Database Provisioning

Spin up managed databases directly from the Vessl dashboard. Each database runs in its own Docker container with persistent volumes, automatic health checks, and daily backups.

Supported Engines

Relational

Engine	Version	Default Port
PostgreSQL	16-alpine	5432
MySQL	8.0	3306
MariaDB	11	3306
ClickHouse	latest	9000

NoSQL

Engine	Version	Default Port
MongoDB	7.0	27017
Redis	7-alpine	6379
Dragonfly	latest	6379
KeyDB	latest	6379

Message Brokers

Engine	Version	Default Port
Kafka	latest	9092
RabbitMQ	4-alpine	5672
NATS	2-alpine	4222

One-Click Deployers

Service	Purpose	Port
NocoDB	Open-source Airtable alternative	8080
Plausible	Web analytics	8000
WordPress	CMS	80
Gitea	Self-hosted Git service	3000

Creating a Database

1. Navigate to Databases in the sidebar.
2. Click New Database.
3. Select an engine from the list.
4. Optionally set a custom name and port.
5. Click Create.

Vessl provisions the container, creates a default database and user, and mounts a persistent volume at /var/lib/data.

Connection Strings

Once created, the connection string is automatically injected into every service in the same project:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://vessl:<password>@<service-name>:5432/vessl
REDIS_URL=redis://<service-name>:6379
MONGO_URL=mongodb://vessl:<password>@<service-name>:27017/vessl

You can also find the connection details on the database’s detail page in the dashboard.

Managing Databases

Start / Stop

Databases can be started and stopped from the dashboard. Stopping a database frees resources while preserving the volume data.

Configuration

Each database has sensible defaults:

• Port: Assigned from the engine’s default port range
• Username: vessl
• Database name: vessl
• Data volume: Persisted at <data-dir>/databases/<id>/