n8n Hosting
Official hosting configurations for n8n -- the workflow automation platform.
Requirements & supported versions
n8n doesn't publish a version-by-version support matrix -- its policy is to support
actively-maintained releases of its dependencies. Use the table below as a starting point and
confirm against the linked n8n docs for the release you're deploying.
| Component | Supported / recommended | Notes |
|---|
| n8n | Latest stable release | Pin a specific image tag for production rather than relying on stable/latest. |
| PostgreSQL | 17 or 18; 16 for compatibility | Recommended database for production. n8n supports the latest two actively-maintained majors, plus one older major for compatibility. Run the latest minor of your major. The templates here deploy 18. |
| Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL | Experimental | Offered by the HA CloudFormation template for its faster failover. PostgreSQL-compatible rather than upstream PostgreSQL, so n8n doesn't test or certify it and the version policy above doesn't cover it. |
| SQLite | Bundled | Default when queue mode is off. Fine for development and small single-instance setups. |
| MySQL / MariaDB | Not supported | Deprecated as the n8n backend in v1.0 and removed in v2.0 -- use PostgreSQL. (The MySQL node is unaffected.) |
| Redis | 7+ recommended | Only needed for queue mode. Redis 6+ is required if you set a Redis username. |
| Valkey | Redis-compatible drop-in for queue mode | Not separately version-guaranteed by n8n; verify against your n8n release. |
For the authoritative details, see:
Kubernetes (Helm Chart)
The official n8n Helm chart for production Kubernetes deployments.
helm install n8n oci://ghcr.io/n8n-io/n8n-helm-chart/n8n -f my-values.yaml
See the chart README for full documentation and the examples directory for common configurations.
Docker Compose
AWS CloudFormation (ECS Fargate)
See aws-cloudformation/ecs-fargate/ for an AWS ECS Fargate example with multi-main queue mode, RDS PostgreSQL, ElastiCache Redis, S3 binary storage, HTTPS through an Application Load Balancer, and worker autoscaling.
Kubernetes (Raw Manifests)
See kubernetes/ for raw Kubernetes manifest examples used in cloud provider tutorials (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Documentation
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License -- see LICENSE.md for details.
