One-click apps on a VPS · Galaxium Hosting help

Order a VPS that installs an app for you on first boot, find its login details, and know what we look after and what you do.

A one-click app is a normal VPS plan that installs an app for you the first time it boots. You still get the whole server with full root access.

Find an app

• Browse the app catalog, or open VPS solutions for ready-made setups.
• Each app page shows the Minimum and Recommended plan, the Ports it uses, and an After you deploy checklist.
• You can also pick an app on the Apps tab of step 1 when you order a VPS.

Click a plan on the app page to jump straight to the order's review step.

What gets installed

• Apps run in Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
• The app's files live in a folder under /root on your server.
• There are no shared default passwords. Passwords and keys are generated on your server at first boot and saved in a file only root can read (the app's .env file in its folder). We never see them.
• Databases and admin pages that have no login of their own only listen on the server itself. Reach them over an SSH tunnel.

Log in to your app

• Wait for the setup screen to show Ready.
• Open your server's Overview. The endpoints card lists the addresses for your app, with a copy button.
• Check the First login card on the app's page. It says how the first login works for that app, for example creating the admin account on first visit or reading a password from the .env file.

Update an app

Connect over SSH, go to the app's folder under /root, and run:

docker compose pull && docker compose up -d

Take a snapshot first, so you can roll back. Read the app's release notes before big upgrades.

Who looks after what

| We look after | You look after | |---|---| | The VPS itself: power, network, the panel, and installing the app on first boot | The app after it's installed: settings, updates, users and your data |

Galaxium Hosting isn't connected with the projects behind these apps. Help with the app itself comes from its community or maker.

Good to know

• Apps are chosen when you order. A reinstall offers operating systems only, so to switch apps, order a new server with that app.
• Running more apps side by side with Docker yourself is fine.
• Back up your app's data. See VPS snapshots, backups and reinstalling.
• If you turn on a firewall inside the server, open the app's public ports there too.