Automated n8n Workflow Backups to GitLab
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Effortlessly safeguard your n8n workflows by automating backups directly to your GitLab repository. This solution ensures your configurations are version-controlled and readily accessible, providing peace of mind and robust disaster recovery.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow automates the critical task of backing up your n8n workflows to a specified GitLab project. Triggered manually, it first gathers essential configuration details, including your GitLab owner, project name, and the desired path for storing workflow definitions. It then intelligently fetches existing workflow files from GitLab to compare against the current n8n workflow data. Based on this comparison, it either creates a new file or updates an existing one with the latest workflow definition. This ensures a clean, versioned history of your n8n setups, accessible and manageable within your GitLab environment for enhanced security and reliability.
Key Features
- Automated Backups: Schedule or manually trigger backups of your n8n workflows.
- GitLab Integration: Seamlessly stores workflow definitions as files in your GitLab repository.
- Version Control: Maintains a history of workflow changes, allowing for easy rollbacks.
- Smart Updates: Detects changes and either creates new files or edits existing ones, preventing duplicates.
- Customizable Storage: Define your GitLab owner, project, and workflow path.
How To Use
- Configure Globals: In the 'Globals' node, set your
gitlab_owner,gitlab_project, andgitlab_workflow_pathvariables. - Set Trigger: Use the 'Backup Now - Manual Trigger' node (or integrate with a scheduled trigger) to initiate the backup.
- Connect n8n: Ensure the 'n8n' node is correctly authenticated with your n8n instance and uses the
tags_to_match_for_backupglobal variable to filter workflows. - Derive Filename: The 'Derive Filename From Workflow Name' node will create a clean, JSON-compatible filename for each workflow.
- Fetch Existing File: The 'Fetch Existing File Content' node retrieves the current version of the workflow file from GitLab.
- Filter Unchanged: The 'Skip Unchanged Files' node compares the fetched content with the current workflow data to determine if an update is necessary.
- Create/Edit File: Use the 'Create New File(s)' and 'Edit Existing File(s)' nodes, which will conditionally execute based on whether the file exists, to upload the latest workflow definition to GitLab. Ensure your GitLab credentials are correctly set up for both nodes.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "87cea6b9-73e3-41e8-9f68-14f2ca09b99f",
"name": "Automated n8n Workflow Backups to GitLab",
"nodes": 5,
"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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