{"id":6152,"date":"2026-01-13T14:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&p=6152"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T03:40:19","slug":"install-n8n-vps-ssh","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/kb\/install-n8n-vps-ssh","title":{"rendered":"Quick and Easy n8n Installation on VPS via SSH"},"content":{"rendered":"
How to Install n8n via Terminal SSH?<\/p>\n

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    Log in to your VPS<\/a> as root<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    ssh root@your_server_ip\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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      Update the server<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      apt update -y && apt upgrade -y\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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        Install required packages<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        apt install -y curl ca-certificates gnupg\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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          Install Docker<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          curl -fsSL https:\/\/get.docker.com | sh\r\nsystemctl start docker\r\nsystemctl enable<\/span> docker\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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            Install Docker Compose<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            curl -L \"https:\/\/github.com\/docker\/compose\/releases\/latest\/download\/docker-compose-$(uname -s)<\/span><\/span>-$(uname -m)<\/span>\" \\\r\n-o \/usr\/local\/bin\/docker-compose\r\nchmod<\/span> +x \/usr\/local\/bin\/docker-compose\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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              Create n8n directory<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              mkdir<\/span> -p \/opt\/n8n && cd<\/span> \/opt\/n8n\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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                Create Docker Compose file<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                nano docker-compose.yml\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
                Paste:<\/p>\n
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                version:<\/span> \"3\"<\/span>\r\nservices:<\/span>\r\n  n8n:<\/span>\r\n    image:<\/span> n8nio\/n8n<\/span>\r\n    restart:<\/span> always<\/span>\r\n    ports:<\/span>\r\n      -<\/span> \"5678:5678\"<\/span>\r\n    volumes:<\/span>\r\n      -<\/span> .\/n8n_data:\/home\/node\/.n8n<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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                  Start n8n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  docker-compose up -d\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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                    Verify n8n is running<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                    docker ps\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
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                      Access n8n Web Interface<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                      <\/div>\n
                      http:\/\/your_server_ip:5678<\/em><\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
                      How to Install n8n via Terminal SSH? Log in to your VPS as root ssh root@your_server_ip Update the server apt update -y && apt upgrade -y Install required packages apt install -y curl ca-certificates gnupg Install Docker curl -fsSL https:\/\/get.docker.com | sh systemctl start docker systemctl enable docker Install Docker Compose curl -L “https:\/\/github.com\/docker\/compose\/releases\/latest\/download\/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)” \\ -o \/usr\/local\/bin\/docker-compose chmod…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[50],"kbtag":[1715],"class_list":["post-6152","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-how-to","kbtag-n8n"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/6152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6152"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/6152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6245,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/6152\/revisions\/6245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=6152"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servergigabit.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=6152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}