🔧 Install & Update

You probably already have run the docker run command during ⚡ Quick Start guide:

docker run ... devlikeapro/waha

To make it production-ready, you need to configure a few more parameters to make it secure, reliable, and easy to manage. 💪🏻

Why Self-Host WAHA?#

Self-hosting WAHA gives you complete control over your privacy:

• Data Privacy: Keep all data on your own servers
• Cost Control: No per-session/per-message pricing - scale as much as you need
• Integration: Deep integration with your existing infrastructure

Install#

WAHA supports multiple deployment methods to fit different infrastructure needs.

All options are containerized - choose based on how you want to manage it.

Docker#

Use Docker and Docker Compose for consistent, portable deployments.

services:
  waha:
    image: devlikeapro/waha
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - ./.sessions:/app/.sessions
    # ...

• Management: CLI and Compose files 🟠
• Complexity: Medium 🟠
• Maintenance: Command line to pull image and restart 🟠
• Flexibility: Full control over configuration and scaling 🟢
• Cons: You own uptime, backups, and monitoring; updates are manual 🔴

EasyPanel#

Use an intuitive EasyPanel interface to deploy, manage, and provision SSL certificates.

• Management: UI (point-and-click) 🟢
• Complexity: Low 🟢
• Maintenance: One-click updates, SSL, and monitoring from the panel 🟢
• Flexibility: Less control over low-level settings 🟠
• Cons: Not open source, paid for more than 3 projects 🔴

Coolify#

Coolify is an open-source & self-hostable alternative to Vercel and co for easily deploying services to your own server.

• Management: UI (self-hosted) 🟢
• Complexity: Low 🟢
• Maintenance: Panel-driven updates and monitoring 🟢
• Flexibility: Less control over low-level settings 🟠
• Cons: More developer-focused panel 🔴

ChatWoot#

If you want to use 🧩 Apps, such as ChatWoot, please follow the specific installation and configuration guides provided for each app:

Update#

What’s next?#