How to install Supabase on a Cloud VPS

Supabase is the open-source Firebase alternative: PostgreSQL, authentication, instant APIs, storage and realtime subscriptions, self-hosted.

A database on your own server gives you low latency and full control over configuration and backups, without managed-service pricing.

One-click install on cloudlinux.ro

The fastest way: Supabase 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 Supabase 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 8000.

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
apt-get install -y git
PG_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | cut -c1-24)
DASH_PASS=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' | cut -c1-16)
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/supabase/supabase /opt/supabase
cd /opt/supabase/docker
cp .env.example .env
sed -i "s|^POSTGRES_PASSWORD=.*|POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PG_PASS}|" .env
sed -i "s|^DASHBOARD_PASSWORD=.*|DASHBOARD_PASSWORD=${DASH_PASS}|" .env
docker compose up -d
IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
printf 'Supabase Studio: http://%s:8000\nUtilizator: supabase\nParola: %s\nIMPORTANT: inainte de utilizare in productie, regenereaza JWT_SECRET, ANON_KEY si SERVICE_ROLE_KEY in /opt/supabase/docker/.env conform documentatiei Supabase (cheile implicite sunt publice).\n' "$IP" "$DASH_PASS" > /root/app-credentials.txt

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