How to Read/Write local disk?

[shrey]

Hi.

In n8n, often one needs to access (read/write) host filesystem (from inside n8n).

The way it's usually implemented, via Docker, is to map a volume on the host system to a directory in the n8n container fs.

Example:

  - /app/data/files:/home/cloudron/files

But i can't seem to find a way to implement this mapping.

[shrey]

@shrey said in How to Read/Write local disk?:

Hi.

In n8n, often one needs to access (read/write) host filesystem (from inside n8n).

The way it's usually implemented, via Docker, is to map a volume on the host system to a directory in the n8n container fs.

Example:

  - /app/data/files:/home/cloudron/files

But i can't seem to find a way to implement this mapping.

It seems that the entire host fs is available via direct path:
/app/...

[murgero]

@shrey You can access that filesystem in my.domain.com (your cloudron instance) and select the settings for the app in there and select the file manager or terminal.

[shrey]

@shrey said in How to Read/Write local disk?:

Hi.

In n8n, often one needs to access (read/write) host filesystem (from inside n8n).

The way it's usually implemented, via Docker, is to map a volume on the host system to a directory in the n8n container fs.

Example:

  - /app/data/files:/home/cloudron/files

But i can't seem to find a way to implement this mapping.

It seems that the entire host fs is available via direct path:
/app/...

[shrey]

Hi @murgero .

Sorry, the query is specifically for accessing files from within n8n (Have updated my OP).

Nevertheless, found out how to go about it.

[AmbroiseUnly]

@shrey Could you post the solution? I'm also stuck with it

Tried various things but none worked, and error messages are completely useless, logs, too.

[AmbroiseUnly]

Figured it out.

Note: I manually created a n8n-uploads folder in my case.

In n8n, using the "Read/Write Files from Disk" action:

• File Path and Name: /app/data/n8n-uploads/file.jpeg

/app/data/file.jpeg works out of the box, but I wanted to store all my files in the same folder.

Here is a video:
https://www.loom.com/share/5e6bccdbd19842a489cc10f90ea871d4

[ROLD55]

@AmbroiseUnly
Great, this helps me finally