# \#hosting

**URL:** https://community.directus.com/tag/hosting/17.md

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## [Self-Hosted without Docker](https://community.directus.com/t/self-hosted-without-docker/1984)

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**Author:** [@thelucrocks](https://community.directus.com/u/thelucrocks)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/self-hosted-without-docker/1984 "2026-05-18T08:32:43Z")

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Hey, since I coudn’t find anything about self-hosting without docker within the docs, I would like to know if this is removed on purpose and why? Used to have this docs: https://docs.directus.io/self-hosted/cli.html Th…

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## [Directus on AWS (EC2 behind ALB) not responding on Airtel mobile network but works on Jio/BSNL/WiFi](https://community.directus.com/t/directus-on-aws-ec2-behind-alb-not-responding-on-airtel-mobile-network-but-works-on-jio-bsnl-wifi/1975)

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**Author:** [@Amit\_Patil](https://community.directus.com/u/Amit_Patil)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/directus-on-aws-ec2-behind-alb-not-responding-on-airtel-mobile-network-but-works-on-jio-bsnl-wifi/1975 "2026-02-26T07:07:25Z")

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Description: Hi everyone, I’ve hosted Directus on AWS with the following setup: EC2 instance running Directus (Dockerized) Application Load Balancer (ALB) in front Domain mapped via Godaddy HTTPS enabled (A…

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## [Valkey compatiblity](https://community.directus.com/t/valkey-compatiblity/1744)

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**Author:** [@jzemek](https://community.directus.com/u/jzemek)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/valkey-compatiblity/1744 "2025-12-28T14:37:11Z")

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Hi all, we are selft hosting Directus in AWS and we’ve used Valkey instead of Redis - so far it seems compatible and havent found any issues, but can someone confirm its 100 percent compatible? I’d welcome a compatibilit…

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## [Issues upgrading to 11.13.x?](https://community.directus.com/t/issues-upgrading-to-11-13-x/1481)

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**Author:** [@David\_O](https://community.directus.com/u/David_O)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/issues-upgrading-to-11-13-x/1481 "2025-12-14T16:48:49Z")

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Anyone else having issues upgrading a containerized directus install from 11.12.0 to 11.13.2? According to chatgpt, what changed: The container still starts Directus via node cli.js … + PM2, but the directus CLI binary…

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## [Best practices on self hosted deployment with custom extensions](https://community.directus.com/t/best-practices-on-self-hosted-deployment-with-custom-extensions/1652)

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**Author:** [@marugu9143](https://community.directus.com/u/marugu9143)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/best-practices-on-self-hosted-deployment-with-custom-extensions/1652 "2025-12-10T19:21:21Z")

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Hello community, i’d like to ask you for best practices on how to deploy custom extensions within a self hosted deployment. Situation: I’m self-hosting a Directus project on a private VPS, and the deployment is handle…

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## [Self hosting cache size](https://community.directus.com/t/self-hosting-cache-size/1491)

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**Author:** [@MagnusAndersson](https://community.directus.com/u/MagnusAndersson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/self-hosting-cache-size/1491 "2025-11-16T21:28:01Z")

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Hi. We have two instances of Directus self hosting in Azure containers and want to set up Azure Cache for Redis for these two. We can’t find any documentation about the minimum size of the Redis cache Azure service nee…

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## [Npx directus-template-cli@latest init failed due to confliction of postgres port](https://community.directus.com/t/npx-directus-template-cli-latest-init-failed-due-to-confliction-of-postgres-port/1124)

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**Author:** [@Yuhu\_Jia](https://community.directus.com/u/Yuhu_Jia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/npx-directus-template-cli-latest-init-failed-due-to-confliction-of-postgres-port/1124 "2025-09-17T15:43:32Z")

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## [Docker Stack Collection for Directus - What would you like to see?](https://community.directus.com/t/docker-stack-collection-for-directus-what-would-you-like-to-see/664)

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**Author:** [@bastienallain](https://community.directus.com/u/bastienallain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/docker-stack-collection-for-directus-what-would-you-like-to-see/664 "2025-06-27T07:29:06Z")

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:spouting\_whale: Working on a Directus Docker Stack Collection - Curious about your needs! Hey everyone! :waving\_hand: I’ve been putting together some Docker configurations for Directus deployments and thought I’d shar…

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## [Self-Hosting in Digital Ocean, Upgrading Managed Caching from Redis to Valkey](https://community.directus.com/t/self-hosting-in-digital-ocean-upgrading-managed-caching-from-redis-to-valkey/523)

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**Author:** [@tyco](https://community.directus.com/u/tyco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/self-hosting-in-digital-ocean-upgrading-managed-caching-from-redis-to-valkey/523 "2025-06-13T19:23:27Z")

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Hi all! I have a self-hosted production instance of Directus 11 that has been running in Digital Ocean for the last 6 months. This uses uses Digital Ocean managed database (postgres), caching, spaces, etc. With Digita…

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## [I'm running Directus on Heroku, but my uploaded assets keep disappearing after a while. Any idea why this is happening?](https://community.directus.com/t/im-running-directus-on-heroku-but-my-uploaded-assets-keep-disappearing-after-a-while-any-idea-why-this-is-happening/89)

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**Author:** [@comfortablycoding](https://community.directus.com/u/comfortablycoding)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/im-running-directus-on-heroku-but-my-uploaded-assets-keep-disappearing-after-a-while-any-idea-why-this-is-happening/89 "2025-05-12T11:32:35Z")

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I set up Directus on Heroku with a separate Postgres database. Everything works fine initially, but after a while, all my media files break.

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## [Override / path with custom page](https://community.directus.com/t/override-path-with-custom-page/163)

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**Author:** [@pepeday](https://community.directus.com/u/pepeday)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/override-path-with-custom-page/163 "2025-04-29T17:41:00Z")

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Hey everyone. I’m curious whether it’s safe to override root path “/” with a custom page like a landing page? In my head there’d be something like an override for the root path and then the user would be rerouted to /ad…

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## [How do I configure CORS for Directus?](https://community.directus.com/t/how-do-i-configure-cors-for-directus/86)

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**Author:** [@carmenh](https://community.directus.com/u/carmenh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.directus.com/t/how-do-i-configure-cors-for-directus/86 "2025-04-29T17:27:48Z")

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I’ve been trying to configure my web application to interact with my Directus project
