Switching from cloud hosted to self hosted

[MHobbs]

How do I change from cloud hosted to self hosted?

What is the error message (if any)?

Please share your workflow

(Select the nodes on your canvas and use the keyboard shortcuts CMD+C/CTRL+C and CMD+V/CTRL+V to copy and paste the workflow.)

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

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

[jabbson]

Hey @MHobbs hope all is good. Welcome to the community.

You setup the self-hosted version and then start using it

If your question implied transferring data - I’d assume you wish to transfer workflows - you download your workflows from the cloud and the import them to self-hosted instance.

[trungtlt]

@MHobbs

You can follow below video on youtube to setup your self-hosted n8n instance:

[](https://youtu.be/Pe5n_4uWx5E)

And to “move” your workflow from cloud to self-hosted

• Manually download and import (if you have few workflows), credentials need to be created again.
• Use this workflow to auto backup if you have lot of workflows: Back Up Your n8n Workflows To Github | n8n workflow template