N8n auto exits after closing terminal

[mihha]

I think that you are using n8n without a docker

In that case, this topic is really helpful

Run n8n as a Service with PM2

Introduction Web based applications are wonderful tools that have a very low barrier to entry and an ease of use because, who doesn’t know how to use a web browser? And NodeJS does a wonderful job at creating these apps. But, what if I want to run my NodeJS apps automatically as a service? Most of the time, NodeJS apps ask us to enter in start commands from the command line to get things going. What happens if I exit my terminal/SSH session? Or my server reboots? This is where PM2 comes to th…

I use it on my own installation and works perfectly well