Environment variables overview

This section lists of environment variables that you can use to change n8n's configuration settings when self-hosting n8n.

File-based configuration

You can provide a configuration file for n8n. You can also append _FILE to certain variables to provide their configuration in a separate file.

• Credentials
• Database
• Deployment
• Binary data
• User management and 2FA
• Endpoints
• External hooks
• Executions
• Logs
• External data storage
• Nodes
• Queue mode
• Security
• Source control
• External secrets
• Timezone and localization
• Workflows
• License