Deploy Botpress on Your Own Server

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What is Botpress?

Botpress is a tool to simplify building chat bots for developers. The platform puts together the boilerplate code and infrastructure you need to get a chatbot up and running and gives a complete dev-friendly platform that ships with all the tools you need to build, deploy, and manage production-grade chat bots in record time.

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Self-Host Botpress

Follow these steps to deploy on your own server.

Install Docker

Skip this step if Docker is already installed on your server.

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

Configure

Customize the settings below. Defaults work for most cases.

Service Name*

Domain*

Version

Botpress*

PostgreSQL*

Redis*

General

Production Mode*

Storage*

Verbosity Level*

Decision Minimum Confidence*

Fast Text Verbosity*

Fast Text Clean-Up*

PostgreSQL

Name*

User*

Password*

Redis

Password*

Deploy

Copy the configuration and run it on your server.

services:
  botpress:
    environment:
      BPFS_STORAGE: database
      BP_DECISION_MIN_CONFIDENCE: "0.5"
      BP_MODULE_NLU_DUCKLINGURL: http://botpress-lang:8000
      BP_MODULE_NLU_LANGUAGESOURCES: '[{"endpoint": "http://botpress-lang:3100"}]'
      BP_PRODUCTION: "true"
      DATABASE_URL: postgres://botpress:9c472b145860f722@botpress-db/botpress
      EXTERNAL_URL: http://botpress.your-domain.com
      FAST_TEXT_CLEANUP_MS: "60000"
      FAST_TEXT_VERBOSITY: "0"
      REDIS_URL: redis://botpress-cache?password=f1105cc951424ed8
      VERBOSITY_LEVEL: "0"
    volumes:
      - botpress:/botpress/data
    depends_on:
      - botpress-lang
      - botpress-db
      - botpress-cache
  botpress-cache:
    volumes:
      - botpress-cache:/data
  botpress-db:
    image: postgres:11.2-alpine
    environment:
      POSTGRES_DB: botpress
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: 9c472b145860f722
      POSTGRES_USER: botpress
    volumes:
      - botpress-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
  botpress-lang:
    volumes:
      - botpress-lang:/botpress/lang
volumes:
  botpress: {}
  botpress-cache: {}
  botpress-db: {}
  botpress-lang: {}

Then run:

docker compose up -d

Access

Once started, access your app at http://localhost:3000

Why Self-Host Botpress?

Full Data Ownership

Your data stays on your servers. No third-party access.

No Monthly Fees

Pay only for your server. No per-seat or usage charges.

Complete Control

Customize, backup, and scale on your own terms.

Privacy & Compliance

Meet GDPR, HIPAA, or internal security requirements.

Technical Details

Official Docs

botpress.com

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