Question How to install n8n?

[arturoeq]

Hi everyone,
I have a VPS with a generic domain and would like to install n8n on a subdomain of a domain added as a service. This is possible?
If so, would you be so kind as to explain to me what the procedure is.

 

[arturoeq]

This is https://n8n.io/

 

[Peter Debik]

According to Installation - n8n Documentation a good choice could be to create a Docker container for it. But installing that app and maintaining it is not really a Plesk topic.

 

[scsa20]

Hi arturoeq,

You should be able to by first creating a subdomain (go to the domains tab in Plesk and click "Add Subdomain"). Once the sub domain is created just follow through the setup steps to get it installed.

*edited part*

Now looking through the docs a bit, since this isn't running as PHP or anything but instead with docker or NPM there might be a bit more complex. It's possible to do it through Plesk but I never figured out how it works, just know you still need to create the sub domain first (unless you're creating a different server elsewhere in which case you just need to create an A record in the DNS to point to the IP of the other server)

 

[arturoeq]

According to Installation - n8n Documentation a good choice could be to create a Docker container for it. But installing that app and maintaining it is not really a Plesk topic.

Thanks, maybe someone knows and can help me

 

[arturoeq]

Hi arturoeq,

You should be able to by first creating a subdomain (go to the domains tab in Plesk and click "Add Subdomain"). Once the sub domain is created just follow through the setup steps to get it installed.

*edited part*

Now looking through the docs a bit, since this isn't running as PHP or anything but instead with docker or NPM there might be a bit more complex. It's possible to do it through Plesk but I never figured out how it works, just know you still need to create the sub domain first (unless you're creating a different server elsewhere in which case you just need to create an A record in the DNS to point to the IP of the other server)

Yes, maybe Docker it's the solution, but i don't know how to configure it exactly.

 

[bigbear67]

Hello everyone,
Here's what I did to make it work perfectly! On a dedicated server
1- A domain name or subdomain to install n8n
2- Here are the environment variables I added:
N8N_PORT value 5678
N8N_HOST value --> the domain name
WEBHOOK_URL --> https://xxxxx.com/
N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL https://same as before/
N8N_BASIC_AUTH_ACTIVE --> true
N8N_BASIC_AUTH_USER --> a super-long username with no connection to the content
N8N_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD --> a super-long passphrase
GENERIC_TIMEZONE Europe/Paris
N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS true
N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED true
3- What I added in the DNS section --> Apache and NGNIX
# Reverse proxy vers n8n en Docker
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:32779;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
In any case, it works perfectly
in Docker!
My next step:
Learn or discover how to update n8n
If you see an error, do not hesitate to come back to this topic, thank you all, thanks to you I grow, I learn and I move forward. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL!!!