What should I learn to scale n8n?

I’ve been using n8n for small projects in startups. So a simple installation usually does the job (like an Oracle Free Tier server, with only one docker container).

But I’ve been wondering if I’ll be able to scale when needed.

I’m not a developer even though I have some programming skills and used Linux for 10 years.

What should I know how to do when it comes the time?

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hello @solomon

It depends on the architecture. Basically - how to work with n8n in queue mode. More deeply - how to operate something heavy, like Kubernetes.

A single instance is not well-scaled. You will eventually hit the ceiling with the instance size or DB size.

So n8n in queue mode + db in cluster mode + Application load balancer are your best friends :slight_smile:

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