Overview

Deploy the full CARTO platform on your own infrastructure.

CARTO Self-Hosted is a deployment of the full CARTO platform on infrastructure you control. It is designed for organizations that need data to remain within their network — common in healthcare, finance, insurance, and telco industries — and for scenarios where cloud-managed CARTO cannot reach your data warehouse due to VPC or VPN restrictions.

CARTO Self-Hosted runs on any major cloud provider (GCP, AWS, Azure) or on-premises, using either a Single Virtual Machine or a Kubernetes cluster.

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Is CARTO Self-Hosted right for you?

We recommend CARTO Self-Hosted if any of the following apply:

• Your data warehouse is inside a private VPC or VPN and cannot be reached from CARTO Cloud.

• Your organization has regulatory or contractual requirements that prevent data from leaving your network.

• You need full control over the deployment environment, infrastructure, and upgrade cadence.

If none of the above apply, CARTO Cloud, our managed SaaS deployment, may be a simpler option.

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Your journey

Every Self-Hosted deployment follows the same path. Click any step to jump to that section.

Step	What you do	Where to go
1. Understand	Learn key concepts and architecture before you commit to a method	Getting Started · Concepts
2. Plan	Choose a deployment method, verify prerequisites, size your infrastructure	Plan Your Deployment
3. Deploy	Follow the step-by-step guide for your chosen method	Quickstarts (POC) · Deployment Guides (production)
4. Configure	Set up storage, networking, authentication, and integrations	Configuration Guides
5. Operate	Upgrade, back up, monitor, and troubleshoot over time	Operations & Maintenance

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Documentation sections

Getting Started

Architecture overview, glossary, and responsibility matrix.

Concepts

Understand how CARTO uses the metadata database, object storage, and in-memory cache.

Plan Your Deployment

Choose a deployment method, review prerequisites, and plan for capacity.

Quickstarts

Fast, copy-paste deployments for POCs and evaluations.

Deployment Guides

Step-by-step production install instructions for the Single Virtual Machine, Standard Orchestrated, and Advanced Orchestrated deployment methods.

Configuration Guides

Configure storage, networking, authentication, integrations, and advanced options.

Operations & Maintenance

Manage updates, backups, monitoring, key rotation, scaling, and troubleshooting.

Technical Reference

Component catalog, Helm chart values, environment variables, and network ports.

Best Practices

Recommendations for deployment, security, and ongoing operations.

Release Notes

Changes introduced in each CARTO Self-Hosted release version.