I have DigitalOcean VPS and few services in my droplet (VM) - Nextcloud (ubuntu snap), Wireguard etc. Now I want setup n8n via docker. Sub-domains I “cut” by nginx.
I use official tutorial for Docker instllation
Docker | n8n Docs use just 2 commands:
docker volume create n8n_data
docker run -it --rm --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n
and maybe everything will be good, but…
- I have message and cant use ssh-console, if I push “ctrl + c” docker container stop working. I think its not correct rules for docker container starting.
Editor is now accessible via:
http: // localhost: 5678 /
Press “o” to open in Browser.
- When I join http://mydomain:5678/setup I see next pictures and cant do nothing. I dont understand how setup HTTPS and I dont want turn off sec-cookie in internet.
Next part of my travel I use next tutorial for docker-compose
- I dont use first part of commands:
sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
- I add to Docker Compose file 1 string to Volumes at n8n section and create that folder “n8n” in my home dir:
- /home/cascade/n8n:/files
All my docker-compose.yaml file, placed to root dir, looks like default from tutor page.
3. Also I create .env file, placed to root dir, with all attributes like password etc:
After sudo docker-compose up -d I have the next error text:
WARNING: The SSL_EMAIL variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
WARNING: The DATA_FOLDER variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
WARNING: The SUBDOMAIN variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
WARNING: The DOMAIN_NAME variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
WARNING: The GENERIC_TIMEZONE variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py", line 214, in _retrieve_server_version
return self.version(api_version=False)["ApiVersion"]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/daemon.py", line 181, in version
return self._result(self._get(url), json=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/utils/decorators.py", line 46, in inner
return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py", line 237, in _get
return self.get(url, **self._set_request_timeout(kwargs))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 602, in get
return self.request("GET", url, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 589, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 703, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 486, in send
resp = conn.urlopen(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 791, in urlopen
response = self._make_request(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 497, in _make_request
conn.request(
TypeError: HTTPConnection.request() got an unexpected keyword argument 'chunked'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/docker-compose", line 33, in <module>
sys.exit(load_entry_point('docker-compose==1.29.2', 'console_scripts', 'docker-compose')())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py", line 81, in main
command_func()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py", line 200, in perform_command
project = project_from_options('.', options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/command.py", line 60, in project_from_options
return get_project(
^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/command.py", line 152, in get_project
client = get_client(
^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/docker_client.py", line 41, in get_client
client = docker_client(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/docker_client.py", line 170, in docker_client
client = APIClient(use_ssh_client=not use_paramiko_ssh, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py", line 197, in __init__
self._version = self._retrieve_server_version()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/docker/api/client.py", line 221, in _retrieve_server_version
raise DockerException(
docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: HTTPConnection.request() got an unexpected keyword argument 'chunked'
I think that docker-compose dont know nothing about .env file, so I add parameters from .env file to docker-compose.yml but docker still dont understand few parametrs
After changing few parameters its look better, but I still dont know how change ${DATA_FOLDER}
n8n version:
Database (default: SQLite):default
n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): ???
Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): docker
Operating system: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS noble