N8n on Railway — how to import credentials?

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Hi,

I’m deploying n8n 1.113.3 to Railway (Docker) with two services: Primary for the web UI and Worker for background jobs. I’m trying to seed the instance with an exported credentials file, but I’m stuck. I’d appreciate guidance on a supported way to import credentials on first boot on Railway.

What I’m trying to do: import a credentials export (JSON array) of ~40,917 characters, generated from a locally installed Windows instance. Both instances use the same N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY.

I believe there should be an easy way to do this, but I’ve already spent many hours and still can’t get it working.

What is the error message (if any)?

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Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.113.3
  • Database (default: SQLite): postgres
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Railway
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hello @Federico_Acerenza

You can put the file into the n8n’s Docker container, or put it somewhere like Google/MS Drive and download it via the corresponding node, then use a write file node to put it inside the Docker, and finally use the execute command node to perform a CLI command for importing

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I’ll give it a try. It seems a little bit technical for me (I’m not a developer), and I’ve been trying similar approaches with AI but without results yet. Thanks.

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Well.. for easy development, there is an option to use a cloud n8n instance. You don’t have to configure anything on the back side.

Other options require you to be a technical guy :slight_smile:

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I know, I use n8n to automate my business (an accounting firm), and I’ve hit the technical wall several times. Luckily, I was able to import my credentials, and everything is working in my new instance now. Thanks for the help!

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