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📚 Add documentation about n8n in Docker with PostgresDB

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Jan Oberhauser 2019-07-25 12:54:16 +02:00
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n8nio/n8n
```
## Use with MongoDB
### Start with other Database
Instead of SQLite, it is also possible to run n8n with MongoDB.
By default n8n uses SQLite to save credentials, past executions and workflows.
n8n however also supports MongoDB and PostgresDB. To use them simply a few
environment variables have to be set.
It is important to still persist the data in the `/root/.n8` folder. The reason
is that it contains n8n user data. That is the name of the webhook
@ -78,6 +80,9 @@ for the credentials. If none gets found n8n creates automatically one on
startup. In case credentials are already saved with a different encryption key
it can not be used anymore as encrypting it is not possible anymore.
#### Use with MongoDB
Replace the following placeholders with the actual data:
- MONGO_DATABASE
- MONGO_HOST
@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ docker run -it --rm \
--name n8n \
-p 5678:5678 \
-e DB_TYPE=mongodb \
-e DB_MONGODB_CONNECTION_URL="mongodb://MONGO_USER:MONGO_PASSWORD@MONGO_SERVER:MONGO_PORT/MONGO_DATABASE" \
-e DB_MONGODB_CONNECTION_URL="mongodb://<MONGO_USER>:<MONGO_PASSWORD>@<MONGO_SERVER>:<MONGO_PORT>/<MONGO_DATABASE>" \
-v ~/.n8n:/root/.n8n \
n8nio/n8n \
n8n start
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A full working setup with docker-compose can be found [here](../../compose/withMongo/README.md)
#### Use with PostgresDB
Replace the following placeholders with the actual data:
- POSTGRES_DATABASE
- POSTGRES_HOST
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD
- POSTGRES_PORT
- POSTGRES_USER
```
docker run -it --rm \
--name n8n \
-p 5678:5678 \
-e DB_TYPE=postgresdb \
-e DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=<POSTGRES_DATABASE> \
-e DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=<POSTGRES_HOST> \
-e DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=<POSTGRES_PASSWORD> \
-e DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=<POSTGRES_PORT> \
-e DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=<POSTGRES_USER> \
-v ~/.n8n:/root/.n8n \
n8nio/n8n \
n8n start
```
## License
n8n is licensed under **Apache 2.0 with Commons Clause**