6 Full Example

Full example

This example shows the information needed to run N8n.

Container overview

#	Name	Standard container	What standard	Version
A	Postgres	yes	Postgres	18
B	N8n	no	-	-

Container A: Postgres

Standard container - no additional configuration needed.

Container B: N8n

Container image: repo

Repo URL + tag: docker.io/n8nio/n8n:latest

User and group:

uid: 1000
gid: 1000

Entrypoint:

"tini",
"--",
"/docker-entrypoint.sh"

Working directory: /home/node

Environment variables

Image env vars

"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin",
"NODE_VERSION=22.19.0",
"YARN_VERSION=1.22.22",
"NODE_ICU_DATA=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/full-icu",
"NODE_ENV=production",
"N8N_RELEASE_TYPE=stable",
"SHELL=/bin/sh",

Runtime env vars

"N8N_LISTEN_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0",
"N8N_PORT=8080",
"WEBHOOK_URL=https://{{.BublAppUrl}}",
"N8N_PATH=/",
"N8N_HOST={{.BublAppUrl}}",
"N8N_PROTOCOL=https",
"N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=https://{{.BublAppUrl}}",
"N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=true",
"N8N_DIAGNOSTICS_ENABLED=false",
"DB_TYPE=postgresdb",
"DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=127.0.0.1",
"DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432",
"DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n",
"DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=n8n",
"DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=n8n"

Persistent mount points

/home/node/.n8n

Non-persistent mount points

[
  {
    "destination": "/proc",
    "type": "proc",
    "source": "proc",
    "options": ["nosuid", "noexec", "nodev"]
  },
  {
    "destination": "/dev",
    "type": "tmpfs",
    "source": "tmpfs",
    "options": ["nosuid", "strictatime", "mode=755", "size=65536k"]
  },
  {
    "destination": "/sys",
    "type": "sysfs",
    "source": "sysfs",
    "options": ["nosuid", "noexec", "nodev", "ro"]
  },
  {
    "destination": "/dev/pts",
    "type": "devpts",
    "source": "devpts",
    "options": ["nosuid", "noexec", "newinstance", "ptmxmode=0666", "mode=0620", "gid=5"]
  },
  {
    "destination": "/dev/shm",
    "type": "tmpfs",
    "source": "shm",
    "options": ["nosuid", "noexec", "nodev", "mode=1777", "size=65536k"]
  },
  {
    "destination": "/tmp",
    "type": "tmpfs",
    "source": "tmpfs",
    "options": ["nosuid", "nodev", "mode=1777", "size=100m"]
  },
  {
    "destination": "/var/run",
    "type": "tmpfs",
    "source": "tmpfs",
    "options": ["nosuid", "nodev", "mode=755", "size=100m"]
  },
  {
    "destination": "/home/node/.cache",
    "type": "tmpfs",
    "source": "tmpfs",
    "options": ["nosuid", "nodev", "mode=755", "size=100m", "uid=1000", "gid=1000"]
  },
  {
    "destination": "/home/node/.npm",
    "type": "tmpfs",
    "source": "tmpfs",
    "options": ["nosuid", "nodev", "mode=755", "size=50m", "uid=1000", "gid=1000"]
  }
]

Health check

Type: http
URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/healthz
Ready: http status 200