Checkmate

Community

2 services

Open-source uptime, server hardware and incident monitoring with real-time status pages.

Deploy Checkmate Free plan, no card.

What you get

All 2 services provisioned together: checkmate, checkmate-mongodb
A community template, not yet verified end to end by the Railyard team
Automatic HTTPS and zero-downtime deploys

How to deploy Checkmate

1
Connect a server
Attach a DigitalOcean, Hetzner or Vultr server to Railyard, or any Linux box over SSH.
2
Click "Deploy Checkmate"
Railyard builds the container and provisions all 2 services.
3
Set your domain
Point your domain at the app. Railyard issues an HTTPS certificate and keeps it renewed automatically.

Why deploy on Railyard

Railyard provisions all 2 services in this stack together — checkmate, checkmate-mongodb — wired to reach each other over the private network, on a server you already pay for.

Deploying Checkmate is one piece of a bigger stack you can keep building — add a database, a worker, a cache, or another app, all on the same servers you already pay for.

Good for

Uptime and response-time monitoring for your own apps and servers, with status pages for customers
Server hardware monitoring (CPU, memory, disk) across a small fleet
A self-hosted alternative to a hosted status-page or uptime SaaS

Good to know

MongoDB is dedicated to this stack, not a shared Railyard addon — Checkmate opens its own connection string and Railyard's shared Mongo addon has no per-app login
JWT_SECRET is generated for you; set it the same on every instance if you ever split Checkmate across more than one server
Monitoring a Docker daemon over TLS needs its own ENCRYPTION_KEY, set manually after deploy — socket-only Docker monitors and every other monitor type work without it

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Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to self-host Checkmate?

Free covers 1 server plus a database server and 3 apps, no card required. Pro is $19/month per team for up to 5 servers and unlimited apps. Team is $49/month per team for unlimited servers. You pay your cloud provider for the server directly; Railyard adds no markup on compute.

What do I need to self-host Checkmate?

A server from a provider such as DigitalOcean, Hetzner or Vultr. Railyard provisions all 2 services in this stack together, with HTTPS and your domain configured.

How do I deploy Checkmate on my own server?

Connect a server to Railyard, click "Deploy Checkmate", and set your domain. Railyard builds the container, wires up the services it needs, and issues an HTTPS certificate automatically.

Can I use my own domain with Checkmate?

Yes. Point a DNS record at your server and Railyard issues and renews an HTTPS certificate for it automatically.

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