docker run -d --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -e DB_TYPE=postgresdb -e DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n -e DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres -e DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=n8n -e DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=secret -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n

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docker run -d --name n8n -p 5678:5678 -e DB_TYPE=postgresdb -e DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=n8n -e DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=postgres -e DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=n8n -e DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=secret -v n8n_data:/home/node/.n8n docker.n8n.io/n8nio/n8n

Run n8n against a Postgres database

Connects the container to a PostgreSQL database named n8n on host postgres, how production deployments separate the database from the app container. The database, user, and password must already exist in Postgres. Keep the volume mounted anyway for encryption keys and logs.
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