Dockerfile

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

# Install system dependencies (for Web automation, databases, video processing)
RUN apk add --no-cache \
    git \
    python3 \
    py3-pip \
    make \
    g++ \
    build-base \
    cairo-dev \
    pango-dev \
    chromium \
    postgresql-client \
    ffmpeg \
    yt-dlp \
    openssl \
    busybox-extras \
    curl \
    bash \
    unzip \
    libaio

# Puppeteer/Chromium configuration
ENV PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD=true
ENV PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium-browser

# Install n8n globally (will install the latest stable version)
RUN npm install -g n8n

# Create necessary directories
RUN mkdir -p $DATABASE_PATH $CONFIG_PATH $WORKFLOWS_PATH $LOGS_PATH

# Set ownership to the 'node' user for security
RUN chown -R node:node $BASE_PATH

# Set owner and fix write permission for the working directory
RUN mkdir -p /data \
    && chown -R node:node /data

# Set working directory
WORKDIR /data

# Switch to non-root user for execution (CRITICAL FOR SECURITY)
USER node

# Start n8n
CMD ["n8n", "start"]