Need help to configure n8n with container Manager

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Hello,

Could anyone share with me a docker Compose or methodology he is using with Container Manager on a NAS SYNOLOGY to install n8n?
I’m setting it up manually but every time I want to update n8n, I need to update credentials and import again my flows…

I saw there are some possibility with PostgreSql also, but I can not manage to install properly.
So any methodology, tutorials sharing would be much appreciated!

Many thanks in advance

Philippe

  • n8n version: 1.17.1
  • Database (default: SQLite): SQLite
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Docker Self-hosted
  • Operating system: SYNOLOGY DS718+
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It looks like your topic is missing some important information. Could you provide the following if applicable.

  • n8n version:
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):
  • Operating system:
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Hey @Philippe,

It sounds like you are missing the storage requirement which is why you have to set up everything again. Don’t forget that we need /home/node/.n8n to be a docker volume / mount to keep the data.

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Thanks @Jon for your answer and sorry for not getting back before… Lot of work at the moment.

Before moving to container manager my configuration was working fine…
This is below my configuration.

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Do you see what I missed?
Many thanks in advance!

Philippe

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Hey @Philippe,

The Volume needs to be pointing to /home/node/.n8n not /n8n which would explain why your data is going missing.

You can also remove N8N_BASIC_*, VUE_APP_*, I would also double check what N8N_BINARY_DATA_S is as that could be wrong as well.

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Hey @Jon
Thanks a lot,
Unfortunately, Container Manager in Synology do not allow me to point /home
I can see all other folder, but no permissions are allowed.
That’s why I thought I maybe using a docker compose.
All the ones I found are using POSTGRES… As I do not understand Docker, I’m very quickly lost with the setup.
Thanks a lot for your help again.

Philippe

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Hello,

I’m still having the same error, unfortunately.

Since I could not select /home/node/.n8n in the environment, I have exported it to a JSON and imported it again…
It still remains the same: “Init Problem: There was a problem loading init data: Unauthorized”

I’m really disappointed it was working fine before Docker was moved to Container Manager. Even if each time I was updating I had to setup everything again

I hope someone can help me, I can’t run n8n anymore… I miss it!

Kind regards

Philippe

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Hello all,
I finally managed to install self-hosted n8n with Container Manager using the excellent tutorial made by MariusHosting Link
It is super complete and really handy step by step installation guide to install n8n on a Synology NAS on Docker by using Portainer.

I only got one error with Portainer that was use local IP instead of Public IP (or Domain name). This was creating an EAI_AGAIN error as DNS servers did not know where to send back the answers.

Hope this can help someone who is discovering this world with low level like me!
Philippe

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