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Run ☁️ n8n workflow automation on Apify without hosting setup. Three modes: interactive dashboard with auto-backup 💾, headless webhook execution for CI/CD 🔧, or persistent standby server. Your workflows and credentials survive between runs. Pay only for compute time used.
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n8nDataBackupstringOptional
📦 Upload a ZIP file from a previous run to restore your workflows, credentials, and settings.
✅ Leave empty to start fresh 📥 Download backups from Key-Value Store after each run 🔄 Automatically created on shutdown in Normal mode
Default value of this property is ""
runModeEnumOptional
Choose how n8n should execute:
🖥️ Normal: Interactive dashboard with auto-shutdown ⚡ Webhook: Execute workflows via API calls then exit (no backup created)
"normal": string"webhook": stringDefault value of this property is "normal"
startWebhooksarrayOptional
⚡ (Webhook Mode Only) List of webhook endpoints to trigger sequentially.
💡 Use branded URLs like: https://apify.com/dz_omar/webhook/your-id 🔄 Actor converts them to live URLs automatically ❌ Ignored in Normal mode
Default value of this property is [{"url":"https://apify.com/dz_omar/webhook/test-webhook","method":"POST","payload":"{\"test\": \"data\"}"}]
shutdownDelaySecondsintegerOptional
⏰ Seconds to wait before auto-shutdown when idle (Normal mode only)
🔹 Timer starts if user never logs in 🔹 Logout triggers immediate 2-second shutdown 🔹 No shutdown while user is logged in ❌ Ignored in Webhook mode
Default value of this property is 120
DB_SQLITE_POOL_SIZEintegerOptional
SQLite concurrent connection limit
• Default: 2 (recommended) • Higher: More parallel queries (uses more RAM) • Lower: Saves memory (may bottleneck)
⚠️ Only change if you understand database pooling
Default value of this property is 2
N8N_BLOCK_ENV_ACCESS_IN_NODEbooleanOptional
Restrict workflow nodes from reading process.env
• false (default): Nodes can access env vars • true: Blocks access for security (may break workflows)
⚠️ Enable only if you know which workflows use env vars
Default value of this property is false
MIN_NODE_VERSIONintegerOptional
Required Node.js major version
• Default: 20 (recommended) • Lower: May work but unsupported • Higher: Forces newer runtime
⚠️ Only change if customizing Docker image
Default value of this property is 20
HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUTintegerOptional
Milliseconds to wait per healthcheck before considering it failed
• Default: 5000ms (5 seconds) • Lower: Faster failure detection (may cause false alarms) • Higher: More tolerant of slow startups
⚠️ Tune for your environment's cold-start speed
Default value of this property is 5000
HEALTHCHECK_MAX_ATTEMPTSintegerOptional
Number of healthcheck retries before failing startup
• Default: 60 attempts (~3 minutes with default interval) • Lower: Fail faster on bad deployments • Higher: More patient with slow systems
⚠️ Higher values = longer total startup wait time
Default value of this property is 60
HEALTHCHECK_INTERVALintegerOptional
Milliseconds between healthcheck attempts
• Default: 3000ms (3 seconds) • Lower: More aggressive polling (higher CPU/network) • Higher: Less frequent checks (slower detection)
⚠️ Balance between responsiveness and resource usage
Default value of this property is 3000
PROCESS_START_TIMEOUTintegerOptional
Milliseconds to wait for n8n process to start
• Default: 5000ms (5 seconds) • Lower: Fail faster on broken images • Higher: Tolerate slower container startups
⚠️ Only increase if you see consistent spawn delays
Default value of this property is 5000
SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUTintegerOptional
Milliseconds to wait for clean n8n shutdown before force-killing
• Default: 5000ms (5 seconds) • Lower: Faster shutdown (risk: data loss) • Higher: More time for workflow cleanup
⚠️ Only modify if you understand SIGTERM handling
Default value of this property is 5000