Hi dear @jan I have Cpanel shared host It has features that I can create node.js webapplications. [001] [002] I try to install n8n on it via its virtual environment (like SSH) but it show below error. Could you please help me? Best regards; /home/.../nodevenv/.../.../lib/bin/n8n -> /home/.…

Sorry no experience with cpanel and how they set up the environment and how Node.js runs in it. The first line however: /home/.../nodevenv/.../.../lib/bin/n8n -> /home/.../nodevenv/.../.../lib/lib/node_modules/n8n/bin/n8n npm WARN lifecycle The node binary used for scripts is /home/.../nodevenv/..…

Hey mooghermez, Plesk is kinda similar to cpanel. I created a doc on installing on Plesk, maybe it helps you: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/9#issuecomment-522746909

Thank you my frind I try to install n8n according to your doc but unfortunately I see below error: npm WARN lifecycle The node binary used for scripts is /home/mydir/nodevenv/n8n.mysite.com/10/bin/node but npm is using /opt/alt/alt-nodejs10/root/usr/bin/node itself. Use the `--scripts-prepend-node…

It’s a very old version, too. Try nodejs v12

Hi, please look into this. I have tried to setup n8n on cPanel, but not able to do so due to this error. Or it will be great if you can share simple steps to follow for the same. The steps in the documentation do not work without error. Thanks

Have tried with Node 12.x too, but it does not work.

I had to install build essential on debian for mmmagic to work. Also check if --unsafe-perm flag (npm i -g n8n --unsafe-perm) works for you

I got an error when installing an additional module on the docker image (Alpine Linux) Resolution apk --no-cache --virtual build-dependencies add python make g++ && npm i -g n8n-nodes-YOURMODULE --unsafe-perm && apk del build-dependencies replace n8n-nodes-YOURMODULE with the module you …

Hi, I haven’t done it recently. Try finding n8n file in node_modules/n8n/bin, that should be the startup file. As cpanel is quite similar to plesk you might find help here: https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/issues/9

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Luc June 28, 2021, 11:45am 10

I managed to install n8n on cpanel, node.js 14.x, but don’t know what startup file to use in the node.js app to open it… anybody managed to successfully install and use n8n on cpanel hosting ?

Self hosting - is a hosting provider with nodeJS sufficient?

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