Step-by-step guide: n8n from zero to your first workflow
Choose the mode, create the owner, webhooks, Python and JavaScript, SMTP, credentials, backups and rollback.
What it creates
It is an image template: it needs a plan with Docker images and one free image slot. See Plans and limits.
What the wizard asks
What you get
The app address, and the next step: open it and create the owner account right away. Secrets (the encryption key and the runners token) are generated for you.Variables
Resources and limits
- Port 5678; first boot 25 to 60 seconds. Editor memory use about 300 to 540 MiB, worker 330 to 560 MiB.
- Data in
/app/.n8n; community nodes in/app/.n8n/nodes. - One worker at most; zero-downtime deploy is off; rollback returns the data too.
- Execution history is deleted after 7 days or 5,000 executions.