Apache Tika Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Apache Tika hosting and run a private document parsing API on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Apache Tika 4.1.0 minimal image behind an nginx Basic Auth gateway with a generated password and publishes it over HTTPS in minutes — Tika stays on the private network and nothing is stored.

Deploy your Apache Tika

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What is Apache Tika?

Apache Tika is a content analysis toolkit that detects file types and extracts text and metadata from hundreds of formats. In server form it exposes that as a REST API: send a document, get back text, metadata or the detected type.

Tika has no accounts of its own, so this template puts an nginx gateway with Basic Auth in front of it. It uses the minimal image without Tesseract, so there is no OCR.

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

A Tika setup normally means a JVM container, an authenticating gateway, a generated password, a domain and a certificate before the first document is parsed. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Apache Tika 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 apache/tika minimal image and a pinned nginx gateway, both by immutable digest. Tika is reachable only on the private network, the gateway requires Basic Auth with a generated password, and HTTPS is published on your domain. There are no volumes.
Step 03
Send Your First Document
Save the password from your installation credentials, open the HTTPS URL and sign in as tika. Then send a file, for example with curl -u tika:<password> -T report.pdf against /tika with an Accept: text/plain header.

Everything Apache Tika Does, On Your Own Server

Apache Tika runs in full here: a private text extraction, metadata and file-type detection API on your own domain, behind a login.

Text From Many Formats
Extract plain text from PDF, Office, HTML, e-mail, archives and many other formats over a simple HTTP call.
Metadata As JSON
Read document metadata as JSON, including embedded files.
File-Type Detection
Detect the real file type of an unknown upload with PUT /detect.
Basic Auth In Front
A Basic Auth login protects the whole site, so strangers cannot use your server to parse files; requests without it return 401.
Feeds Your Pipelines
Feed search indexes, RAG pipelines and document workflows from your own server instead of a third-party service.
Stateless By Design
Nothing is stored, so a Restart loses no data.

Everything You Need To Run Your Parsing API 24/7

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

Apache Tika 4.1.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Basic Auth password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Apache Tika

Feed a search index
Extract text from uploaded documents and pass it to your search engine.
Prepare content for RAG pipelines
Turn PDFs, Office files and e-mail into plain text before chunking and embedding.
Identify unknown uploads
Detect the real file type of a file instead of trusting its extension.
Read document metadata
Pull metadata as JSON, including from embedded files, for document workflows.

Apache Tika vs Alternatives

Docling Serve: Docling Serve converts PDFs, Office files and images into structured Markdown or JSON with layout, table and OCR understanding; Tika focuses on text, metadata and type detection.
Unstructured: Unstructured partitions PDFs, Office files, images and text into structured JSON for AI ingestion; Tika returns plain text and metadata.
Gotenberg: Gotenberg turns HTML, Markdown and office documents into PDFs, the opposite direction from Tika's extraction.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for heavier documents or several pipelines.

$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. Apache Tika itself is licensed by Apache Tika's maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Parsing API?

Apache Tika 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.

What does Tika do?

It detects file types and extracts text and metadata from hundreds of formats over a REST API.

How do I sign in?

Use the username tika and the generated password from your installation credentials. Requests without them return 401.

Does it do OCR?

No. This is the minimal image without Tesseract, so scanned images and image-only PDFs return no text.

How do I try it?

Send a file with curl -u tika:<password> -T report.pdf to /tika on your domain with an Accept: text/plain header. /version returns the version.

How big a file can I send?

Uploads up to 1 GB are accepted by the site, but a CDN in front may impose a lower limit.

Can I change the password?

Yes. Change GATEWAY_PASSWORD in the Environment editor, then Save & Redeploy.

What runs alongside Tika?

A pinned nginx gateway that enforces Basic Auth and forwards xCloud's HTTPS traffic. Tika has no host port.

What should I back up?

Nothing; Tika stores no data. Keep the gateway password safe.

Backups in xCloud

Does xCloud automatically update Apache Tika?

No. The template pins Apache Tika 4.1.0 by immutable digest; existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and image 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, 1024 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 432 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Apache Tika?

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