N8n hosting set up on Digital Ocean

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