled by default
Private MongoDB replica set
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Rocket.Chat

Team collaboration software on your own server
A company moves its internal chat to a workspace it hosts, with channels for projects and direct messages for individuals, and keeps history and files on volumes it controls.
Talk to customers and partners
An organisation uses one workspace for real-time conversations with colleagues, other companies and its customers, regardless of how they connect, inviting each outside party deliberately.
Meet data-protection requirements
A team with strict data-handling rules hosts the platform itself, where upstream's pitch is security and sovereignty, with identity management and role-based access control as documented features.
Extend the workspace with apps
An admin installs apps from the Rocket.Chat Marketplace or builds its own with Apps-Engine, once the apps engine is configured, to connect the workspace to the other systems the team uses.

Rocket.Chat vs Alternatives

Slack: Choose Rocket.Chat as a Slack alternative when you want the chat history, users and files on a Cloud VPS you control. This is a category comparison, not feature parity, and apps and integrations differ.
Microsoft Teams: Rocket.Chat is a Microsoft Teams alternative for organisations that want to self-host messaging. Upstream lists channels, direct messages, voice calls and federation; this page makes no claim of parity with every Teams feature.
Mattermost: In a Rocket.Chat vs Mattermost comparison, start from what Rocket.Chat's README stresses: federation, an apps marketplace with Apps-Engine, and conversations with other companies and customers. Weigh those and its licence split against your needs.
Zulip: Zulip has its own OneClick page. Rocket.Chat runs here with a MongoDB replica set and offers direct messages, channels, voice calls and federation.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Above the 4 GB floor, with less headroom for MongoDB.

$24.99per month

6 GB RAM
4 vCPU cores
100 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Cloud VPS 16 GB

Cloud VPS 24 GB

Rocket.Chat alongside a larger, busier organization.

$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. Rocket.Chat's core 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 Own Your Team Workspace?

Rocket.Chat 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.

Is Rocket.Chat free?

The core is MIT-licensed, so the server has no licence charge, but enterprise features live in a separately licensed directory, so do not assume the whole product is MIT. This template sets no licence key, and xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS underneath.

Can I run Rocket.Chat with Docker?

Yes, and upstream lists Docker among its recommended deployment methods. This template does it for you: the rocketchat/rocket.chat 8.8.1 image and a MongoDB 8.2 container, pinned by digest, behind HTTPS. It is Rocket.Chat Docker hosting without writing a compose file.

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How much RAM does a Rocket.Chat cloud server need?

A Rocket.Chat cloud workspace needs 2 CPU cores, 20 GB of disk and 4096 MB of RAM at minimum, which is why the 16 GB Cloud VPS is the plan sold here. MongoDB and the app share the server, so large teams and file volumes need further headroom.

Why does Rocket.Chat need a MongoDB replica set?

Rocket.Chat uses MongoDB features that need a replica set even on one node. The template runs a single-node MongoDB 8.2 replica set on a private network, and first boot can take several minutes while it becomes a writable primary and the app runs migrations.

Does Rocket.Chat have mobile apps?

Yes. Upstream says that in addition to the web app there is a Rocket.Chat mobile app, plus a downloadable desktop app. You point them at your workspace URL. Push notifications were not exercised when this template was verified, so test them before you depend on them.

Can Rocket.Chat federate with other servers?

Upstream lists native federation, which lets you securely communicate and share resources across a federated network. This template does not set federation up for you, so enable and test it inside your workspace, and review what it exposes before turning it on.

How do I back up Rocket.Chat?

Take one backup of mongodb_data and rocketchat_uploads together, with the containers stopped or the database flushed; a live MongoDB copy alone is not consistent. Chat history, users and GridFS files live in the database, while avatars sit in the uploads volume.

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How do I update Rocket.Chat?

Updates are deliberate. The image is pinned to 8.8.1 by digest, and a catalogue re-sync affects new installs only. To move up, back up both volumes, then adopt a newer template version when it is published; this release needs a MongoDB 8.x replica set, as MongoDB 7 and older cannot run it.

Can anyone sign up to my Rocket.Chat workspace?

No. Public registration is disabled, so you invite users from the workspace. Rocket.Chat 8.8 still shows a Create an account link on the login page, so the template replaces its text to say sign-up is invitation-only, but the link itself remains.

How do I sign in to a new Rocket.Chat workspace?

Use the administrator username, default rcadmin, and the generated password in your credentials. These values only seed the first account, so change the password inside Rocket.Chat after signing in; editing them in xCloud later does not rotate the login.

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.