Describe the problem/error/question I’m trying to install a community node, and I’m on Version 1.36.4 self-hosted. When I try to access community nodes, it says I need to install manually. Since I’m using Portainer, I tried to create an image, but I’m getting a permission error. Below is how I’m att…

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:

hello @Lucas_Haas Have you tried to execute that command under the root or with sudo privileges? The user, under which the npm is being executed, does not have enough permissions to create folders.

Welcome to the community @Lucas_Haas Never knew you could do this in portainer thanks! Also nice to see people using my node(s) :slight_smile: This is a topic to help you out, not sure if it is up to date but should be good. [image] How to build own image with custom node modules…

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I followed the steps in this video: LINK . It instructs to change the version name in the n8n stack to the name I gave the image. However, when I make this change and update it, my old workflows throw errors, and I can no longer use n8n.

Permission Error in Portainer When Creating Images for Installing Community Nodes

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BramKn April 20, 2024, 4:55pm 4

Welcome to the community @Lucas_Haas

Never knew you could do this in portainer thanks!

Also nice to see people using my node(s)

This is a topic to help you out, not sure if it is up to date but should be good.

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Permission Error in Portainer When Creating Images for Installing Community Nodes

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