Generate executable service on Ubuntu Docker

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Hello,
i’m trying to Generate to run the docker as a service by running this command and geeting an error
/etc/systemd/system/n8n.service:9: Executable path specifies a directory: /home/n8n/

'<[Unit]
Description=n8n Workflow Automation (Docker)
After=docker.service
Requires=docker.service

[Service]
Restart=always
RestartSec=10
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker stop n8n
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm n8n
ExecStart=/usr/bin/ docker run -it --rm --name n8n -e N8N_SECURE_COOKIE=false -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
/>’

the n8n folder is located in /home/n8n
i have installed the app by running docker install command from n8n documnation
anyone tried to resovle this issue or tried to run it as a service in systemd ?

thanks

2

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:
3

hello @yaniv-k8s

what is the use case?

simply enable docker as a service and that’s done
sudo systemctl enable docker.service

you only need to create a container once and then the docker will start it automatically

4

soo after reboot n8n contianer will start automatically?

5

if you run the container with default retry behavior and configured the docker to start on boot - yes.

Check the docs for more info

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