Automate n8n Credential Restoration From GitHub
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Ensure the continuity of your n8n operations with this automated workflow, designed to restore all your instance credentials directly from GitHub backups. Quickly recover from data loss or easily migrate your setup by pulling essential authentication details from a securely managed repository.
About This Workflow
Losing critical n8n credentials can halt your automated workflows and disrupt business operations. This n8n workflow provides a robust solution for disaster recovery and seamless environment migration by automating the restoration of all your n8n instance credentials from a designated GitHub repository. By leveraging GitHub as a secure, version-controlled backup location, you can quickly re-establish your connections, ensuring minimal downtime. The workflow intelligently fetches individual credential files, converts them to n8n-compatible formats, and even includes logic to skip empty or internal n8n account credentials, offering a streamlined and error-resilient recovery process.
Key Features
- Automated Credential Recovery: Restore all n8n credentials from GitHub with a single trigger.
- GitHub Integration: Seamlessly connect to your GitHub repository to fetch backup files.
- Configurable Repository Path: Easily specify the owner, repository name, and folder path for your credential backups.
- Smart Credential Filtering: Automatically skips empty credential files and internal n8n API accounts during restoration to prevent errors.
- Manual Trigger Activation: Initiate the restoration process precisely when needed for controlled recovery.
How To Use
- Import the Workflow: Download and import this workflow into your n8n instance.
- Configure GitHub Credential: Ensure you have an active GitHub API credential configured in n8n with access to your backup repository.
- Configure n8n API Credential: Set up an n8n API credential that allows the workflow to manage credentials within your n8n instance. This credential usually requires
adminscope. - Update Globals Node:
- Open the
Globalsnode. - Update the
repo.ownervalue to your GitHub username. - Update the
repo.namevalue to the name of your GitHub repository containing the backups. - Update the
repo.pathvalue to the specific folder path within your repository where credentials are stored (e.g.,credentials/).
- Open the
- Customize Skipping Logic (Optional): If you need to skip other specific credentials, open the
Check for skipped Credentialsnode and adjust its conditions. - Run the Workflow: Click the "Test workflow" button on the
When clicking ‘Test workflow’node to initiate the restoration process.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "a85252a0-0819-4879-ae85-ac4827a402b8",
"name": "Automate n8n Credential Restoration From GitHub",
"nodes": 11,
"category": "DevOps",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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About the Author
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Infrastructure Expert
Specializing in CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes automations.
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