Jaws Deploy Stack is a self-hostable distribution of Jaws Deploy. It runs the same control plane and shares the same workflow as Cloud. It targets teams with private networks, compliance requirements, or a preference for owning the platform.
Before running the installer
- One server: Windows Server 2019+ or a current Ubuntu/Debian/RHEL.
- Database: MySQL 8 or Postgres 14+. Same host is fine for small installs; separate host is recommended for production.
- Outbound HTTPS for license validation; otherwise no internet access required after install.
- A DNS name and a TLS certificate for the Stack URL.
1. Run the installer
Download the Stack installer for your OS. On Windows it's an MSI; on Linux it's a deb/rpm package. The installer creates a jawsdeploy service, lays out the application files under /opt/jawsdeploy (Linux) or C:\Program Files\JawsDeploy (Windows), and writes a templated config file.
2. Configure the database connection
Edit /opt/jawsdeploy/config.yaml (or the Windows equivalent) and set the database connection string. Start the service. The first start runs schema migrations against the database.
Just the database, the bind address, and the public URL
TLS termination is typically handled by a reverse proxy - see the proxy guide.
database:
driver: mysql
host: db.internal
port: 3306
name: jawsdeploy
user: jawsdeploy
password: "..."
server:
bind: "0.0.0.0:8080"
publicUrl: "https://deploy.acme.internal"
storage:
packages: "/var/lib/jawsdeploy/packages"3. Bootstrap the first admin
The installer prints a one-time bootstrap token on the first start. Visit the public URL, paste the token, create the first admin user. From then on, all access is through normal login.