How To Safely Update n8n on Hostinger VPS (Without Losing Your Workflows)

Description

**In this tutorial, you will learn about Docker about the process of updating self-hosted version of n8n on Hostinger VPS and learn why it is safe.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn:

• Is it safe to update n8n on Hostinger VPS?
• What are Docker Containers?
• What are Docker Volumes?
• How To Update n8n on Hosting VPS?
• How To Use Browser Terminal & Dashboard To Inspect Docker
• Why it is safe to update n8n.

**How To Update N8N (Docker Version)
**https://support.hostinger.com/en/articles/11767754-how-to-update-n8n

**How To Update N8N on Hostinger VPS (Tutorial):
**https://youtu.be/tsSo9tC8J3g?si=CY557wDye9r0fk-6

Docker:
https://www.docker.com/

n8n
https://n8n.io
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List Docker Containers: docker ps
List Docker Volumes: docker volume ls
Inspect Volumes: docker volume inspect n8n_data
Peek Inside Volumes: ls /var/lib/docker/volumes/n8n_data/_data

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✅ Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:40 Is Your N8N Data Safe?
00:57 What You Will Learn
01:14 What is N8N?
01:30 What is Hostinger VPS?
02:03 What is Docker?
02:17 Installing Hostinger VPS
02:55 Check VPS OS & N8N
03:13 What is a Docker Container?
03:49 What is in Docker Volume?
04:16 VPS + Container + Volume
04:41 What is Persistent Storage?
05:24 Updating N8N Walkthrough
06:56 Docker Volume Role
07:41 List Docker Containers
08:04 Terminal_List Docker Containers
08:27 Terminal_List Docker Volumes
08:59 Terminal_Inspect Volumes
09:29 Terminal_Peek Inside
09:43 Docker Manager_Containers
10:33 Docker Manager_Volumes
11:19 Murphy’s Law + Question
11:59 Recap_How To Confirm N8N Setup
12:41 Bonus: Update Demo
13:22 Did Docker Volumes Get Removed?
13:55 Recap of Update Steps

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🪜How To Update N8n on Hostinger VPS:

1. Visit Hostinger.com
2. Sign In To Account
3. Click ‘Browser Terminal’ to launch Terminal
4. Visit: https://support.hostinger.com/en/articles/11767754-how-to-update-n8n
5. Follow the Steps (copy & paste)
6. Pull the latest version of the n8n image docker compose pull
7. Stop and remove the currently running containers: docker compose down
8. Start n8n with the updated image: docker compose up -d
9. Return to Hostinger
10. Click on ‘Manage App’
11. Confirm n8n has been updated

How To Check Docker Containers in Terminal:

1. Visit Hostinger.com
2. Sign In To Account
3. Click ‘Browser Terminal’ to launch Terminal
4. List Docker Containers: docker ps
5. List Docker Volumes: docker volume ls

How To Check Docker Containers in VPS Dashboard:

1. Visit Hostinger.com
2. Sign In To Account
3. Click ‘VPS’ in the Sidebar
4. Click on ‘Docker Manager’
5. Twirl open ‘Root’
6. Click ‘Manage’
7. Locate ‘n8n’ and click ‘Edit’
8. Image = Docker Container
9. Volume = Docker Volume