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Metabase + Postgres
Verified2 services
Metabase, the open-source BI tool — self-serve dashboards and charts for your team, no per-seat license.
| Runs | 2 services |
|---|---|
| Stack | metabasemetabase-db |
| Provisioned for it | Nothing, it's self-contained |
| Verified | Yes, deployed end to end by the Railyard team |
Why deploy on Railyard
Railyard provisions all 2 services in this stack together — metabase, metabase-db — wired to reach each other over the private network, on a server you already pay for.
Deploying Metabase + Postgres 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
- BI dashboards with Metabase's own app data kept separate from the warehouse it queries
- Self-serve analytics for a team that doesn't want to buy BI seats
Good to know
- Postgres is wired up as Metabase's own metadata store automatically
- Connect your real warehouse or production database from Settings → Databases after first login — this Postgres only holds Metabase's questions and dashboards, not your data