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Setup guide
Self-Host n8n on a Budget
VPS, domain and Cloudflare — your own automation server in an afternoon
Skip the monthly cloud plan. This step-by-step guide takes you from an empty VPS to a secure n8n instance on your own domain, with HTTPS through Cloudflare and automatic backups.
What you'll learn
- Picking a VPS and installing n8n with Docker
- Pointing your domain and securing it with Cloudflare
- Environment variables, updates and backups
- Common errors and how to fix them