Restore All Your n8n Workflows From Google Drive Backup
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Effortlessly restore all your n8n workflows from Google Drive backups with this powerful automation. Ideal for disaster recovery, instance migrations, or recovering from accidental deletions, it saves significant time and prevents manual errors.
About This Workflow
Manually restoring multiple n8n workflows is a time-consuming and error-prone process, especially critical during instance migrations or disaster recovery scenarios. This workflow automates the bulk import of n8n workflows, which have been previously backed up as JSON files to a designated Google Drive folder. It ensures rapid recovery, simplifies instance migration to a new n8n server, and maintains the data integrity of your crucial automations. This template is an indispensable tool for n8n administrators seeking resilience and efficiency, ideally paired with a complementary backup solution.
Key Features
- Automated Google Drive Integration: Seamlessly connects to your Google Drive to locate and retrieve all specified workflow backup files.
- Bulk Workflow Import: Automatically iterates through and imports multiple n8n workflow JSON files into your current n8n instance.
- Error Prevention & Stability: Includes a built-in wait step to manage API requests, significantly reducing the risk of rate limits or system overload during large-scale operations.
- Flexible Manual Trigger: Initiate the entire restoration process on-demand whenever a recovery or migration is required.
- Seamless JSON Parsing: Automatically extracts and processes workflow data from downloaded JSON backup files, ensuring accurate and complete imports.
How To Use
- Import the Template: Upload this workflow JSON file into your n8n instance.
- Configure Google Drive Credentials: For the "Google Drive Get All Workflows" and "Google Drive Download Workflow" nodes, create or select your Google Drive OAuth2 API credentials. Ensure these credentials have read access to the folder where your backups are stored.
- Configure n8n API Credentials: For the "n8n Create Workflow" node, set up n8n API credentials that have permissions to create (and potentially update) workflows in your n8n instance. This typically requires an API key with appropriate access levels.
- Specify Google Drive Backup Folder (CRITICAL):
- Open the "Google Drive Get All Workflows" node.
- Navigate to the
Filtersection and locate theFolder IDparameter. - Crucially, replace the default folder URL/ID with the URL or ID of your specific Google Drive folder where your n8n workflow JSON backup files are stored.
- Run the Workflow: Execute the workflow manually using the "Clicking Trigger" node to initiate the bulk restoration process.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "8cb05921-7596-4ad8-a33d-6d5346f75677",
"name": "Restore All Your n8n Workflows From Google Drive Backup",
"nodes": 6,
"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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