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# Crawl4AI Docker Guide 🐳
# Self-Hosting Crawl4AI 🚀
**Take Control of Your Web Crawling Infrastructure**
Self-hosting Crawl4AI gives you complete control over your web crawling and data extraction pipeline. Unlike cloud-based solutions, you own your data, infrastructure, and destiny.
## Why Self-Host?
- **🔒 Data Privacy**: Your crawled data never leaves your infrastructure
- **💰 Cost Control**: No per-request pricing - scale within your own resources
- **🎯 Customization**: Full control over browser configurations, extraction strategies, and performance tuning
- **📊 Transparency**: Real-time monitoring dashboard shows exactly what's happening
- **⚡ Performance**: Direct access without API rate limits or geographic restrictions
- **🛡️ Security**: Keep sensitive data extraction workflows behind your firewall
- **🔧 Flexibility**: Customize, extend, and integrate with your existing infrastructure
When you self-host, you can scale from a single container to a full browser infrastructure, all while maintaining complete control and visibility.
## Table of Contents
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
@@ -13,36 +29,14 @@
- [Available MCP Tools](#available-mcp-tools)
- [Testing MCP Connections](#testing-mcp-connections)
- [MCP Schemas](#mcp-schemas)
- [Additional API Endpoints](#additional-api-endpoints)
- [HTML Extraction Endpoint](#html-extraction-endpoint)
- [Screenshot Endpoint](#screenshot-endpoint)
- [PDF Export Endpoint](#pdf-export-endpoint)
- [JavaScript Execution Endpoint](#javascript-execution-endpoint)
- [User-Provided Hooks API](#user-provided-hooks-api)
- [Hook Information Endpoint](#hook-information-endpoint)
- [Available Hook Points](#available-hook-points)
- [Using Hooks in Requests](#using-hooks-in-requests)
- [Hook Examples with Real URLs](#hook-examples-with-real-urls)
- [Security Best Practices](#security-best-practices)
- [Hook Response Information](#hook-response-information)
- [Error Handling](#error-handling)
- [Hooks Utility: Function-Based Approach (Python)](#hooks-utility-function-based-approach-python)
- [Job Queue & Webhook API](#job-queue-webhook-api)
- [Why Use the Job Queue API?](#why-use-the-job-queue-api)
- [Available Endpoints](#available-endpoints)
- [Webhook Configuration](#webhook-configuration)
- [Usage Examples](#usage-examples)
- [Webhook Best Practices](#webhook-best-practices)
- [Use Cases](#use-cases)
- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
- [Dockerfile Parameters](#dockerfile-parameters)
- [Using the API](#using-the-api)
- [Playground Interface](#playground-interface)
- [Python SDK](#python-sdk)
- [Understanding Request Schema](#understanding-request-schema)
- [REST API Examples](#rest-api-examples)
- [LLM Configuration Examples](#llm-configuration-examples)
- [Metrics & Monitoring](#metrics--monitoring)
- [Real-time Monitoring & Operations](#real-time-monitoring--operations)
- [Monitoring Dashboard](#monitoring-dashboard)
- [Monitor API Endpoints](#monitor-api-endpoints)
- [WebSocket Streaming](#websocket-streaming)
- [Control Actions](#control-actions)
- [Production Integration](#production-integration)
- [Deployment Scenarios](#deployment-scenarios)
- [Complete Examples](#complete-examples)
- [Server Configuration](#server-configuration)
- [Understanding config.yml](#understanding-configyml)
- [JWT Authentication](#jwt-authentication)
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## Metrics & Monitoring
## Real-time Monitoring & Operations
Keep an eye on your crawler with these endpoints:
One of the key advantages of self-hosting is complete visibility into your infrastructure. Crawl4AI includes a comprehensive real-time monitoring system that gives you full transparency and control.
- `/health` - Quick health check
- `/metrics` - Detailed Prometheus metrics
- `/schema` - Full API schema
### Monitoring Dashboard
Example health check:
Access the **built-in real-time monitoring dashboard** for complete operational visibility:
```
http://localhost:11235/monitor
```
![Monitoring Dashboard](https://via.placeholder.com/800x400?text=Crawl4AI+Monitoring+Dashboard)
**Dashboard Features:**
#### 1. System Health Overview
- **CPU & Memory**: Live usage with progress bars and percentage indicators
- **Network I/O**: Total bytes sent/received since startup
- **Server Uptime**: How long your server has been running
- **Browser Pool Status**:
- 🔥 Permanent browser (always-on default config, ~270MB)
- ♨️ Hot pool (frequently used configs, ~180MB each)
- ❄️ Cold pool (idle browsers awaiting cleanup, ~180MB each)
- **Memory Pressure**: LOW/MEDIUM/HIGH indicator for janitor behavior
#### 2. Live Request Tracking
- **Active Requests**: Currently running crawls with:
- Request ID for tracking
- Target URL (truncated for display)
- Endpoint being used
- Elapsed time (updates in real-time)
- Memory usage from start
- **Completed Requests**: Last 10 finished requests showing:
- Success/failure status (color-coded)
- Total execution time
- Memory delta (how much memory changed)
- Pool hit (was browser reused?)
- HTTP status code
- **Filtering**: View all, success only, or errors only
#### 3. Browser Pool Management
Interactive table showing all active browsers:
| Type | Signature | Age | Last Used | Hits | Actions |
|------|-----------|-----|-----------|------|---------|
| permanent | abc12345 | 2h | 5s ago | 1,247 | Restart |
| hot | def67890 | 45m | 2m ago | 89 | Kill / Restart |
| cold | ghi11213 | 30m | 15m ago | 3 | Kill / Restart |
- **Reuse Rate**: Percentage of requests that reused existing browsers
- **Memory Estimates**: Total memory used by browser pool
- **Manual Control**: Kill or restart individual browsers
#### 4. Janitor Events Log
Real-time log of browser pool cleanup events:
- When cold browsers are closed due to memory pressure
- When browsers are promoted from cold to hot pool
- Forced cleanups triggered manually
- Detailed cleanup reasons and browser signatures
#### 5. Error Monitoring
Recent errors with full context:
- Timestamp
- Endpoint where error occurred
- Target URL
- Error message
- Request ID for correlation
**Live Updates:**
The dashboard connects via WebSocket and refreshes every **2 seconds** with the latest data. Connection status indicator shows when you're connected/disconnected.
---
### Monitor API Endpoints
For programmatic monitoring, automation, and integration with your existing infrastructure:
#### Health & Statistics
**Get System Health**
```bash
curl http://localhost:11235/health
GET /monitor/health
```
Returns current system snapshot:
```json
{
"container": {
"memory_percent": 45.2,
"cpu_percent": 23.1,
"network_sent_mb": 1250.45,
"network_recv_mb": 3421.12,
"uptime_seconds": 7234
},
"pool": {
"permanent": {"active": true, "memory_mb": 270},
"hot": {"count": 3, "memory_mb": 540},
"cold": {"count": 1, "memory_mb": 180},
"total_memory_mb": 990
},
"janitor": {
"next_cleanup_estimate": "adaptive",
"memory_pressure": "MEDIUM"
}
}
```
**Get Request Statistics**
```bash
GET /monitor/requests?status=all&limit=50
```
Query parameters:
- `status`: Filter by `all`, `active`, `completed`, `success`, or `error`
- `limit`: Number of completed requests to return (1-1000)
**Get Browser Pool Details**
```bash
GET /monitor/browsers
```
Returns detailed information about all active browsers:
```json
{
"browsers": [
{
"type": "permanent",
"sig": "abc12345",
"age_seconds": 7234,
"last_used_seconds": 5,
"memory_mb": 270,
"hits": 1247,
"killable": false
},
{
"type": "hot",
"sig": "def67890",
"age_seconds": 2701,
"last_used_seconds": 120,
"memory_mb": 180,
"hits": 89,
"killable": true
}
],
"summary": {
"total_count": 5,
"total_memory_mb": 990,
"reuse_rate_percent": 87.3
}
}
```
**Get Endpoint Performance Statistics**
```bash
GET /monitor/endpoints/stats
```
Returns aggregated metrics per endpoint:
```json
{
"/crawl": {
"count": 1523,
"avg_latency_ms": 2341.5,
"success_rate_percent": 98.2,
"pool_hit_rate_percent": 89.1,
"errors": 27
},
"/md": {
"count": 891,
"avg_latency_ms": 1823.7,
"success_rate_percent": 99.4,
"pool_hit_rate_percent": 92.3,
"errors": 5
}
}
```
**Get Timeline Data**
```bash
GET /monitor/timeline?metric=memory&window=5m
```
Parameters:
- `metric`: `memory`, `requests`, or `browsers`
- `window`: Currently only `5m` (5-minute window, 5-second resolution)
Returns time-series data for charts:
```json
{
"timestamps": [1699564800, 1699564805, 1699564810, ...],
"values": [42.1, 43.5, 41.8, ...]
}
```
#### Logs
**Get Janitor Events**
```bash
GET /monitor/logs/janitor?limit=100
```
**Get Error Log**
```bash
GET /monitor/logs/errors?limit=100
```
---
*(Deployment Scenarios and Complete Examples sections remain the same, maybe update links if examples moved)*
### WebSocket Streaming
For real-time monitoring in your own dashboards or applications:
```bash
WS /monitor/ws
```
**Connection Example (Python):**
```python
import asyncio
import websockets
import json
async def monitor_server():
uri = "ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws"
async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
print("Connected to Crawl4AI monitor")
while True:
# Receive update every 2 seconds
data = await websocket.recv()
update = json.loads(data)
# Extract key metrics
health = update['health']
active_requests = len(update['requests']['active'])
browsers = len(update['browsers'])
print(f"Memory: {health['container']['memory_percent']:.1f}% | "
f"Active: {active_requests} | "
f"Browsers: {browsers}")
# Check for high memory pressure
if health['janitor']['memory_pressure'] == 'HIGH':
print("⚠️ HIGH MEMORY PRESSURE - Consider cleanup")
asyncio.run(monitor_server())
```
**Update Payload Structure:**
```json
{
"timestamp": 1699564823.456,
"health": { /* System health snapshot */ },
"requests": {
"active": [ /* Currently running */ ],
"completed": [ /* Last 10 completed */ ]
},
"browsers": [ /* All active browsers */ ],
"timeline": {
"memory": { /* Last 5 minutes */ },
"requests": { /* Request rate */ },
"browsers": { /* Pool composition */ }
},
"janitor": [ /* Last 10 cleanup events */ ],
"errors": [ /* Last 10 errors */ ]
}
```
---
### Control Actions
Take manual control when needed:
**Force Immediate Cleanup**
```bash
POST /monitor/actions/cleanup
```
Kills all cold pool browsers immediately (useful when memory is tight):
```json
{
"success": true,
"killed_browsers": 3
}
```
**Kill Specific Browser**
```bash
POST /monitor/actions/kill_browser
Content-Type: application/json
{
"sig": "abc12345" // First 8 chars of browser signature
}
```
Response:
```json
{
"success": true,
"killed_sig": "abc12345",
"pool_type": "hot"
}
```
**Restart Browser**
```bash
POST /monitor/actions/restart_browser
Content-Type: application/json
{
"sig": "permanent" // Or first 8 chars of signature
}
```
For permanent browser, this will close and reinitialize it. For hot/cold browsers, it kills them and lets new requests create fresh ones.
**Reset Statistics**
```bash
POST /monitor/stats/reset
```
Clears endpoint counters (useful for starting fresh after testing).
---
### Production Integration
#### Integration with Existing Monitoring Systems
**Prometheus Integration:**
```bash
# Scrape metrics endpoint
curl http://localhost:11235/metrics
```
**Custom Dashboard Integration:**
```python
# Example: Push metrics to your monitoring system
import asyncio
import websockets
import json
from your_monitoring import push_metric
async def integrate_monitoring():
async with websockets.connect("ws://localhost:11235/monitor/ws") as ws:
while True:
data = json.loads(await ws.recv())
# Push to your monitoring system
push_metric("crawl4ai.memory.percent",
data['health']['container']['memory_percent'])
push_metric("crawl4ai.active_requests",
len(data['requests']['active']))
push_metric("crawl4ai.browser_count",
len(data['browsers']))
```
**Alerting Example:**
```python
import requests
import time
def check_health():
"""Poll health endpoint and alert on issues"""
response = requests.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/health")
health = response.json()
# Alert on high memory
if health['container']['memory_percent'] > 85:
send_alert(f"High memory: {health['container']['memory_percent']}%")
# Alert on high error rate
stats = requests.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/endpoints/stats").json()
for endpoint, metrics in stats.items():
if metrics['success_rate_percent'] < 95:
send_alert(f"{endpoint} success rate: {metrics['success_rate_percent']}%")
# Run every minute
while True:
check_health()
time.sleep(60)
```
**Log Aggregation:**
```python
import requests
from datetime import datetime
def aggregate_errors():
"""Fetch and aggregate errors for logging system"""
response = requests.get("http://localhost:11235/monitor/logs/errors?limit=100")
errors = response.json()['errors']
for error in errors:
log_to_system({
'timestamp': datetime.fromtimestamp(error['timestamp']),
'service': 'crawl4ai',
'endpoint': error['endpoint'],
'url': error['url'],
'message': error['error'],
'request_id': error['request_id']
})
```
#### Key Metrics to Track
For production self-hosted deployments, monitor these metrics:
1. **Memory Usage Trends**
- Track `container.memory_percent` over time
- Alert when consistently above 80%
- Prevents OOM kills
2. **Request Success Rates**
- Monitor per-endpoint success rates
- Alert when below 95%
- Indicates crawling issues
3. **Average Latency**
- Track `avg_latency_ms` per endpoint
- Detect performance degradation
- Optimize slow endpoints
4. **Browser Pool Efficiency**
- Monitor `reuse_rate_percent`
- Should be >80% for good efficiency
- Low rates indicate pool churn
5. **Error Frequency**
- Count errors per time window
- Alert on sudden spikes
- Track error patterns
6. **Janitor Activity**
- Monitor cleanup frequency
- Excessive cleanup indicates memory pressure
- Adjust pool settings if needed
---
### Quick Health Check
For simple uptime monitoring:
```bash
curl http://localhost:11235/health
```
Returns:
```json
{
"status": "healthy",
"version": "0.7.4"
}
```
Other useful endpoints:
- `/metrics` - Prometheus metrics
- `/schema` - Full API schema
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## Summary
In this guide, we've covered everything you need to get started with Crawl4AI's Docker deployment:
- Building and running the Docker container
- Configuring the environment
- Using the interactive playground for testing
- Making API requests with proper typing
- Using the Python SDK with **automatic hook conversion**
- **Working with hooks** - both string-based (REST API) and function-based (Python SDK)
- Leveraging specialized endpoints for screenshots, PDFs, and JavaScript execution
- Connecting via the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Monitoring your deployment
Congratulations! You now have everything you need to self-host your own Crawl4AI infrastructure with complete control and visibility.
### Key Features
**What You've Learned:**
- ✅ Multiple deployment options (Docker Hub, Docker Compose, manual builds)
- ✅ Environment configuration and LLM integration
- ✅ Using the interactive playground for testing
- ✅ Making API requests with proper typing (SDK and REST)
- ✅ Specialized endpoints (screenshots, PDFs, JavaScript execution)
- ✅ MCP integration for AI-assisted development
- ✅ **Real-time monitoring dashboard** for operational transparency
- ✅ **Monitor API** for programmatic control and integration
- ✅ Production deployment best practices
**Hooks Support**: Crawl4AI offers two approaches for working with hooks:
- **String-based** (REST API): Works with any language, requires manual string formatting
- **Function-based** (Python SDK): Write hooks as regular Python functions with full IDE support and automatic conversion
**Why This Matters:**
**Playground Interface**: The built-in playground at `http://localhost:11235/playground` makes it easy to test configurations and generate corresponding JSON for API requests.
By self-hosting Crawl4AI, you:
- 🔒 **Own Your Data**: Everything stays in your infrastructure
- 📊 **See Everything**: Real-time dashboard shows exactly what's happening
- 💰 **Control Costs**: Scale within your resources, no per-request fees
- ⚡ **Maximize Performance**: Direct access with smart browser pooling (10x memory efficiency)
- 🛡️ **Stay Secure**: Keep sensitive workflows behind your firewall
- 🔧 **Customize Freely**: Full control over configs, strategies, and optimizations
**MCP Integration**: For AI application developers, the MCP integration allows tools like Claude Code to directly access Crawl4AI's capabilities without complex API handling.
**Next Steps:**
### Next Steps
1. **Start Simple**: Deploy with Docker Hub image and test with the playground
2. **Monitor Everything**: Open `http://localhost:11235/monitor` to watch your server
3. **Integrate**: Connect your applications using the Python SDK or REST API
4. **Scale Smart**: Use the monitoring data to optimize your deployment
5. **Go Production**: Set up alerting, log aggregation, and automated cleanup
1. **Explore Examples**: Check out the comprehensive examples in:
- `/docs/examples/hooks_docker_client_example.py` - Python function-based hooks
- `/docs/examples/hooks_rest_api_example.py` - REST API string-based hooks
- `/docs/examples/README_HOOKS.md` - Comparison and guide
**Key Resources:**
- 🎮 **Playground**: `http://localhost:11235/playground` - Interactive testing
- 📊 **Monitor Dashboard**: `http://localhost:11235/monitor` - Real-time visibility
- 📖 **Architecture Docs**: `deploy/docker/ARCHITECTURE.md` - Deep technical dive
- 💬 **Discord Community**: Get help and share experiences
- ⭐ **GitHub**: Report issues, contribute, show support
2. **Read Documentation**:
- `/docs/hooks-utility-guide.md` - Complete hooks utility guide
- API documentation for detailed configuration options
Remember: The monitoring dashboard is your window into your infrastructure. Use it to understand performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize your deployment. The examples in the `examples` folder show real-world usage patterns you can adapt.
3. **Join the Community**:
- GitHub: Report issues and contribute
- Discord: Get help and share your experiences
- Documentation: Comprehensive guides and tutorials
Keep exploring, and don't hesitate to reach out if you need help! We're building something amazing together. 🚀
**You're now in control of your web crawling destiny!** 🚀
Happy crawling! 🕷️