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title: "Self-Hosting"
description: How to self-host a Phoenix instance
---
Phoenix is **free to self-host** with no feature limitations. Your data stays entirely within your infrastructure—nothing is sent to Arize and can be fully air-gapped.
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<Card title="100% Free" icon="gift" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/license">
No license fees, no usage limits, no feature gates
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<Card title="Complete Privacy" icon="shield-check" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/security/privacy">
Your traces, prompts, and data never leave your infrastructure
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<Card title="Full Featured" icon="sparkles" href="/docs/phoenix/user-guide">
Tracing, evals, datasets, experiments, prompt management
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<Tip>
**New to Phoenix?** Try [Phoenix Cloud](/docs/phoenix/phoenix-cloud) to get started instantly without any setup, then self-host when you're ready for production.
</Tip>
## Choose Your Deployment
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<Card title="Terminal" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/terminal" icon="terminal">
Run via CLI
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<Card title="Docker" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/docker" icon="docker">
Docker or Compose
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<Card title="Kubernetes" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/kubernetes" icon="rocket-launch">
Deploy on K8s
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<Card title="Helm" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/kubernetes-helm" icon="dharmachakra">
Helm charts
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<Card title="AWS" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/aws-with-cloudformation" icon="aws">
CloudFormation
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<Card title="Railway" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/railway" icon="train">
One-click deploy
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<Info>
For an on-premise or self-hosted enterprise option with Arize support, see [Arize AX](https://arize.com/docs/ax/selfhosting/info/on-premise-overview).
</Info>
## Configure Your Instance
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<Card title="Environment Variables" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/configuration#environment-variables" icon="sliders">
Ports, storage, database connections
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<Card title="Authentication" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/features/authentication" icon="lock">
OAuth2, LDAP, local accounts
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<Card title="Access Controls" href="/docs/phoenix/settings/access-control-rbac" icon="user-shield">
Role-based permissions
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<Card title="Data Retention" href="/docs/phoenix/settings/data-retention" icon="clock">
Trace retention policies
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## Images
### Docker
Available on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/arizephoenix/phoenix/tags):
| Tag | Description |
| :-- | :---------- |
| `arizephoenix/phoenix:latest` | Latest released version using root permissions. |
| `arizephoenix/phoenix:latest-nonroot` | Latest released version using nonroot permissions. **Ensure the image has the required filesystem permissions before using.** |
| `arizephoenix/phoenix:latest-debug` | Latest released version using a debug base image. |
| `arizephoenix/phoenix:version-X.X.X` | Pinned release version using root permissions. |
| `arizephoenix/phoenix:version-X.X.X-nonroot` | Pinned release version using nonroot permissions. |
| `arizephoenix/phoenix:version-X.X.X-debug` | Pinned release version using a debug base image. |
<Warning>
Pin to a specific version (e.g., `arizephoenix/phoenix:version-8.0.0`) for production deployments.
</Warning>
### Helm
Available on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/arizephoenix/phoenix-helm/tags):
| Chart | Description |
| :-- | :---------- |
| `arizephoenix/phoenix-helm:X.X.X` | Helm chart for Kubernetes deployments. New patch versions defaulting to the latest Phoenix release are regularly published. |
See the [Helm deployment guide](/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/deployment-options/kubernetes-helm) for installation instructions.
## Learn More
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<Card title="Architecture" href="/docs/phoenix/self-hosting/architecture" icon="sitemap">
Storage options, scaling patterns, tenancy
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<Card title="Start Tracing" href="/docs/phoenix/get-started/get-started-tracing" icon="play">
Send your first traces to Phoenix
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