[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":149},["ShallowReactive",2],{"seo-verification":3,"blog-self-host-docuseal-on-a-vps-open-source-e-signature-for-teams-ma-en":6,"promo-bar-likely":148},{"google":4,"bing":5},"EycwPY2XMyTkVzas3n1ygeNJFGAH513qrMjfDljzsMQ","",{"key":7,"data":8},"blog-self-host-docuseal-on-a-vps-open-source-e-signature-for-teams-ma-en",{"id":9,"slug":10,"slugs":11,"title":15,"excerpt":16,"readTime":17,"views":18,"isPinned":19,"noindex":19,"publishedAt":20,"updatedAt":21,"category":22,"categories":28,"featuredImage":30,"bgImage":31,"posterImage":32,"relatedSolution":33,"intro":36,"sections":37,"ctaTitle":88,"ctaBody":89,"ctaButton":90,"ctaUrl":91,"relatedPosts":92},181,"self-host-docuseal-on-a-vps-open-source-e-signature-for-teams",{"fr":12,"en":10,"ar":13,"es":14},"self-host-docuseal-vps","استضافة-docuseal-على-vps-توقيع-إلكتروني-مفتوح-المصدر-للفرق","alojar-docuseal-en-un-vps","Self-Host DocuSeal on a VPS: Open-Source E-Signature for Teams","Deploy DocuSeal on your VPS — open-source e-signature with drag-and-drop PDF templates, multi-party signing and a full audit trail. No per-document fees.",6,2,false,"2026-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","2026-10-20T23:18:06+00:00",{"id":23,"name":24,"slug":25,"color":26,"icon":27},7,"Self-hosting","self-hosting","bg-indigo-500\u002F10 text-indigo-400","cloud",[29],{"id":23,"name":24,"slug":25,"color":26,"icon":27},null,"\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fbg.svg","\u002Fblog\u002Fcovers\u002Fself-host-docuseal-vps-poster.svg",{"categorySlug":34,"appSlug":35},"collaboration-productivity","docuseal","DocuSign charges per envelope. Adobe Acrobat Sign locks you into a subscription. DocuSeal (AGPL-3.0, 17 k+ stars, v3.1.4) gives you the same workflow — PDF template builder, multi-party signing requests, audit trail, webhooks — running on your own server. Built with Ruby on Rails and SQLite, it deploys as a single Docker container with zero required environment variables. The admin account is created on first visit. Here is how to go from a blank VPS to a fully functional e-signature system in under ten minutes.",[38,42,53,56,81,85],{"type":39,"title":40,"body":41},"h2","Why self-host DocuSeal instead of DocuSign","DocuSign's pricing starts at $15\u002Fmonth for one user and five envelopes, climbing steeply as volume grows. For a ten-person team sending 50 NDAs and contracts per month, the annual bill quickly reaches four figures — for infrastructure you do not own and cannot audit. DocuSeal is AGPL-3.0 — source-auditable, self-hosted, and free at any volume. It stores signed documents on your own server, generates a completion certificate with IP address, email and timestamp for each signature, and exposes a REST API so you can automate signing from any workflow.",{"type":43,"title":44,"items":45},"ul","What you get with a self-hosted DocuSeal",[46,47,48,49,50,51,52],"Drag-and-drop PDF template editor: place signature, initials, date, text, checkbox, stamp and image fields on any PDF upload.","Multi-party signing: sequential or parallel workflows — each signer sees only their own fields.","Shareable signing links: no signer account required; works in any browser on desktop or mobile.","Audit trail with IP address, email, timestamp and a completion certificate per document.","REST API and webhooks: integrate DocuSeal into your onboarding flow or trigger automations in n8n or Make.","White-labelling: custom logo, colours and sender email via admin settings.","Single Docker container with SQLite — idles under 256 MB RAM, zero external dependencies by default.",{"type":39,"title":54,"body":55},"Requirements","A ServOrbit VPS with Ubuntu 24.04 and 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended for high document volume). Docker is provisioned automatically. SMTP is optional. A custom domain is not required for basic operation.",{"type":57,"title":58,"steps":59},"steps","Deploy DocuSeal on your VPS",[60,63,66,69,72,75,78],{"title":61,"body":62},"One-click deploy from the ServOrbit marketplace","Open your ServOrbit control panel, go to Marketplace → Collaboration & Productivity → DocuSeal, and click Deploy. Docker pulls `docuseal\u002Fdocuseal:latest` and starts the container in under 30 seconds. Documents and the database are stored in a persistent Docker volume at `\u002Fdata`.",{"title":64,"body":65},"Create the admin account","Navigate to `http:\u002F\u002F\u003Cyour-vps-ip>:3000`. DocuSeal shows a first-run wizard — enter your email and a strong password. This is the only required setup step.",{"title":67,"body":68},"Create your first PDF template","Click Templates → New template and upload a PDF. Use the drag-and-drop editor to place fields (Signature, Initials, Date, Text, Checkbox) and assign each to a signer role. Save to make it ready to send.",{"title":70,"body":71},"Send your first signing request","From the template view, click Send, fill in each signer's name and email, and click Send again. DocuSeal emails a unique signing link to each party. Without SMTP, copy links from the Submissions tab and share manually.",{"title":73,"body":74},"Configure SMTP for automatic email delivery (optional)","In Settings → Email, enter your SMTP credentials (Gmail, SES, Postmark). Once saved, DocuSeal sends signing invitations, reminders and completion notifications automatically.",{"title":76,"body":77},"Set up HTTPS with a reverse proxy (recommended)","Install Caddy (`apt install -y caddy`), add `sign.yourdomain.com { reverse_proxy localhost:3000 }` to `\u002Fetc\u002Fcaddy\u002FCaddyfile`, and reload. Caddy handles Let's Encrypt automatically.",{"title":79,"body":80},"Logging in for the first time","Open the URL: DocuSeal shows its initial sign-up screen, where you create the administrator account (name, e-mail, password). Allow up to a minute after the installation before the interface responds (database migrations run on first start).",{"type":82,"title":83,"body":84},"tip","Back up the \u002Fdata volume before any upgrade","DocuSeal stores its SQLite database, templates and signed documents in the `\u002Fdata` volume. Before upgrading: `docker run --rm -v docuseal-data:\u002Fdata -v $(pwd):\u002Fbackup alpine tar czf \u002Fbackup\u002Fdocuseal-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz \u002Fdata`. Automate this to an S3 bucket for production.",{"type":39,"title":86,"body":87},"DocuSeal vs DocuSign vs HelloSign: a practical comparison","DocuSign and HelloSign are SaaS — fast to start, expensive at scale, and your documents live on their servers. 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ServOrbit provisions a ready-to-use DocuSeal instance on a managed VPS — your signed documents, your infrastructure, zero per-signature cost.","Deploy DocuSeal","\u002Fvps-cloud?template=docuseal",[93,112,129],{"id":94,"slug":95,"slugs":96,"title":100,"excerpt":101,"readTime":102,"views":103,"isPinned":19,"noindex":19,"publishedAt":104,"updatedAt":105,"category":106,"categories":107,"featuredImage":30,"bgImage":31,"posterImage":109,"relatedSolution":110},178,"self-host-stirling-pdf-on-a-vps-50-pdf-operations-no-cloud",{"fr":97,"en":95,"ar":98,"es":99},"self-host-stirling-pdf-vps","استضافة-stirling-pdf-على-vps-أكثر-من-50-عملية-بلا-سحابة","alojar-stirling-pdf-en-un-vps","Self-Host Stirling PDF on a VPS: 50+ PDF Operations, No Cloud","Self-host Stirling PDF on a VPS — the #1 PDF app on GitHub (87 k stars, MIT). Merge, split, compress, convert, OCR and 50+ operations. 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