How to configure n8n to run in a subpath?

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The n8n team really needs to consider organizing someone to answer user questions. No one officially responds to such a basic question, but I figured it out myself through research and am sharing my solution in the hope it helps others.

I’m currently using n8n release/1.109.0.

Also, I saw the n8n team say they’ll consider deprecating the N8N_PATH configuration option in version 2, but it’s essential.

I hope the official n8n team will provide more detailed documentation for version 2.

I’m currently using version 1.109. Steps to Resolve for configuring sub-paths:

  1. Add a .env file to the packages\cli\bin.env directory.
    .env:
    N8N_PATH=/my_n8n/
    N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=http:/ /www.xyz.com/my_n8n/
    N8N_DIAGNOSTICS_ENABLED=false

  2. Build the project using pnpm build and then start it using pnpm start

  3. Add the following configuration to the nginx server:

http {

map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
default upgrade;
‘’ close;

}

server {
listen 443;
server_name www.your_server_url;

location = / { return 302 /my_n8n/; }
location = /my_n8n { return 301 /my_n8n/; }

location /my_n8n/rest/push {
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port $server_port;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_buffering off;
proxy_read_timeout 3600s;
proxy_send_timeout 3600s;
proxy_pass http:// 127.0.0.1:5678/rest/push;
}

location /my_n8n/ {
proxy_pass http:// 127.0.0.1:5678/;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
client_max_body_size 50m;

}

location = /my_n8n/index.html {
proxy_pass http:// 127.0.0.1:5678/;
add_header Cache-Control “no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate”;
}

location /static/ {
proxy_pass http:// 127.0.0.1:5678/static/; proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

expires 30d;
add_header Cache-Control “public, max-age=2592000”;
}
}
}

  1. Then visit your www.your_server_url/my_n8n

  2. The nginx proxy will help you access the n8n website running on port 5678

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