Describe the problem/error/question
Hello, I forked n8n project and build it but when trying to run it afterwards with docker I get an error
Note: When I build and run it with only pnpm (pnpm build & pnpm start) it works, only when doing it with docker I have this error
What is the error message (if any)?
/docker-entrypoint.sh: exec: line 14: n8n: not found
Please share your
I haven’t done changes on the mentioned file:
#!/bin/sh
if [ -d /opt/custom-certificates ]; then
echo "Trusting custom certificates from /opt/custom-certificates."
export NODE_OPTIONS="--use-openssl-ca $NODE_OPTIONS"
export SSL_CERT_DIR=/opt/custom-certificates
c_rehash /opt/custom-certificates
fi
if [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; then
# Got started with arguments
exec n8n "$@"
else
# Got started without arguments
exec n8n
fi
Not many changes in the Dockerfile:
ARG NODE_VERSION=22
ARG N8N_VERSION=snapshot
ARG LAUNCHER_VERSION=1.1.3
ARG TARGETPLATFORM
# ==============================================================================
# STAGE 1: System Dependencies & Base Setup
# ==============================================================================
FROM n8nio/base:${NODE_VERSION} AS system-deps
# ==============================================================================
# STAGE 2: Application Artifact Processor
# ==============================================================================
FROM alpine:3.22.0 AS app-artifact-processor
COPY ./compiled /app/
# ==============================================================================
# STAGE 3: Task Runner Launcher
# ==============================================================================
FROM alpine:3.22.0 AS launcher-downloader
RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates wget tar coreutils
ARG TARGETPLATFORM
ARG LAUNCHER_VERSION
RUN set -e; \
# Fallback for TARGETPLATFORM
if [ -z "$TARGETPLATFORM" ]; then \
case "$(uname -m)" in \
x86_64) TARGETPLATFORM="linux/amd64" ;; \
aarch64) TARGETPLATFORM="linux/arm64" ;; \
*) echo "Unsupported machine: $(uname -m)"; exit 1 ;; \
esac; \
fi; \
case "$TARGETPLATFORM" in \
"linux/amd64") ARCH_NAME="amd64" ;; \
"linux/arm64") ARCH_NAME="arm64" ;; \
*) echo "Unsupported platform: $TARGETPLATFORM" && exit 1 ;; \
esac; \
mkdir /launcher-temp && cd /launcher-temp; \
wget -q "https://github.com/n8n-io/task-runner-launcher/releases/download/${LAUNCHER_VERSION}/task-runner-launcher-${LAUNCHER_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH_NAME}.tar.gz"; \
wget -q "https://github.com/n8n-io/task-runner-launcher/releases/download/${LAUNCHER_VERSION}/task-runner-launcher-${LAUNCHER_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH_NAME}.tar.gz.sha256"; \
echo "$(cat task-runner-launcher-${LAUNCHER_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH_NAME}.tar.gz.sha256) task-runner-launcher-${LAUNCHER_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH_NAME}.tar.gz" > checksum.sha256; \
sha256sum -c checksum.sha256; \
mkdir -p /launcher-bin; \
tar xzf task-runner-launcher-${LAUNCHER_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH_NAME}.tar.gz -C /launcher-bin; \
cd / && rm -rf /launcher-temp
# ==============================================================================
# STAGE 4: Final Runtime Image
# ==============================================================================
FROM system-deps AS runtime
ARG N8N_VERSION
ARG N8N_RELEASE_TYPE=dev
ENV NODE_ENV=production
ENV N8N_RELEASE_TYPE=${N8N_RELEASE_TYPE}
ENV NODE_ICU_DATA=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/full-icu
ENV SHELL=/bin/sh
WORKDIR /home/node
COPY --from=app-artifact-processor /app /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n
COPY --from=launcher-downloader /launcher-bin/* /usr/local/bin/
COPY docker/images/n8n/docker-entrypoint.sh /
COPY docker/images/n8n/n8n-task-runners.json /etc/n8n-task-runners.json
RUN cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n && \
npm rebuild sqlite3 && \
ln -s /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/bin/n8n /usr/local/bin/n8n && \
mkdir -p /home/node/.n8n && \
chown -R node:node /home/node
# Copy Custom Nodes
# COPY docker/images/n8n-custom/custom-nodes/dist /home/node/.n8n/custom
# # Ensure proper permissions for the custom nodes
# RUN chown -R node:node /home/node/.n8n/custom
# Install [email protected] to fix brace-expansion vulnerability, remove after vulnerability is fixed in node image
RUN npm install -g [email protected]
RUN if [ -d "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/pdfjs-dist" ]; then \
cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/pdfjs-dist && npm install @napi-rs/canvas; \
else \
echo "pdfjs-dist not found, skipping canvas install"; \
fi
EXPOSE 5678/tcp
USER node
ENTRYPOINT ["tini", "--", "/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="n8n" \
org.opencontainers.image.description="Workflow Automation Tool" \
org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n" \
org.opencontainers.image.url="https://n8n.io" \
org.opencontainers.image.version=${N8N_VERSION}
Got started with arguments
docker build -t n8n-custom -f docker/images/n8n/Dockerfile .
docker run -it --rm --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n n8n-custom
Information on your n8n setup
- n8n version: 1.108.0
- Database (default: SQLite): Postgres
- n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
- Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Error when running via docker
- Operating system: mac
