How to install Activepieces on a Cloud VPS

Activepieces is an open-source automation platform (a Zapier alternative) that connects your apps with no-code flows and hundreds of ready-made integrations.

The self-hosted version removes per-user subscriptions: you pay only for the server, no matter how many teammates use the app.

One-click install on cloudlinux.ro

The fastest way: Activepieces installs automatically at the first boot of a new server.

1. Create a Cloud VPS from the control panel.
2. In the configuration step, pick Activepieces from the app catalog.
3. Start the server. The install runs in the background for a few minutes and its status shows on the server page.
4. Access details and generated passwords are saved on the server in /root/app-credentials.txt. The app will be available on port 8080.

Manual install on any Ubuntu server

If you prefer doing it yourself, below is the exact script our automatic install runs. Execute it as root on a fresh Ubuntu server (24.04 recommended). It stops at the first error, and when it finishes you will find the access details in /root/app-credentials.txt.

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
DB_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | cut -c1-20)
AP_ENCRYPTION_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 16)
AP_JWT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
mkdir -p /opt/activepieces && cd /opt/activepieces
cat > docker-compose.yml <<EOF
services:
  activepieces:
    image: ghcr.io/activepieces/activepieces:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - '8080:80'
    environment:
      AP_ENGINE_EXECUTABLE_PATH: dist/packages/engine/main.js
      AP_ENVIRONMENT: prod
      AP_FRONTEND_URL: "http://${IP}:8080"
      AP_EXECUTION_MODE: UNSANDBOXED
      AP_CONTAINER_TYPE: WORKER_AND_APP
      AP_ENCRYPTION_KEY: "${AP_ENCRYPTION_KEY}"
      AP_JWT_SECRET: "${AP_JWT_SECRET}"
      AP_POSTGRES_DATABASE: activepieces
      AP_POSTGRES_HOST: activepieces-postgres
      AP_POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
      AP_POSTGRES_USERNAME: activepieces
      AP_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "${DB_PASS}"
      AP_REDIS_HOST: activepieces-redis
      AP_REDIS_PORT: 6379
    depends_on:
      - activepieces-postgres
      - activepieces-redis
  activepieces-postgres:
    image: pgvector/pgvector:0.8.0-pg14
    restart: always
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: activepieces
      POSTGRES_USER: activepieces
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "${DB_PASS}"
    volumes:
      - ap_pg:/var/lib/postgresql/data
  activepieces-redis:
    image: redis:7.0.7
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - ap_redis:/data
volumes:
  ap_pg:
  ap_redis:
EOF
docker compose up -d
printf 'Activepieces: http://%s:8080\nCreeaza contul la prima accesare, primul cont devine administrator.\n' "$IP" > /root/app-credentials.txt

You can also save this script as a recipe in your account and reuse it on any new server.