How do I move my single project from n8n host (starter plan like 24$ a month) to my self hosted n8n?

[Anasp]

Describe the problem/error/question

I have a single project on my n8n hosted server that is like the starter plan, the instance you get. I have started up my own self hosted server, and I need to understand how to move the single project that I have over to that new server.

My self hosted server is a hetzner instance running coolify that is deploying the n8n server.

What is the error message (if any)?

No error messages

Please share your workflow

No workflow to share, it is just the whole project with a few workflows and credentials etc.

(Select the nodes on your canvas and use the keyboard shortcuts CMD+C/CTRL+C and CMD+V/CTRL+V to copy and paste the workflow.)

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

• n8n version: latest version
• Database (default: SQLite): bit required
• n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
• Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): hetzner instance running coolify that is deploying the n8n server.
• Operating system:

[hubschrauber]

First go to the n8n cloud export page and download a zip of all your workflows, so you have a “just in case” backup.

Then, depending on how big your project is, you could probably get it done fairly quickly by going one by one on your workflows and:

1. open in cloud
2. highlight all
3. copy
4. create a corresponding new workflow in self-hosted
5. paste
6. fix credentials references (create new credentials in the self-hosted instance)
7. save

Tip: Assign a tag like migration-done to each workflow in n8n cloud as you complete it to keep track of which ones you have/haven’t finished.

Then activate anything you have running on a trigger in self-hosted and deactivate the same in cloud.

Note: I’m assuming you’re not asking how to set up a self hosted instance. There are plenty of tutorials for that if you need one.