Hi,
we keep all our infrastructure in the cloud with Digital Ocean and to optimize costs, we would like to host n8n there as well.
However, when trying to create a droplet and follow the steps given in the n8n documentation, I have not been able to make it work. This is the second time I have created a subdomain and droplet, but in both cases, although the installation is successful without errors, I cannot access the domain. The first attempt was yesterday, and the second one was this morning.
Can you help me understand what I might be doing wrong?
1. Install Docker
sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL [https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg](https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg) | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] [https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu](https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu) $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
3. Install Docker-Compose#
sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin
[Digital Ocean - n8n Documentation](https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/installation/server-setups/digital-ocean/)
Clone configuration repository
git clone [https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n-docker-caddy.git](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n-docker-caddy.git)
cd n8n-docker-caddy
Create Docker volume
docker volume create caddy_data
Open ports
sudo ufw allow 80
sudo ufw allow 443
Configure n8n
nano .env
The Docker Compose file
nano docker-compose.yml
Configure Caddy
nano caddy_config/Caddyfile
Start Docker Compose
docker compose up -d
Here are the sources: Docker Compose - n8n Documentation
Digital Ocean - n8n Documentation
Here is my subdomain: n8n.felipewelington.com.br
Here is DNS checker: DNS Checker - DNS Check Propagation Tool
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Hi there,
As far as I can see there is no DNS record for the subdomain name that you’ve shared.
As you are using the Cloudflare nameservers this means that you need to login to your Cloudflare account and add a DNS record for the subdomain name that you would like to use for your n8n setup as described here:
https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/installation/server-setups/digital-ocean/#set-up-dns
Once you add the A record to point to your Droplet, it could take up to 24 hours for the DNS cache to clear over the Globe before you can see the new records.
Let me know how it goes.
Best,
Bobby