Self-host Owncast with Docker

Run your own live video streaming server with built-in chat, no third-party platform required.

This page describes the Levelrail template for Owncast (Media). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server.

Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.

Services, ports and volumes

Service	Image	Container ports	Volumes
`owncast`	`owncast/owncast:0.3.0`	8080, 1935	`owncast_data -> /app/data`

This template sets no environment variables.

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Owncast. Review the Compose body and deploy.

With the CLI:

levelrail-cli templates deploy owncast --name my-owncast

See Service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.