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Centrifugo · on a Docker VPS New release · v6.10.3

Real-time for your applications, hosted in France

🔒 VPS only

A scalable real-time messaging server powered by Centrifugo, to be installed and maintained by you. WebSocket, SSE, PUB/SUB — a sovereign alternative to Pusher and Ably, on your French VPS.

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Hosted in FranceSovereign alternativeWebSocket & SSEGDPR CompliantOfficial publisher image
Overview

What is Centrifugo?

Centrifugo is an open-source and scalable real-time messaging server, designed to be language-agnostic. It allows you to easily add real-time features to any application: chat, live comments, multiplayer games, live data visualizations, collaborative tools, or AI response streaming.

It relies on a channel-oriented PUB/SUB model: your backend publishes messages to channels via a simple HTTP or GRPC API, while clients subscribe using the official SDKs. Several transports are supported — WebSocket, HTTP-streaming, Server-Sent Events, GRPC, WebTransport — and SDKs are available for JavaScript, Dart/Flutter, Swift, Java, Python, Go, and .NET.

Centrifugo positions itself as a self-hosted alternative to Pusher, Ably, PubNub, socket.io, or SignalR. It scales across multiple nodes thanks to efficient brokers like Redis, PostgreSQL, or NATS, following the project's motto: "configure it once, for good".

Compatible offers

Host Centrifugo at DINAO

No managed container for Centrifugo: this application is installed on a VPS hosted in France (1 vCPU / 256 Mo / 1 Go minimum).

Centrifugo needs a level of access to the machine that the managed container, shared between several customers, does not give. Two VPS hosted in France: DINAO installs and manages it for you, or you administer it yourself.

Technical reason: bind mount of a host path (named volumes only in the managed offer).

Option 2 The simplest

Managed VPS with Docker and the application pre-installed

from €28,70 /month excl. VAT

  • Centrifugo installed by DINAO when you order
  • The machine is yours alone: the folders Centrifugo needs are created on it
  • System and Docker managed by DINAO, monitoring included
  • Priority support included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours)
  • Stated, capped resources (2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB): beyond that, a larger size is offered
  • Application updates on request
  • Backups as an option (€20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No administrator access to the machine

To use Centrifugo without installing or administering anything.

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Option 3 100% self-managed

VPS Docker

from €11,00 /month excl. VAT

  • Your virtual machine, full administrator access
  • Docker pre-installed, control panel of your choice
  • Free to install Centrifugo or any other application, including those that drive Docker
  • Delivered empty: you install and maintain Centrifugo yourself (or DINAO installs it on quotation)
  • No backup by default (optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No management service by default (optional from €55,00 excl. VAT/month); monitoring as an option

By default you keep full control; but without an additional service, you handle everything: maintenance, configuration, deployment.

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CriterionManaged VPS with Docker and the application pre-installedVPS Docker
Who installs CentrifugoDINAO, when you orderNobody by default: VPS delivered with Docker and, at your choice, Portainer / Dockge, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation
Application updatesDINAO, on requestYou
System and DockerDINAO, without a control panel: one VPS, one applicationYou: no management service by default (optional: €55,00 or €75,00 excl. VAT/month, business days)
BackupsOptional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)None by default; optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)
MonitoringIncludedOptional: from €1,00 to €10,00 excl. VAT/month
SupportPriority handling included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours, no guaranteed resolution time)Best effort
IsolationA virtual machine of your own, for this application onlyA virtual machine of your own
ResourcesSized for the OS, Docker and Centrifugo: 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB, stated as a cap; beyond that, a larger size is offeredRecommended size for Centrifugo: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB; can be extended
Administrator access (root)NoYes
Applications that require privileged access to the machineYes: the machine is yours aloneYes
Starting price€28,70 excl. VAT/month€11,00 excl. VAT/month (VPS only, without the application)

Options 2 and 3 sized for Centrifugo (application requirements plus the system and Docker): 2 vCPU, 2 GB, 20 GB for option 2, 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB for option 3, whose base is larger.

Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 vCPU
ideal : 2 vCPU
Memory
256 Mo
ideal : 1 Go
Disk
1 Go
ideal : 5 Go
Image : centrifugo/centrifugo:v6 Registry : docker.io Services : centrifugo Ports : 8000
Frequently asked questions

You might be wondering…

About Centrifugo 6 questions

What is Centrifugo used for?

To add real-time capabilities to your applications: chat, instant notifications, live counters, live dashboards, multiplayer games, or AI response streaming, without relying on a third-party SaaS.

With which technologies can I use it?

Centrifugo is agnostic: your backend publishes via an HTTP or GRPC API, and your clients subscribe via official SDKs (JavaScript, Python, Go, Swift, Java, Dart…).

Where is the data hosted?

On DINAO's infrastructure in France, in one of the available data centers. Your messages and metadata do not leave the territory.

Are technical skills required?

Yes: Centrifugo integrates into your application via its API and SDKs; it is a component for developers. The VPS is not managed by default; you install and maintain the application yourself. A paid management option can be added to the order.

Can it replace Pusher or Ably?

Yes. Centrifugo is a self-hosted alternative to Pusher, Ably, PubNub, or socket.io, with the advantage of sovereign hosting in France.

Is this application tested before it is offered?

This application has not yet passed our automatic deployment test. It can still be installed, but we invite you to contact us before ordering: we will then test it as a priority. The deployment template used was last updated on 3 July 2026. Each new version released by the publisher triggers this test again: the date above therefore follows the version actually offered.

Option 2Option 3 On a VPS 7 questions

One answer per option: the two VPS offers do not cover the same things.

Who installs Centrifugo on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, when you order

VPS DockerNobody by default: the VPS is delivered with Docker, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation

Who updates Centrifugo on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, on request

VPS DockerYou

Is the VPS managed?

Managed VPSYes: DINAO manages the system and Docker, without a control panel (one VPS, one application). Monitoring is included

VPS DockerNot by default: you manage the system and Docker. The management service and monitoring can be added as options when ordering

Is my data backed up on a VPS?

Managed VPSAs an option: backup is added when ordering

VPS DockerNone by default; backup can be added as an option when ordering

Do I get administrator (root) access to the VPS?

Managed VPSNo

VPS DockerYes

Do you provide on-call support outside business hours on a VPS?

Managed VPSNo: monitoring is included, interventions take place on business days

VPS DockerNo: monitoring is an option, support is best effort

In which data centre is my service hosted?

In France, in DINAO's private racks within two third-party data centres: Free Pro in Marseille (MAR02) and Euclyde DC1 in Sophia-Antipolis. The operator provides the building, power, cooling and physical security; DINAO operates everything inside its racks, entirely and independently.