n8n Installation

mkdir -p ~/Documents/projects/llm-tools/n8n/{data,postgres-data,redis-data}
cd ~/Documents/projects/llm-tools/n8n

# PostgreSQL
POSTGRES_USER=n8n
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=n8n_pass_123
POSTGRES_DB=n8n

# n8n Basic Auth
N8N_BASIC_AUTH_USER=n8nadmin
N8N_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD=SuperSecretPassword123

# Timezone
GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Asia/Kolkata

services:
  postgres:
    image: postgres:15
    container_name: n8n_postgres
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER}
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB}
    volumes:
      - ./postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

  redis:
    image: redis:6-alpine
    container_name: n8n_redis
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./redis-data:/data

  n8n:
    image: n8nio/n8n:latest
    container_name: n8n
    restart: unless-stopped
    depends_on:
      - postgres
      - redis
    ports:
      - "5678:5678"
    environment:
      # Timezone and Host
      - GENERIC_TIMEZONE=${GENERIC_TIMEZONE}
      - N8N_HOST=localhost
      - N8N_PORT=5678
      - N8N_PROTOCOL=http
      - N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5678

      # Auth
      - N8N_BASIC_AUTH_ACTIVE=true
      - N8N_BASIC_AUTH_USER=${N8N_BASIC_AUTH_USER}
      - N8N_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD=${N8N_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD}

      # PostgreSQL DB
      - DB_TYPE=postgresdb
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=${POSTGRES_DB}
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=${POSTGRES_USER}
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}

      # Redis Queue Mode
      - QUEUE_MODE=redis
      - QUEUE_REDIS_HOST=redis
      - QUEUE_REDIS_PORT=6379
      - QUEUE_REDIS_DB=0

      # Optional Features
      - N8N_COMMUNITY_NODES_ENABLED=true
      - N8N_ALLOW_UNSAFE_EXECUTIONS=true
      - N8N_ENABLE_EXTERNAL_COMMUNICATION=true
      - N8N_PERSONALIZATION_ENABLED=true

    volumes:
      - ./data:/home/node/.n8n

sudo chown -R 1000:1000 ~/Documents/projects/llm-tools/n8n/data

cd ~/Documents/projects/llm-tools/n8n
docker compose --env-file .env up -d

docker compose ps