Self-hosted LangSmith

Important
Self-hosted LangSmith is an add-on to the Enterprise plan designed for our largest, most security-conscious customers. For more details, refer to Pricing. Contact our sales team if you want to get a license key to trial LangSmith in your environment.

LangSmith supports different self-hosted configurations depending on your scale, security, and infrastructure needs.

You can use LangSmith for observability and evaluation without agent deployment. Or, you can set up the full self-hosted platform for observability, evaluation, and agent deployment. Alternatively, you can deploy agents directly without the control plane.

This page provides an overview of each self-hosted model:

LangSmith Observability and Evaluation

Host an instance of LangSmith that includes observability, tracing, and evaluations in the UI and API. Best for teams who want self-hosted monitoring and evaluation without deploying agents.

LangSmith Observability, Evaluation, and Deployment

Enables deploying graphs to LangGraph Server via the control plane. The control plane and data plane provide the full LangSmith platform for running and monitoring agents. This includes observability, evaluation, and deployment.

Standalone server

Host a LangGraph Server directly without the control plane UI. A lightweight option for running one or a few agents as independent services, with full control over scaling and integration.

Model	Includes	Best for	Methods
Observability & Evaluation	LangSmith (UI + API) Backend services (queue, playground, ACE) Datastores: PostgreSQL, Redis, ClickHouse, optional blob storage	Teams who need self-hosted observability, tracing, and evaluation Running LangSmith without deploying agents/graphs	Docker Compose (dev/test) Kubernetes + Helm (production)
Observability, Evaluation & Deployment	Everything from Observability and Evaluation Control plane (deployments UI, revision management, Studio) Data plane (LangGraph Server pods) Kubernetes operator for orchestration	Enterprise teams needing a private LangChain Cloud Centralized UI/API for managing multiple agents/graphs Integrated observability and orchestration	Kubernetes with Helm (required) Runs on EKS, GKE, AKS, or self-managed clusters
Standalone server	LangGraph Server container(s) Requires PostgreSQL + Redis (shared or dedicated) Optional LangSmith integration for tracing	Lightweight deployments of one or a few agents Integrating LangGraph Servers as microservices Teams preferring to manage scaling & CI/CD themselves	Docker / Docker Compose (dev/test) Kubernetes + Helm (production) Any container runtime or VM (ECS, EC2, ACI, etc.)

For setup guides, refer to:

• Enable LangSmith Deployment
• Deploy Standalone Server

Supported compute platforms: Kubernetes (for LangSmith Deployment), any compute platform (for Standalone Server)

LangSmith

Host an instance of LangSmith that includes observability, tracing, and evaluations in the UI and API, but without the ability to deploy agents through the control plane.

This includes:

Services:

• LangSmith frontend UI
• LangSmith backend API
• LangSmith Platform backend
• LangSmith Playground
• LangSmith queue
• LangSmith ACE (Arbitrary Code Execution) backend

Storage services:

• ClickHouse (traces and feedback data)
• PostgreSQL (operational data)
• Redis (queuing and caching)
• Blob storage (optional, but recommended for production)

To access the LangSmith UI and send API requests, you will need to expose the LangSmith frontend service. Depending on your installation method, this can be a load balancer or a port exposed on the host machine.

Services

Service	Description
LangSmith frontend	The frontend uses Nginx to serve the LangSmith UI and route API requests to the other servers. This serves as the entrypoint for the application and is the only component that must be exposed to users.
LangSmith backend	The backend is the main entrypoint for CRUD API requests and handles the majority of the business logic for the application. This includes handling requests from the frontend and SDK, preparing traces for ingestion, and supporting the hub API.
LangSmith queue	The queue handles incoming traces and feedback to ensure that they are ingested and persisted into the traces and feedback datastore asynchronously, handling checks for data integrity and ensuring successful insert into the datastore, handling retries in situations such as database errors or the temporary inability to connect to the database.
LangSmith platform backend	The platform backend is another critical service that primarily handles authentication, run ingestion, and other high-volume tasks.
LangSmith playground	The playground is a service that handles forwarding requests to various LLM APIs to support the LangSmith Playground feature. This can also be used to connect to your own custom model servers.
LangSmith ACE (Arbitrary Code Execution) backend	The ACE backend is a service that handles executing arbitrary code in a secure environment. This is used to support running custom code within LangSmith.

Storage services

LangSmith will bundle all storage services by default. You can configure it to use external versions of all storage services. In a production setting, we strongly recommend using external storage services.

Service	Description
ClickHouse	ClickHouse is a high-performance, column-oriented SQL database management system (DBMS) for online analytical processing (OLAP). LangSmith uses ClickHouse as the primary data store for traces and feedback (high-volume data).
PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that uses and extends the SQL language combined with many features that safely store and scale the most complicated data workloads. LangSmith uses PostgreSQL as the primary data store for transactional workloads and operational data (almost everything besides traces and feedback).
Redis	Redis is a powerful in-memory key-value database that persists on disk. By holding data in memory, Redis offers high performance for operations like caching. LangSmith uses Redis to back queuing and caching operations.
Blob storage	LangSmith supports several blob storage providers, including AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, and Google Cloud Storage. LangSmith uses blob storage to store large files, such as trace artifacts, feedback attachments, and other large data objects. Blob storage is optional, but highly recommended for production deployments.

Setup methods

• Docker Compose (development/testing only)
• Kubernetes + Helm (recommended for production)

Setup guides

• Install on Kubernetes (production)
• Install with Docker (development only)

LangSmith Deployment

LangSmith Deployment is an optional add-on that can be enabled on your LangSmith instance. It’s ideal for enterprise teams who want a centralized, UI-driven platform to deploy and manage multiple agents and graphs, with all infrastructure, data, and orchestration fully under their control.

This includes everything from LangSmith, plus:

Component	Responsibilities	Where it runs	Who manages it
Control plane	UI for creating deployments & revisions APIs for deployment management	Your cloud	You
Data plane	Operator/listener to reconcile deployments LangGraph Servers (agents/graphs) Backing services (Postgres, Redis, etc.)	Your cloud	You

You run both the control plane and the data plane entirely within your own infrastructure. You are responsible for provisioning and managing all components.

Learn more about the control plane and data plane architecture concepts.

Workflow

If you want to self-host LangSmith for observability, evaluation, and agent deployment, follow these steps:

1. Install self-hosted LangSmith

   You must already have a self-hosted LangSmith instance installed in your cloud with a Kubernetes cluster (required for control plane and data plane).

2. Test your graph locally

   Use langgraph-cli or Studio to test your graph locally.

3. Enable LangSmith Deployment

   Follow the setup guide to enable LangSmith Deployment on your LangSmith instance.

Standalone Server

The Standalone server option is the most lightweight and flexible way to run LangSmith. Unlike the other models, you only manage a simplified data plane made up of LangGraph Servers and their required backing services (PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.).

This includes:

Component	Responsibilities	Where it runs	Who manages it
Control plane	n/a	n/a	n/a
Data plane	LangGraph Servers Postgres, Redis, etc.	Your cloud	You

This option gives you full control over scaling, deployment, and CI/CD pipelines, while still allowing optional integration with LangSmith for tracing and evaluation.

Do not run standalone servers in serverless environments. Scale-to-zero may cause task loss and scaling up will not work reliably.

Workflow

1. Define and test your graph locally using the langgraph-cli or Studio
2. Package your agent as a Docker image
3. Deploy the LangGraph Server to your compute platform of choice (Kubernetes, Docker, VM)
4. Optionally, configure LangSmith API keys and endpoints so the server reports traces and evaluations back to LangSmith (self-hosted or SaaS)

Supported compute platforms

• Kubernetes: Use the LangSmith Helm chart to run LangGraph Servers in a Kubernetes cluster. This is the recommended option for production-grade deployments.

• Docker: Run in any Docker-supported compute platform (local dev machine, VM, ECS, etc.). This is best suited for development or small-scale workloads.

Setup guide

To set up a LangGraph Server, see the how-to guide.

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