Cloudgate installs on one Ubuntu server with a single command. It is free to run under the Elastic License 2.0, with one Organization and one build at a time per Server, and an Enterprise license for the rest.
Both run the same Cloudgate and deploy to the same places. The question is whether you want to look after Cloudgate itself.
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One bare machine. The installer was proved on exactly this size, and it is enough to run Cloudgate and deploy small apps onto the same box.
Check that no cloud firewall in front of the server blocks ports 3000 and 4000. A blocked port looks exactly like a broken install.
One script, deploy/install.sh, installs Cloudgate natively on the host. There is no container image of Cloudgate itself: it deploys containers, it does not ship as one.
The first person to sign up. Open http://<your server's IP>:3000/sign-up when the installer finishes; your account owns the instance and sign-up closes behind you. Everyone after that joins by invitation.
One command on the server, then one sign-up in your browser. The command is safe to run again, and running it again is how you upgrade.
A fresh Ubuntu 24.04 machine with the ports above open, reached as root over SSH.
It clones Cloudgate into /opt/cloudgate, finds the server's public IP address and installs everything. It stops early on anything but Ubuntu 24.04 on x86-64.
curl -fsSL https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/install.sh | sudo shUsing a hostname, or a different address? Name it with CLOUDGATE_PUBLIC_HOST; it is built into the console.
curl -fsSL https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/install.sh | sudo CLOUDGATE_PUBLIC_HOST=cloud.example.com shOpen http://<your server's IP>:3000/sign-up and create the first account. Then add the server under Servers and deploy your first app, or start from one of the app templates.
On your own server, both are your job. They are short, and the secrets file is the part not to lose.
Run the install command again. It fast-forwards /opt/cloudgate, reuses the address the last install was given, migrates the database, rebuilds, restarts both services, and reads your existing secrets back instead of making new ones.
curl -fsSL https://cloudgate.octabyte.io/install.sh | sudo shCloudgate backs up the databases and volumes you deploy. Back up Cloudgate on its own: the cloudgate PostgreSQL database, the files /etc/default/cloudgate-*, and the folder /etc/cloudgate. Keep them off the server.
Without the encryption secret in /etc/default/cloudgate-secrets, stored keys and passwords in the database cannot be read again. Back up both together.
Out of the box the console and API answer on plain http at ports 3000 and 4000. Before you give the server a public address, decide whether that is acceptable, or reach the console over an SSH tunnel or a private network.
Almost everything a team running its own deployments needs, for free. Cloudgate is source-available, not open source.
The free version deploys everything Cloudgate can deploy. A license unlocks the features larger teams ask for, and they stay on as long as the license is valid.
$0 under the Elastic License 2.0
Agreed with you 30-day trial key on request
Prices are agreed with each customer, and a 30-day trial key is available. Write to support@octabyte.io. If a license ends, your settings are kept and the licensed features stop; nothing is deleted. See every plan side by side on the Cloudgate pricing page, or what the platform does on the features page.
Yes. The Elastic License 2.0 lets you use, self-host and modify Cloudgate without paying. The free version holds one Organization and runs one build at a time per Server. You pay only for the servers you run it on.
No. It is source-available under the Elastic License 2.0, and the source is public on GitHub. You can read, run and change it, but you may not offer it to others as a hosted service, and you may not remove or get around its license checks.
No. The installer works with your server’s IP address, and deployed apps are reachable at a free sslip.io address straight away. Add your own domain later for https.
Yes. Cloudgate can deploy onto the machine it runs on, and you can add more Ubuntu servers over SSH, or connect AWS and Google Cloud accounts.
Run the same install command again. It fast-forwards /opt/cloudgate to the latest version, reuses the address the last install was given, migrates the database, rebuilds and restarts Cloudgate, and keeps your secrets.
We agree the price and billing period with each customer, and a 30-day trial key is available on request. Write to support@octabyte.io.
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