Self-host CloudBeaver

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The web edition of DBeaver: a browser-based database manager for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and other JDBC databases, with a SQL editor and a data editor (ER diagrams are in the paid editions).

Key facts

CategoryDatabase admin

LicenseApache-2.0

StackJava, TypeScript, React

Min RAM4096 MB

Official imageyes

Measured idle RAM213 MB

Difficulty

Sourcegithub.com/dbeaver/cloudbeaver

Websitedbeaver.com/cloudbeaver

What you need

Any VPS with at least 4096 MB of RAM
A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
Under an hour if you've used Docker before

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Install

Run these commands on your server:

# CloudBeaver Community — the official image; CB_* variables replace the first-run server-setup screen
CB_PASSWORD=Cb$(openssl rand -hex 12); echo "CloudBeaver admin password: $CB_PASSWORD"
docker run -d --name cloudbeaver --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 8978:8978 -v cloudbeaver-workspace:/opt/cloudbeaver/workspace \
  -e CB_SERVER_NAME=CloudBeaver -e CB_SERVER_URL=http://SERVER_IP:8978 \
  -e CB_ADMIN_NAME=cbadmin -e CB_ADMIN_PASSWORD="$CB_PASSWORD" \
  dbeaver/cloudbeaver:26.2.1
# open http://SERVER_IP:8978 and log in as cbadmin