n8n Self-Hosting with Docker Compose: Production Templates and Ops Checklist
Introduction TL;DR: This post focuses on production-grade n8n self-hosting. We cover Docker Compose templates (single & queue mode), Postgres/Redis, reverse proxy TLS, webhook URL correctness, backups, and monitoring. In practice, most self-hosting incidents come from URL/webhook mismatch, lost encryption keys, and runaway execution data growth. We’ll harden those first. 1) Design decisions that matter in production n8n defaults to SQLite for credentials, executions, and workflows, and supports Postgres for self-hosted setups. n8n’s database environment variable docs also state that MySQL/MariaDB support was deprecated in v1.0, so Postgres is the safe default for new deployments. ...