Automate N8N Workflow Backups to GitHub
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This workflow automates the process of backing up your n8n workflows directly to a GitHub repository. It intelligently checks for changes and either updates existing files or creates new ones, ensuring your workflow configurations are always version-controlled.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow provides a robust solution for automatically backing up your n8n workflow definitions to GitHub. It leverages a combination of n8n's HTTP Request, Function, and GitHub nodes to achieve this. The workflow starts by fetching all n8n workflows, then iterates through each one. For every workflow, it retrieves its current state from GitHub. A sophisticated comparison logic determines if the workflow is new, has been modified, or remains unchanged. Based on this assessment, the workflow either creates a new file in GitHub, updates an existing one, or does nothing. This ensures that your n8n workflows are consistently backed up and version-controlled in your GitHub repository, providing a safety net and a clear history of your automation configurations.
Key Features
- Automated Workflow Backups: Schedule daily backups of your n8n workflows to a designated GitHub repository.
- Intelligent Change Detection: Compares current n8n workflows with existing GitHub files to identify new, modified, or unchanged workflows.
- Version Control Integration: Seamlessly updates or creates workflow files in GitHub with clear commit messages.
- Configurable Repository: Easily define your GitHub owner, repository name, and file path for storing backups.
- Error Handling: Includes options to continue on failure for uninterrupted execution.
How To Use
- Set up GitHub Credentials: Configure your GitHub API credentials within n8n by navigating to
Credentials>GitHuband providing your Personal Access Token. - Configure Global Settings: In the
Globalsnode, update therepo.owner,repo.name, andrepo.pathparameters to match your GitHub repository details where you want to store the workflow backups. - Adjust Trigger Time: Modify the
Daily @ 20:00cron node to set your desired backup schedule. - Connect Nodes: Ensure the connections between the nodes are correctly established as shown in the workflow diagram. The
On clicking 'execute'manual trigger can be used for testing. - Execute the Workflow: Trigger the workflow manually or wait for the scheduled execution to start the backup process.
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Workflow JSON
{
"id": "cae556ba-4911-4eb3-864b-459f51fcfc3e",
"name": "Automate N8N Workflow Backups to GitHub",
"nodes": 26,
"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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