Unable to install any community nodes on n8n (Truenas Scale 24.10.2)

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I’m running n8n on Truenas Scale 24.10.2 and can’t install ANY community node. I’ve tried various guides, added variables, installed a fresh instance of n8n, but nothing changes. n8n installed from TN apps library, version — 1.84.1
Here is the log:

2025-03-20 20:38:30.649990+00:00npm command failed

2025-03-20 20:38:30.653574+00:00Error loading package "n8n-nodes-deepseek" :Package could not be installed - check logs for details

2025-03-20 20:38:30.653623+00:00ResponseError: Error loading package "n8n-nodes-deepseek" :Package could not be installed - check logs for details

2025-03-20 20:38:30.653633+00:00at CommunityPackagesController.installPackage (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/dist/controllers/community-packages.controller.js:81:19)

2025-03-20 20:38:30.653654+00:00at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)

2025-03-20 20:38:30.653660+00:00at handler (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/dist/decorators/controller.registry.js:93:24)

2025-03-20 20:38:30.653666+00:00at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/dist/response-helper.js:110:26

2025-03-20 20:38:30.653675+00:002025-03-20T20:38:30.653675840Z

I would be grateful for any help! Thanks.

  • n8n version 1.84.1
  • Database: Postgres, Redis
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS default
  • Running n8n via Docker
  • Truenas Scale 24.10.2
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This is being run with docker? On a VPS? I am unsure what Truenas Scale is. Just a VPS provider or something more complex?

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Truenas it’s NAS (self-hosted server) operating system: https://www.truenas.com. And yes, n8n being run in docker.

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White kind of firewall systems do they have? Are you installing the custom node in the docker instance itself or the system? I believe it should be within the n8n container itself.

For community nodes, you can try:

or

for private nodes:

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If anyone else has this problem, I have already found a solution. The easiest way is to do a fresh installation of n8n from the apps library and set UID and GID to 1000 both. If you try to change the UID/GID later, it won’t work. Make sure you do this during the installation in UI.

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