FROM node:24-alpine # Set user to root for installation USER root # Arguments that can be passed at build time ARG N8N_PATH=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n ARG BASE_PATH=/root/.n8n ARG DATABASE_PATH=$BASE_PATH/database ARG CONFIG_PATH=$BASE_PATH/config ARG WORKFLOWS_PATH=$BASE_PATH/workflows ARG LOGS_PATH=$BASE_PATH/logs ARG N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=$N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS ARG N8N_HOST=$N8N_HOST ARG N8N_PORT=$N8N_PORT ARG N8N_PROTOCOL=https ARG N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL=$N8N_EDITOR_BASE_URL ARG WEBHOOK_URL=$WEBHOOK_URL ARG GENERIC_TIMEZONE=$GENERIC_TIMEZONE ARG TZ=$TZ ARG N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY=$N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY ARG DB_TYPE=$DB_TYPE ARG DB_POSTGRESDB_SCHEMA=$DB_POSTGRESDB_SCHEMA ARG DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST=$DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST ARG DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE=$DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE ARG DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT=$DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT ARG DB_POSTGRESDB_USER=$DB_POSTGRESDB_USER ARG DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD=$DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD # --- AI Assistant (instance-ai) --- # HF Space containers are not privileged, so n8n's own bundled sandbox # (n8n-sandbox, which needs a privileged Docker-in-Docker runner) cannot # run here. Daytona is a managed/remote sandbox, so it's the only sandbox # provider that works on this host — set these as HF Space *secrets*, # never hardcode real keys into this file or a public repo. ARG N8N_ENABLED_MODULES=$N8N_ENABLED_MODULES ARG N8N_INSTANCE_AI_MODEL=$N8N_INSTANCE_AI_MODEL ARG N8N_INSTANCE_AI_MODEL_API_KEY=$N8N_INSTANCE_AI_MODEL_API_KEY ARG N8N_INSTANCE_AI_SANDBOX_ENABLED=$N8N_INSTANCE_AI_SANDBOX_ENABLED ARG N8N_INSTANCE_AI_SANDBOX_PROVIDER=$N8N_INSTANCE_AI_SANDBOX_PROVIDER ARG N8N_INSTANCE_AI_SANDBOX_IMAGE=$N8N_INSTANCE_AI_SANDBOX_IMAGE ARG DAYTONA_API_URL=$DAYTONA_API_URL ARG DAYTONA_API_KEY=$DAYTONA_API_KEY # Optional: web search for the AI Assistant (also doesn't use the N8N_ prefix) ARG INSTANCE_AI_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY=$INSTANCE_AI_BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY # Install system dependencies RUN apk add --no-cache \ git \ python3 \ py3-pip \ make \ g++ \ build-base \ cairo-dev \ pango-dev \ chromium \ postgresql-client \ ffmpeg \ yt-dlp # Set environment variables ENV PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD=true ENV PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium-browser # Install n8n globally RUN npm install -g n8n@next # Install Gemini CLI globally # RUN npm install -g @google/gemini-cli # Create necessary directories RUN mkdir -p $DATABASE_PATH $CONFIG_PATH $WORKFLOWS_PATH $LOGS_PATH \ && chmod -R 777 $BASE_PATH # Set working directory WORKDIR /data # Set the USER to the non-root user that runs the application USER node # Or USER root, depending on your setup, but 'node' is standard for n8n. # Explicitly create the .n8n directory and ensure permissions are correct # This is typically where n8n looks for instance-settings.json RUN mkdir -p /home/node/.n8n && chown -R node:node /home/node/.n8n # Start n8n CMD ["n8n", "start"]