Skip to content

Hosting n8n on Porter Cloud#

This hosting guide shows you how to self-host n8n on Porter Cloud. It uses n8n with Postgres as a database backend.

Prerequisites#

You must have a Postgres instance in order to use n8n. You can either provide the connection information of an existing instance, or provision a new one for free via the Porter Cloud Datastores offering.

Use the deploy to Porter button to one-click deploy n8n#

The quickest way to get started with deploying n8n to Porter Cloud is using the Deploy to Porter button:

Deploy

After sign-up or login, you will be redirected to the n8n form, where you can specify configuration for the n8n instance you are about to deploy.

Next steps#