> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.rallly.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Self-host Rallly on your own infrastructure.

Self-hosting Rallly gives you full control over your instance and your data. The self-hosted distribution is designed to be easy to install and maintain on a single server — everything you need is bundled into one Docker Compose stack.

## Rallly Cloud vs Rallly Self-Hosted

Rallly comes in two flavours built from the same codebase.

**[Rallly Cloud](https://rallly.co)** is the hosted service we run. It is designed to scale horizontally across distributed infrastructure and serve a large number of users. It is the fastest way to get started and is maintained by us.

**Rallly Self-Hosted** is optimised for simplicity of deployment. Out of the box, the application, database, object storage, and TLS termination all run on a single machine via Docker Compose — you own the data, you own the server, and updates are a single command. If you already run a managed Postgres or S3-compatible service, you can point Rallly at those instead and the bundled containers are skipped automatically.

<Note>
  Some Cloud features (billing, metered quotas) are compiled out of the self-hosted image. Licensing for multi-user self-hosted instances is covered on the [Licensing page](/self-hosting/licensing).
</Note>

## What's included

A self-hosted install is a batteries-included stack. You do not need to provision these services separately.

* **Traefik** — reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
* **Rallly** — the web application
* **PostgreSQL** — primary database
* **Garage** — S3-compatible object storage for file uploads

Only Traefik binds to host ports (80 and 443). Everything else is isolated on the internal Docker network.

## Next steps

* **[Installation](/self-hosting/installation/docker)** — set up Rallly on your server.
* **[Configuration](/self-hosting/configuration)** — environment variables reference.
* **[Management](/self-hosting/management)** — update, back up, and operate your instance.
* **[Control Panel](/self-hosting/control-panel)** — manage users and instance settings.
* **[Licensing](/self-hosting/licensing)** — when a license is needed and how to apply one.

If you would rather not run a server, use [Rallly Cloud](https://rallly.co).