Install n8n
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Requirements #
Install Node.js 18 or above.
Create user nad group #
groupadd --system n8n
sudo useradd --system --gid n8n --create-home --home-dir /opt/n8n --shell /usr/sbin/nologin n8n
Install #
Install n8n globally with npm:
npm install n8n -g
Start automatically #
Configure a systemd service to start automatically at boot.
nano /etc/systemd/system/n8n.service
[Unit]
Description=n8n servce
After=network.target network-online.target
Requires=network-online.target
[Service]
User=n8n
Group=n8n
Type=exec
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
ExecStart=/usr/bin/n8n start
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target