PlanExe on Railway - Experimental

As of 2026-Jan-04, I'm experimenting with Railway. Currently the frontend_multi_user UI is an ugly MVP. I recommend going with the frontend_single_user, that doesn't use database.

In this project, the files named railway.md or railway.toml, are related to how things are configured in my Railway setup.

Project Settings

Environments

Create these environments: - production - staging

Shared variables - production

PLANEXE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=unique random text, different than staging

Shared variables - staging

PLANEXE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=unique random text, different than production

Using Shared Variables in Services

Each service that connects to the database must reference the shared password variable in its own environment variables.

In Railway, go to each service → Variables and add:

PLANEXE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD="${{shared.PLANEXE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD}}"

Services that need this variable: - database_postgres - frontend_multi_user - worker_plan_database

This ensures all services use the same password, and you only need to update it in one place (the shared variables) when rotating credentials.