n8n

Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities — combine visual building with custom code and 400+ integrations.

Port	5678
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/n8n
Source	https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n
Website	https://n8n.io/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users — recommended.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  n8n:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/n8n:latest"
    container_name: n8n
    environment:
      - N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your-encryption-key-here  # Encryption key for credentials (keep safe!)
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - N8N_SECURE_COOKIE=  # Set to false if accessing over HTTP without TLS
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/n8n:/config"
    ports:
      - "5678:5678"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=n8n
N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your-encryption-key-here
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
N8N_SECURE_COOKIE=

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  n8n:
    name: n8n
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '5678:5678 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY: !ENV '${N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY}'
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - N8N_SECURE_COOKIE: !ENV '${N8N_SECURE_COOKIE}'
    volumes:
      - n8n: /config
volumes:
  n8n:
    device: '/path/to/containers/n8n'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/n8n:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name n8n \
  -p 5678:5678 \
  -e N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your-encryption-key-here \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e N8N_SECURE_COOKIE= \
  -v /path/to/containers/n8n:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/n8n:latest

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="5678:5678 proto:tcp" \
  -e N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your-encryption-key-here \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e N8N_SECURE_COOKIE= \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/n8n /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/n8n:latest n8n

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah, shares the host network stack (inherit), and persists image-declared volumes under --data-path.

services:
  n8n:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/n8n:latest"
    container_name: n8n
    network_mode: host  # jail shares host networking
    environment:
      - N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your-encryption-key-here
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - N8N_SECURE_COOKIE=

Save as podman-compose.yml, then run bastille up. Or via CLI:

bastille create -O \
  --env N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your-encryption-key-here \
  --env PUID=1000 \
  --env PGID=1000 \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --env N8N_SECURE_COOKIE= \
  --data-path /path/to/containers/n8n \
  n8n ghcr.io/daemonless/n8n:latest inherit

Ansible

- name: Deploy n8n
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: n8n
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/n8n:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY: "your-encryption-key-here"
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      N8N_SECURE_COOKIE: ""
    ports:
      - "5678:5678"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/n8n:/config"

Save as n8n-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook n8n-deploy.yaml.

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY	your-encryption-key-here	Encryption key for credentials (keep safe!)
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
N8N_SECURE_COOKIE	``	Set to false if accessing over HTTP without TLS

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory (database, workflows)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
5678	TCP	Web UI

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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