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  

1. 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"]  

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