hi folks i am starting to use n8n and i want to do some automations in my kommo crm and other things, but i have seen that there are several ways to install n8n in a self hosted way, so my question is for those who have n8n as self hosted services,

which would be the best way to install it?

- docker without database?
- docker with database and which database would be better postgress or mysql?
thanks

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    10 months ago

    ok… I couldn’t install docker with postgres so I did it with sql and that’s it I hope I don’t miss out in the future because I will have to look for someone to help me install it thanks friends

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    10 months ago

    It’s mostly just preference. If you are already familiar with MySQL or Postgres, use what you know. If you just want simple and lightweight, use it with SQLite (no external database).

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    10 months ago

    If you design an application, choosing database would be a big deal, but since you are the user, you can choose whatever you want. My go to is postgre though.

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      10 months ago

      I will create a lxc conteiner in my proxmox just for him so my question would be… which one would be more secure that it will not have problems in the future? for example that it is slower or easier to be damaged or lose information or that it lacks some feature, do you know what I mean? but ok i wil go with a database thanks!

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    10 months ago

    Cloudron (free tier - 2 apps). Get a server, install Cloudron, install n8n from the app store. Done.

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    10 months ago

    I wouldn’t know if someone can help me.

    I have this has my Portainer Stack and all the variables configuration in the environment variables but while container works fine when first access, it reset when I edit the container or update and I have to create a new login.

    I discovered recently that while other containers works fine, the worker container wouldn’t.

    I’m new to docker and container and would appreciate help

    This my docker-compose file

    version: '3.8'
    
    volumes:
      db_storage:
      n8n_storage:
      redis_storage:
    
    x-shared: &shared
      restart: always
      environment:
        - DB_TYPE=postgresdb
        - DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
        - DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
        - DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=${POSTGRES_DB}
        - DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER}
        - DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD}
        - EXECUTIONS_MODE=queue
        - QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_HOST=redis
        - QUEUE_HEALTH_CHECK_ACTIVE=true
        - N8N_BASIC_AUTH_ACTIVE=true
        - N8N_BASIC_AUTH_USER
        - N8N_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD
      links:
        - postgres
        - redis
      volumes:
        - n8n_storage:/home/node/
      depends_on:
        redis:
          condition: service_healthy
        postgres:
          condition: service_healthy
    
    services:
      postgres:
        image: postgres:11
        restart: always
        environment:
          - POSTGRES_USER
          - POSTGRES_PASSWORD
          - POSTGRES_DB
          - POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER
          - POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD
        volumes:
          - db_storage:/var/lib/postgresql/data
          - ./init-data.sh:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-data.sh
        healthcheck:
          test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -h localhost -U ${POSTGRES_USER} -d ${POSTGRES_DB}"]
          interval: 5s
          timeout: 5s
          retries: 10
    
      redis:
        image: redis:6-alpine
        restart: always
        volumes:
          - redis_storage:/data
        healthcheck:
          test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
          interval: 5s
          timeout: 5s
          retries: 10
    
      n8n:
        <<: *shared
        image: n8nio/n8n
        command: /bin/sh -c "n8n start --tunnel"
        ports:
          - 5678:5678
    
      n8n-worker:
        <<: *shared
        image: n8nio/n8n
        command: /bin/sh -c "sleep 5; n8n worker"
        depends_on:
          - n8n