# PocketBase (/templates/pocketbase)



[PocketBase](https://pocketbase.io) is a backend in one service: an embedded database with realtime subscriptions, user auth, file storage and an admin dashboard.

Deploy it from the [template list](/templates#deploy-a-template). It takes a minute or two.

## What gets deployed [#what-gets-deployed]

<TemplateServices name="PocketBase" />

Everything PocketBase stores is kept on a volume mounted at `/pb_data`.

## What you fill in [#what-you-fill-in]

<TemplateInputs name="PocketBase" />

## After it deploys [#after-it-deploys]

Open the **PocketBase** service and look at its variables. The admin email is in `PB_ADMIN_EMAIL` and the generated password is in `PB_ADMIN_PASSWORD`. Sign in with those at `https://your-domain/_/`.

## Good to know [#good-to-know]

* **One replica only**: PocketBase keeps its database in a file on the volume, so it cannot run as more than one replica.
* **Back up the volume**: there is no separate database service to back up here. The data is the volume.