used command to copy was:
cd / && cp -r /root/.n8n/ ./
Now it gives me in main screen “Set up owner account“ form.
looks like, database is gone!
Since you just copied, in the worst case data is corrupted.
Check for their presence :
ls -l /root/.n8n
ls -l /.n8n
And be sure which user starts the n8n , in which folder.
You can even explicitly start n8n with the new path or even set it as env variable:
export N8N_USER_FOLDER=/.n8n
Cheers!
Thanks for your replay, what if I was having this in config!
Environment="N8N_DATA_FOLDER=/n8n/data"
any chance to get my workflows back?
Your real database.sqlite and config (with the correct encryption key) should be under /root/.n8n or /.n8n
Since that variable set the folder for n8n instance when starts… :
Start n8n, check logs for “User settings loaded from: …”.
Etc…
I don’t have this folder /n8n/data and I didn’t delete it, however it was configured in env as mentioned!
OMG: Result was: n8n[815574]: User settings loaded from: /.n8n/config
From where did you got :
Just seen it better… maybe is N8N_USER_FOLDER variable.
And since your command was “cd” tehnic copying, it means that you have a copy in your home folder.
By design, n8n stores the SQLite DB and encryption key in a .n8n subfolder of the user who starts n8n, unless you override it with N8N_USER_FOLDER
Your service log confirms: current user folder = /.n8n, not /root/.n8n
Adițional check for old copy :
sudo ls -la /.n8n
Cheers!
Thanks for your great help, I think I’m going to rewrite all workflows from scratch, thanks again.
