Starting n8n with Cloudflare Tunnel

Overview

This guide helps you set up n8n using a Cloudflare Tunnel for secure remote access.

Prerequisites

• Cloudflared CLI
• Docker Desktop

Quick Start

1. Run setup directly via curl:

# Run full setup including glue code
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinitngr/n8n-tunnel/refs/heads/main/scripts/setup.sh | bash -s -- n8n <Domain(example.com)> 5678 

# OR run setup without glue runN8N generation
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinitngr/n8n-tunnel/refs/heads/main/scripts/setup.sh | bash -s -- n8n <Domain> 5678 --noglue

or

curl -fsSL -o setup.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinitngr/n8n-tunnel/refs/heads/main/scripts/setup.sh
chmod +x setup.sh

./setup.sh # or
./setup.sh --noglue

Configuration Notes

• Falls back to HTTP/2 if QUIC protocol fails
• Works on both MinGW and WSL Linux environments

WSL Integration

If you encounter this error:

$ docker info
The command 'docker' could not be found in this WSL 2 distro.

Enable WSL integration in Docker Desktop settings:

1. Open Docker Desktop
2. Go to Settings > Resources > WSL Integration
3. Enable integration for your distro

For more information, visit: https://docs.docker.com/go/wsl2/

Setup Instructions

setup.md => setup guide.

also a way ( ⚠️ deprecated)

• step 1: setup guide. create tunnel , DNS record and all
• step 2:

# download and run 
curl -fsSL -o runn8n.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinitngr/n8n-tunnel/main/scripts/runn8n.sh

#change the variables
#grant executable permission

chmod +x runn8n.sh

./runn8n.sh

Note: The runn8n.sh script uses specific configurations. You may need to modify variables to match your setup before running it.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinitngr/n8n-tunnel/main/scripts/runn8n.sh | bash