Error installing community nodes on n8n
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@BrutalBirdie said in Error installing community nodes on n8n:
I am not sure but it looks like it.
I just tried adding this to the ..EXTERNAL but i seems did not have the desired effect.
@girish maybe you can chime in and give some insight.
I guess this module as to be added via us devs?As I understand it, there is no possibility to add community nodes in Cloudron-n8n.
Unfortunately, I am also not skilled enough to perform such actions directly at the server level. -
Has anyone ever installed a n8n-community-node on their cloudron-n8n and can tell me how?
I am trying to install the following node 'n8n-nodes-ninox' via settings and failing miserably.
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JOduMonTreplied to girish on Sep 23, 2022, 12:17 AM last edited by JOduMonT Sep 23, 2022, 12:18 AM
@girish said in Error installing community nodes on n8n:
If the modules are deployed dynamically
Let's make n8n great again
I believe it's a relatively new function in n8n; it's under setup
while on the cloudron log side it's look like:
Sep 23 02:05:19 npm command failed Sep 23 02:05:19 ERROR RESPONSE Sep 23 02:05:19 ResponseError: Error loading package "n8n-nodes-g4whatsapp":Package could not be installed - check logs for details Sep 23 02:05:19 at /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/api/nodes.api.js:79:15 Sep 23 02:05:19 at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>) Sep 23 02:05:19 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) Sep 23 02:05:19 at async /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/ResponseHelper.js:90:26 { Sep 23 02:05:19 httpStatusCode: 500 Sep 23 02:05:19 } Sep 23 02:05:38 npm command failed Sep 23 02:05:38 ERROR RESPONSE Sep 23 02:05:38 ResponseError: Error loading package "n8n-nodes-g4whatsapp":Package could not be installed - check logs for details Sep 23 02:05:38 at /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/api/nodes.api.js:79:15 Sep 23 02:05:38 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) Sep 23 02:05:38 at async /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/ResponseHelper.js:90:26 { Sep 23 02:05:38 httpStatusCode: 500 Sep 23 02:05:38 } Sep 23 02:09:43 npm command failed Sep 23 02:09:43 ERROR RESPONSE Sep 23 02:09:43 ResponseError: Error loading package "n8n-nodes-finnhub":Package could not be installed - check logs for details Sep 23 02:09:43 at /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/api/nodes.api.js:79:15 Sep 23 02:09:43 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) Sep 23 02:09:43 at async /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/ResponseHelper.js:90:26 { Sep 23 02:09:43 httpStatusCode: 500 Sep 23 02:09:43 } Sep 23 02:09:59 npm command failed Sep 23 02:09:59 ERROR RESPONSE Sep 23 02:09:59 ResponseError: Error loading package "n8n-nodes-telegram-polling":Package could not be installed - check logs for details Sep 23 02:09:59 at /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/api/nodes.api.js:79:15 Sep 23 02:09:59 at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5) Sep 23 02:09:59 at async /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/ResponseHelper.js:90:26 { Sep 23 02:09:59 httpStatusCode: 500 Sep 23 02:09:59 }
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benborgesreplied to robi on Oct 25, 2022, 8:45 AM last edited by benborges Oct 25, 2022, 8:47 AM
Having the same issue, I think cloudron package need to be modified to allow community nodes to be installed.
n8n-nodes-rss-feed-trigger
Oct 25 10:41:44 2022-10-25T08:41:43.938Z | warn | npm command failed "{\n errorMessage: 'Command failed: npm install n8n-nodes-rss-feed-trigger\\n' +\n 'npm ERR! code EROFS\\n' +\n 'npm ERR! syscall mkdir\\n' +\n 'npm ERR! path /home/cloudron/.npm\\n' +\n 'npm ERR! errno EROFS\\n' +\n \"npm ERR! rofs Invalid response body while trying to fetch https://registry.npmjs.org/n8n-nodes-rss-feed-trigger: EROFS: read-only file system, mkdir '/home/cloudron/.npm'\\n\" +\n 'npm ERR! rofs Often virtualized file systems, or other file systems\\n' +\n \"npm ERR! rofs that don't support symlinks, give this error.\\n\" +\n '\\n' +\n 'npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:\\n',\n file: 'helpers.js',\n function: 'executeCommand'\n}" Oct 25 10:41:44 ERROR RESPONSE Oct 25 10:41:44 ResponseError: Error loading package "n8n-nodes-rss-feed-trigger":Package could not be installed - check logs for details Oct 25 10:41:44 at /app/code/node_modules/n8n/dist/src/api/nodes.api.js:79:15
The old way of packaging custom npm modules could be ditched in favor of the ability to install community nodes https://www.npmjs.com/search?ranking=popularity&q=keywords%3An8n-community-node-package
is there any plan to do so ?
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@benborges how does this work from a deployment perspective. Let's say you deploy 5 custom node modules. What happens after an update? How is the installation of these modules tracked ?
I checked their SaaS offering and they don't allow installing community modules.
Any suggestions welcome.
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I just tried the upstream offering and found that n8n cloud does not support community modules, not even in the latest version. I am questioning now if it makes even sense for us to bend around making that possible, which will surely result in breakage if community modules are not updated and tested against new n8n versions. If upstream can't even support this, while they have per-customer instances (probably also some kind of containerization) I don't think we can support that.
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@nebulon said in Error installing community nodes on n8n:
If upstream can't even support this, while they have per-customer instances (probably also some kind of containerization) I don't think we can support that.
I know next to nothing about this, but perhaps it's just like hosted WordPress.com (where basically no plugin are allowed, unless you upgrade and then a few become available), and self-hosting WordPress where you can install as many plugins you like.
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@benborges yeah, I was only checking if you know how this works deployment wise. Atleast, upstream I cannot find information about this.
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@UweG said in Error installing community nodes on n8n:
Is it generally not possible to install community nodes on Cloudron-n8n?
It is possible, I am using io.n8n.cloudronapp@2.14.0 (n8n v0.201.0):
- open the app terminal
- go to custom extensions folder
cd /app/data/custom-extensions/
- install your desired community packages, e.g.
npm i n8n-nodes-directus
- start editing the file
/app/data/env
with the File Manager and add these line:
export N8N_CUSTOM_EXTENSIONS=/app/data/custom-extensions/
- Last but not least: restart the app and find the node in the Add Node panel
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@dev-cb Ohhh this is exciting, wondering what happens if N8N gets an upgrade that breaks a community node..what would be the upgrade path? wait for community node upgrade, then upgrade existing installed custom packages and restart N8N ?
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OK, I found some interesting notes at https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/community-nodes/installation/ . Investigating if that works for us.
edit: https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/community-nodes/troubleshooting/ is a better link
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@benborges Can't restart N8N after doing this
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benborgesreplied to kevin.k on Dec 5, 2022, 11:58 AM last edited by benborges Dec 5, 2022, 11:59 AM
@kevin-k Strange...can you try to revert back to a working backup, reinstall community modules again, reboot once again and go to that page see if everything stick ?
I had issues first time I installed, had to reinstall once, but then it went smooth...