Option 1: No Dockerfile (Easiest Way)

1. Use the official Railway template
   https://github.com/getzep/zep-template → click Deploy on Railway

2. Set the right variables in Railway
   Go to the Variables tab and add:

   ZEP_ENABLE_WEB=true 
   PORT=8000

3. Redeploy
   Click Apply Changes → Deploy.
   Then open your Railway app URL — it should load the web UI.

Option 2: With Dockerfile (for full control)

1. Create this Dockerfile in your repo root:

   FROM golang:1.21 as builder 
   
   WORKDIR /app 
   COPY . . 
   RUN go build -o zep-server ./cmd 
   
   FROM debian:bullseye-slim 
   WORKDIR /app 
   
   ENV PORT=8000 
   ENV ZEP_ENABLE_WEB=true 
   
   COPY --from=builder /app/zep-server . 
   CMD ["./zep-server"]

2. Set Railway’s port to 8000
   In the Settings → Deployments tab, make sure it’s listening on 8000.

3. Redeploy
   Push your changes or trigger a redeploy, then open your Railway URL.

That’s it — either way, you’ll have Zep running with the web interface at:

https://your-project.up.railway.app

If you hit any error messages when deploying, please provide them so we can further debug!