Export credientials encrypted

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hi
i try to export my credential decrypted but i have this message…

Error exporting credentials. See log messages for details.
Credentials could not be decrypted. The likely reason is that a different “encryptionKey” was used to encrypt the data.

any idea ?

thanks

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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
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hello @nusquama

That message means your decryption key has changed. Do the credentials work in the n8n UI when building a workflow?

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yes it work

5

Does the export work for you without the --decrypted flag?

6

yes, but after i cannot import if i want to do a clean install so my export is useless without decrypted

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How are you running n8n server, and how are you running the export command?
If you have not set an encryption key yourself, there is a generated key in ~/.n8n/config. So the execute command needs to run where it has access to the exact same config file as the server.

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i’m on coolify
i try this
~/.n8n $ n8n export:credentials --backup --decrypted --output=credentials
User settings loaded from: /home/node/.n8n/config
Error exporting credentials. See log messages for details.
Credentials could not be decrypted. The likely reason is that a different “encryptionKey” was used to encrypt the data.

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so, i did more simply ! i just copy my config files !!

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