Hi, how do I switch from N8N cloud hosting to self hosted mode ? I have a VPS at hostinger, and I want use that as my server.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
John
Hey @JohnV64 hope all is well, and welcome to the community.
Hostinger have a tutorial about that:
Hope this helps.
Hey John!
Nice move going self-hosted — you’ll get a lot more control and flexibility that way
Here’s a simple step-by-step to get you going on your Hostinger VPS:
1.Choose how you want to install n8n
The easiest and cleanest method is using Docker. It works great on VPS environments like Hostinger.
- Install Docker + Docker Compose
On Ubuntu/Debian VPS, just run:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker.io docker-compose -y
sudo systemctl enable docker
- Set up n8n using Docker Compose
Create a directory and a ‘docker-compose.yml’ file:
mkdir n8n && cd n8n
Paste this into a file called ‘docker-compose.yml’:
version: “3”
services:
n8n:
image: n8nio/n8n
restart: always
ports:
- “5678:5678”
environment:
- N8N_BASIC_AUTH_ACTIVE=true
- N8N_BASIC_AUTH_USER=yourusername
- N8N_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD=yourpassword
volumes:
- ./n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n
This will password-protect your n8n instance too.
- Start it up
docker-compose up -d
Now just go to http://your-vps-ip:5678 in your browser, and you should see n8n running!
Let me know if you want help setting up SSL (for HTTPS) or connecting your domain. I can walk you through that too.
If this helped, feel free to mark it as the solution so it helps others too