Application hosting

Hosting Beszel

A server monitoring tool with a central hub and agents on monitored systems. Track infrastructure usage and history without treating specifications as performance measurements.

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Understand the setup

Check runtime, storage and installation requirements before choosing a server.

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Allow room for the operating system, database and your actual workload.

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Must have

Installation requirements

A hub reachable by registered agents.
Persistent hub and agent data.
Configured agent key and token.

Recommended

Planning guidance

No further general recommendations are published for this version.

Capacity depends on your workload

The guide does not define a universal CPU or RAM minimum. Monitored systems and retained history affect capacity.

Deploy with

Supported paths

Standalone binary
Docker or Podman

The host must provide

Runtime

Beszel hub and agent: Use supported releases

Storage

Persistent data

Persist /beszel_data for the hub and /var/lib/beszel-agent for agent data.

Step by step

Plan a Beszel deployment

Start the hub

Configure APP_URL and preserve its data directory.
Official instructions
Connect an agent

Create the administrator account, register a system and configure its agent key and token.
Official instructions

Security

Before you go public

Keep tokens private.
Review Docker socket access before monitoring containers.

Cost

Beyond the server price

Include monitoring storage and backups.

Providers rarely list runtime versions or extensions, so confirm PHP, database and other requirements with the provider before you buy.

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