The self-hosted edition of Tale runs inside your own VPC, data centre, or air-gapped environment. You get the full platform as a Docker Compose bundle, upgraded with a single command (tale deploy), and a published certification story — at the cost of running the stack yourself. Every user-facing feature is identical to the managed Cloud edition; this tab only covers what is specific to operating your own instance.
Everything a Member, Editor, Developer, or Admin uses day-to-day — chat, knowledge base, agents, automations, org admin, role permissions — lives under Platform and applies to both editions. This tab is for the operator who installs, upgrades, monitors, and backs up the instance.
Install your instance
Start with the self-hosted overview for the architecture and services, then follow the Linux server install guide end-to-end. TLS, reverse proxies, and subpath deployments are covered there.
- Environment reference — every env var Tale reads, grouped by service.
- Retention — data retention policies per table.
- Authentication — password, SSO (Microsoft Entra ID), or trusted-header integration. Self-hosted-specific because it is driven by env vars.
Operate
For feature documentation (chat, agents, automations, knowledge, integrations) and org admin (members, roles, teams, branding, governance, AI providers, analytics), go to Platform. Role-based guidance for end users also lives there. Last modified on April 19, 2026
