Deploy n8n to Cloud — Defang
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Deploy n8n to Cloud

One command. No DevOps. Your n8n workflows running on AWS in minutes.

terminal
$ defang new n8n
  Scaffolding n8n project...
$ defang compose up
  ● Provisioning AWS resources...
  ● Deploying n8n + Postgres...
  ● Configuring SSL & networking...
  ✓ Deployed!
  Live at https://n8n.my-app.defang.dev
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n8n
CrewAI
LangGraph
AutoGen
Mastra
Strands
Next.js
FastAPI
Django
Express
PostgreSQL
Redis

Cloud deployment
is broken for builders.

You built something great. Now you need to deploy it. Suddenly you're deep in IAM policies, VPC configurations, security groups, load balancers, SSL certificates, and database provisioning. You didn't sign up for this.

Cloud providers give you infinite power but zero guidance. The result? Developers spend more time fighting infrastructure than building products. Teams hire expensive DevOps engineers just to get a container running. Startups burn weeks on setup before writing a single line of business logic.

Defang is the radically simple deployment platform. We sit between your code and the cloud, turning a Docker Compose file into a fully provisioned, production-ready deployment on your own AWS or GCP account. No vendor lock-in. No black-box infrastructure. Your cloud, your data, our automation.

Whether you're deploying n8n workflows, AI agents with CrewAI or LangGraph, or a full-stack web app, Defang handles the undifferentiated heavy lifting—so you can focus on what you actually care about: shipping your product.

YOUR CODE
compose.yaml
DEFANG
Automates
YOUR CLOUD
AWS / GCP
IAM Roles VPC + Subnets SSL Certs Load Balancer Security Groups Database DNS Monitoring

Deploy n8n to AWS
in under 5 minutes.

No Terraform. No CloudFormation. No Kubernetes manifests. Just three commands.

1

Install Defang & scaffold n8n

One-line install, then generate your n8n project

terminal
# Install Defang CLI
$ eval "$(curl -fsSL s.defang.io/install)"
 
# Scaffold n8n project
$ defang new n8n
$ cd n8n
Generates a production-ready compose.yaml with n8n, Postgres, and all the right config.
2

Set your secrets

Defang generates secure values for you

terminal
$ defang config set POSTGRES_PASSWORD N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY --random
✓ Generated secure values
 
$ defang config set DB_POSTGRESDB_SSL_ENABLED=true DB_POSTGRESDB_SSL_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=false
✓ Configs saved
The --random flag auto-generates cryptographically secure values.
3

Deploy to AWS

One command and you're live

terminal
$ defang compose up
 
● Analyzing compose.yaml...
● Provisioning AWS resources...
● Deploying n8n + Postgres...
● Configuring SSL certificate...
 
✓ Deployed!
Live at https://n8n-prod.my-app.defang.dev
Defang handles IAM roles, networking, security groups, load balancers, SSL, and database provisioning. All automatically.
DEPLOYMENT COMPLETE
📦
YOUR CODE
compose.yaml
DEFANG
Automates
☁️
AWS
Production
🔗
YOUR APP
n8n is live

Skip the DevOps.
Ship what matters.

Defang handles everything between your code and the cloud.

One Command Deploy

No Terraform, no CloudFormation, no K8s. defang compose up does it all.

Your Cloud, Your Data

Deploy directly to your AWS or GCP account. Your data stays under your control.

Agentic CLI

Plain English to deploy and debug. Auto-remediates common issues as they happen.

Named Stacks

One project, infinite deployments. Dev, staging, production, or per-customer from one codebase.

AI Agent Ready

Native support for CrewAI, LangGraph, Mastra, n8n. Bedrock and Vertex AI built in.

Deploy from IDE

Works with Cursor, VS Code, Claude, Kiro via the Defang MCP Server.

Why not just do it yourself?

You could. But here's what that actually looks like.

Manual AWS Defang
Setup time Hours to days ~5 minutes
IAM configuration Manual policies Automatic
SSL certificates Manual setup Automatic
Database provisioning RDS + security groups Automatic
Networking VPC, subnets, routing Automatic
Updates & rollbacks Manual process One command
Scaling Auto-scaling groups, target tracking Built-in
Security best practices Research & implement yourself Enforced by default
Logs & observability CloudWatch setup + dashboards Automatic
Multi-environment Duplicate infra per env Named stacks
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The most powerful way
to deploy anything.

n8n is just the beginning. Deploy any Docker Compose app to any cloud account.

Agentic CLI
Natural language deployment and auto-remediation
Named Stacks
Per-customer deployments from one codebase
Zero-Config AWS
Connect GitHub to AWS and ship. No IAM headaches.
Deploy from IDE
Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code—ship without switching
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