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1. Update System Packages and Install Docker

# Update apt and install Docker engine
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
mkdir -p ~/n8n-docker && cd ~/n8n-docker

2. Create the Production docker-compose.yml

Create docker-compose.yml inside your deployment directory:

version: '3.8'

volumes:
  db_storage:
  n8n_storage:

services:
  postgres:
    image: postgres:16-alpine
    restart: always
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=n8n_user
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=SecurePasswordHere123!
      - POSTGRES_DB=n8n_db
    volumes:
      - db_storage:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD-SHELL', 'pg_isready -h localhost -U n8n_user -d n8n_db']
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 10

  n8n:
    image: docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "5678:5678"
    environment:
      - DB_TYPE=postgresdb
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=5432
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n_db
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=n8n_user
      - DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=SecurePasswordHere123!
      - N8N_HOST=n8n.yourdomain.com
      - N8N_PORT=5678
      - N8N_PROTOCOL=https
      - WEBHOOK_URL=https://n8n.yourdomain.com/
      - GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Asia/Kolkata
      - EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE=true
      - EXECUTIONS_DATA_MAX_AGE=168
    volumes:
      - n8n_storage:/home/node/.n8n
    depends_on:
      postgres:
        condition: service_healthy

3. Launch Stack & Verify Container Health

# Start all services in detached mode
docker compose up -d

# Check running status
docker compose ps
docker compose logs -f n8n