Railway

The fastest way to get HappyView running is with Railway. Choose the database you want and these templates will deploy HappyView with a single click:

SQLite	PostgreSQL

Required configuration

After deploying the template, you'll need to configure a few things before the stack works properly:

Set your session secret. In the HappyView service variables, set SESSION_SECRET to a random string of at least 64 characters. This is used to sign session cookies.
```
openssl rand -base64 48
```
Set your token encryption secret. In the HappyView service variables, TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY must be a Base64-encoded 32-byte key. This is used for encrypting plugin secrets and DPoP private keys at rest.
```
openssl rand -base64 32
```
Assign a public domain. In the Railway dashboard, add a public domain to the HappyView service. The service needs a publicly accessible URL for OAuth callbacks. Set PUBLIC_URL to this domain (e.g. https://happyview-production.up.railway.app). :::note Your instance can use a custom domain or Railway's generated URL with no additional configuration. :::
Access your HappyView dashboard at the instance's public URL. The first user to log in is automatically bootstrapped as the super user.