Scaling & Operating n8n
Advanced · 12 lessons
Queue mode, custom nodes, enterprise auth, observability, CI/CD and disaster recovery for teams running n8n at scale.
Start lesson 1- 1Queue mode & workersScale horizontally: main process, Redis queue, and independent worker containers.45 min
- 2Postgres tuning for n8nControl executions-table growth, indexes, and pruning settings.30 min
- 3Building custom nodes (TypeScript)Scaffold, implement and test your own reusable n8n node package.60 min
- 4Community nodes: install & audit safelyVet third-party nodes for security before installing them on a self-hosted instance.25 min
- 5Enterprise auth: SSO, LDAP & SAMLWire a self-hosted instance into your company identity provider.35 min
- 6External secrets managersPull credentials from Vault or AWS Secrets Manager instead of storing them in n8n.30 min
- 7Observability: logs, metrics & tracingShip n8n logs and Prometheus metrics into Grafana dashboards you can page from.40 min
- 8CI/CD for workflowsAutomate deploying workflow JSON from Git to n8n instances via the public API.45 min
- 9Backups & disaster recoverypg_dump automation, volume snapshots, and a tested restore runbook.30 min
- 10Multi-tenant & multi-project patternsIsolate customers or teams safely using Projects, folders and scoped credentials.30 min
- 11Performance profiling a workflowFind slow nodes, memory spikes, and payload-size bottlenecks before they hit production.30 min
- 12Advanced capstone: HA production stackDesign and document a highly-available n8n stack: queue mode, managed Postgres, backups, monitoring.90 min