Flarum Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Flarum hosting on xCloud: launch a fast, modern community forum in minutes. xCloud brings up the pinned Flarum 1.8.19 image with a managed MariaDB database and puts it behind HTTPS on your own domain, with your discussions and uploads kept on persistent storage.

  • No terminal
  • No technical skills needed
  • No lock-in, cancel anytime

Flarum Hosting Live In 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting Flarum normally means a PHP stack, Composer, a database, a web server and a certificate before you write a single post. This is the same forum without assembling any of it.

  1. Step 01

    Sign Up

    Create your xCloud account and pick Flarum from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain, then enter your administrator username and email. Leave the password blank to have xCloud generate a strong one.

  2. Step 02

    We Deploy It For You

    One click. We bring up Flarum 1.8.19 with its MariaDB database and scheduler, and publish the forum over HTTPS on your domain. The first start can take 1–2 minutes.

  3. Step 03

    Sign In And Set Up Your Forum

    Save the administrator password from the protected installation credentials and sign in. Set the title and tags in /admin, configure mail, then open sign-up when you are ready for members.

Everything Flarum Does, On Your Own Server

A full community forum runs here: discussions, replies, uploads and extensions, on infrastructure you control.

  • Discussions For Your Community

    Run a community forum, product support board or discussion space on your own domain.

  • Responsive On Any Device

    A clean, responsive interface designed to be consistent and intuitive across desktop and mobile.

  • Extend With Flarum Extensions

    Add extensions from Flarum's ecosystem. Enabled extensions stay on persistent storage and reinstall when the app starts.

  • Your Admin Account At Install

    The administrator you enter is created during install. The upstream flarum/flarum default is rejected, so there is no shared login to find.

  • Scheduled Jobs Run Themselves

    A dedicated scheduler container runs Flarum's scheduled tasks every minute, separate from the forum itself.

  • Survives A Restart

    Discussions, replies, uploads and settings survive an xCloud Restart of all containers.

Everything You Need To Run Your Forum Hosting Without The Server Work

Managed hosting for Flarum, so the HTTPS, database and scheduled jobs are not your problem.

  • Flarum 1.8.19 deployed instantly
  • You create the first admin account
  • HTTPS handled by xCloud
  • Both volumes ready to back up
  • Public sign-up off until you open it
  • Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Flarum hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Most popular

One community forum, with real headroom above the template baseline.

$24.99per month

  • 6 GB RAM
  • 4 vCPU cores
  • 100 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 16 GB

More room for a busier community.

$59.99per month

  • 16 GB RAM
  • 6 vCPU cores
  • 200 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Flarum alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

  • 24 GB RAM
  • 8 vCPU cores
  • 300 GB NVMe SSD
  • 30 TB
  • Unlimited
Get started

Flarum is free and open source under the MIT License; this is the managed server it runs on. The template baseline is 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of disk. This page sells the 6 GB tier. Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision and manage.

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Flarum on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

Free

Start your journey without cost.

$0forever

  • 1 server
  • 10 sites
Start free

Starter

Most popular

Your rate with 2–5 servers connected.

$5per server / month

  • 2–5 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Professional

The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

  • 6–10 servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Agency

The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

  • 11+ servers
  • Unlimited sites
  • All features included
  • Bring any VPS provider
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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Ready To Launch Your Community Forum?

Flarum on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision and manage. Deploy faster. Own your community. Stay in control.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What makes Flarum different from traditional forum software?

Flarum is built to be fast and simple, with a modern, responsive interface and a flexible extension API, without clutter or complex dependencies.

Is this a Flarum Docker setup?

Yes. xCloud runs the community Flarum image, pinned by immutable digest, with MariaDB alongside it. You do not write Docker files or install PHP, Composer or a web server.

How do I sign in the first time?

Use the administrator username or email you entered at install, and the password from the protected installation credentials. The admin panel is at https://<your-domain>/admin.

Can anyone register on my forum right away?

No. Public sign-up is off after install. Configure outbound mail in Administration → Email, then open sign-up in Administration → Permissions when you want new members.

How do I set up email for members?

In the admin panel, under Administration → Email. Set this up before you open sign-up so members can verify their email and reset passwords. This image takes no SMTP environment variables.

What runs alongside Flarum?

A private MariaDB database and a small scheduler container that runs Flarum's scheduled jobs every minute. Neither is exposed to the internet.

What should I back up?

The flarum_data volume (uploads, extensions list, storage) and the flarum_db volume (database), taken together from the same window.

How big can uploads be?

Upload size defaults to 16 MB.

What are the server requirements?

The template baseline is 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of disk. Measured peak use on QA was about 199 MB of RAM. This page sells the 6 GB tier to leave headroom above that baseline.

Does xCloud automatically update Flarum?

No. The image is pinned by immutable digest. To upgrade, read the Flarum and image release notes, back up both volumes, bump the tag and digest together and redeploy without deleting volumes.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Flarum?

No. No official partnership or endorsement has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Flarum project, not an official offering.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.

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