Privacy in Selfhosted Server

Questions
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Hello everybody,

I am looking for some information about privacy in the selfhosted version of the server.

In my case I run n8n with docker. I had to create an account and I need it to log in to my local system.

  1. What data is transfered to the cloud?
  2. Where are my workflows stored? Is it in the docker volume or in my Postgres database?
  3. What when I lose my n8n account for any reason?

Thanks.

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Hi @ksrev

  1. Nothing really only telemetry is send to n8n but you can turn this off.
  2. Everything is stored locally in the database you configured or the sqlite database that is included in the docker container (so attach a volume for that) if you do not set any database options.
  3. then you can reset your account via a CLI command.
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Hi @BramKn,

thank you for the reply.

Point 3) was meant differently. What if “n8n.io” disappears or block my account for some reason? Can I still use me work after that or the the local installed software blocked?

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Your local instance has no relation to n8n servers. So they cannot block you or whatever.

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ok, thank you. My fault. I thought I created a cloud account at my first login, but then it only was a local one.

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Yeah, it is local. You can also see it in the database if you would look for it.

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