N8N on AWS

n8n-on-aws.md

N8N on AWS

1. Create EC2 instance:

• linux/ubuntu 20.04
• MINIMUM 2GB RAM
• Click create

2. Make sure to add 443 port in security groups
3. Create Cloudflare domain pointing at server IP address, proxy status - DNS ONLY
4. SSH to instance and follow instructions:

Install packages

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential certbot nginx python3-certbot-nginx

Set environment variables

export AUTOMATION_HOST="n8n.domain.com"
export TECH_EMAIL="[email protected]"

Install Node.js, NPM, PM2, N8N

curl -L https://bit.ly/n-install | bash -s -- -y lts
source ~/.bashrc
npm i -g npm n8n pm2

Configure nginx and SSL

sudo bash -c "cat > /etc/nginx/sites-available/$AUTOMATION_HOST" << EOF
server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;
  root /var/www/html;
  index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
  server_name $AUTOMATION_HOST;
  location / {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:5678;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Connection '';
    proxy_set_header Host \$host;
    chunked_transfer_encoding off;
    proxy_buffering off;
    proxy_cache off;
  }
}
EOF
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/$AUTOMATION_HOST /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx
sudo certbot --nginx --agree-tos --redirect -d $AUTOMATION_HOST -m $TECH_EMAIL -n

Start n8n and configure launch on server reboot

pm2 start n8n
cat > ecosystem.config.js << EOF
module.exports = {
  apps: [{
    name: "n8n",
    env: {
      N8N_PROTOCOL: "https",
      N8N_HOST: "$AUTOMATION_HOST",
      WEBHOOK_URL: "https://$AUTOMATION_HOST/"
    }
  }]
}
EOF
pm2 start ecosystem.config.js
sudo env PATH=$PATH:/home/ubuntu/n/bin /home/ubuntu/n/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup systemd -u ubuntu --hp /home/ubuntu
pm2 save