2026-09-22
In this guide we install n8n on a server with the FastPanel control panel using Docker Compose. n8n itself runs in containers together with PostgreSQL, Redis and a separate worker, while FastPanel handles the domain, …
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This guide shows how to deploy n8n in Docker and expose it to the outside via HAProxy — a reverse proxy that accepts HTTPS and forwards requests to n8n. The instructions are aimed at beginners: each step is explained. …
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n8n workflows using language models carry two types of risks. On the input side, a user can send personal data, an API key, or an attempt to “jailbreak” the model’s instructions. On the output side the …
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When a single n8n process can no longer handle the number of executions, it is scaled: workflow executions are offloaded to separate worker processes, webhook reception to separate processes, and user code to isolated …
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Cloud automation services — Zapier, Make, Albato — and their comparison with n8n are covered in the third part of the series. This article is about something else: which platforms you can deploy on your own server …
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Xano — a cloud platform for building backends without coding. Database tables and API logic are assembled in a visual editor: input parameters, database queries, conditions, loops, calls to external services. Each such …
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Appwrite — an open backend platform that was originally designed for installation on your own server. The code is released under the BSD-3-Clause license. There is also a cloud version, Appwrite Cloud, but the primary …
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Firebase — Google’s platform for mobile and web applications. Unlike Supabase, it is built on document databases and runs entirely in Google Cloud infrastructure: the source code is closed, and you cannot install …
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Supabase — a backend platform based on PostgreSQL. It combines a database, an automatically generated REST API, user sign-up and sign-in, file storage, server functions, and change subscriptions. The code is released …
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While automation ties together ready-made services — CRM, email, messenger, spreadsheets — data is stored inside those services. When a custom application, a client personal account or an internal accounting system …
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