Getting this error when connecting to the web GUI. Haven't done any changes and there are no notes in the install notes:

Your n8n server is configured to use a secure cookie,
however you are either visiting this via an insecure URL, or using Safari.

To fix this, please consider the following options:

• Setup TLS/HTTPS (recommended), or

• If you are running this locally, and not using Safari, try using localhost instead

• If you prefer to disable this security feature (not recommended), set the environment variable N8N_SECURE_COOKIE to false

I just added this container to my Unraid server and got this same message when I surf to the WebUI. Using IP address or FQDN does not matter. (http://10.0.99.114:5678 or http://n8n.home.local:5678).
I did followed the instructions on how to set up the container.

Does the container answer on any other port using HTTPS? If that would help.
Or is the only option to actually disable secure cookie?

On 9/12/2025 at 6:30 PM, UnspokenDrop7 said:

I just added this container to my Unraid server and got this same message when I surf to the WebUI. Using IP address or FQDN does not matter. (http://10.0.99.114:5678 or http://n8n.home.local:5678).
I did followed the instructions on how to set up the container.

Does the container answer on any other port using HTTPS? If that would help.
Or is the only option to actually disable secure cookie?

Yeah, seems like a pre-built container should work out of the box... Or at least have notes stating what else needs to be done.

I'm trying to add the perplexity node but getting an error when I enter my api and save it, see error below. I think it has to do with n8n setup in unraid but unsure what I need to fix it? Has anybody else tried this?

Error:

Couldn’t connect with these settings 

Bad request - please check your parameters

Initial setup fails
Hello, I would like to install N8N.

I have the default settings and I am not getting any error messages.

However, the page will not open and when I try to look at the logs, the window closes again immediately.

Is there a tutorial or guide somewhere?

Thank you.

On 8/9/2025 at 2:46 PM, nerbonne said:

Getting this error when connecting to the web GUI. Haven't done any changes and there are no notes in the install notes:

Your n8n server is configured to use a secure cookie,
however you are either visiting this via an insecure URL, or using Safari.

To fix this, please consider the following options:

• Setup TLS/HTTPS (recommended), or

• If you are running this locally, and not using Safari, try using localhost instead

• If you prefer to disable this security feature (not recommended), set the environment variable N8N_SECURE_COOKIE to false

I too am still getting this error after setting the container variable to not use secure cookies

On 10/3/2025 at 9:04 AM, Thomas_H said:

Initial setup fails
Hello, I would like to install N8N.

I have the default settings and I am not getting any error messages.

However, the page will not open and when I try to look at the logs, the window closes again immediately.

Is there a tutorial or guide somewhere?

Thank you.

i am having this same issue, no success as i cannot even get it running

13 hours ago, xamievilx said:

i am having this same issue, no success as i cannot even get it running

The issue is simply the config directory default is not pointing at the correct app data folder, and then it doesn't have the correct permissions.

To fix it:

1. Edit the n8n container, change the Config directory to "/mnt/user/appdata/n8n" and apply that change.

2. Stop the container.

3. From an Unraid terminal run the following: chown -R 1000:1000 /mnt/user/appdata/n8n

4. Start the container.

That should do it!

If you get the 'SSL' error when loading the webpage, you need to add a new variable to the template, N8N_SECURE_COOKIE with the value of FALSE

the webhook variable in the template ended up making me bang my head against the desk for about 24 hours until I realized my production webhook url was not my server IP.
I had set a base URL to expose the docker to receive google authentication, it changed my test URL to my domain name, but kept the production URL as an IP. but WRONG IP !!!

I was trying to add other docker URL variables to fix the "issue" when I saw your existing variable set to 192.168.1.161

Im not sure if I overlooked this variable during setup, or if I assumed it was set to this IP for a reason... without remembering I have this IP reserved for something in my house.

It is bad practice to hardcode IP addresses in the unraid docker templates.
best practice is to leave blank for user to fill in, or use localhost, as it is usually the most likely choice.

Thanks for setting up the template regardless!

Edited November 4, 2025Nov 4 by TRusselo

On 10/4/2025 at 10:38 PM, sqrlmasta said:

I too am still getting this error after setting the container variable to not use secure cookies

On 10/5/2025 at 7:45 PM, xamievilx said:

i am having this same issue, no success as i cannot even get it running

you can always re-open the logs after the container has shut down for the info you missed before the log window closed on you.
But as previous user mentioned

On 10/6/2025 at 9:19 AM, Snubbers said:

The issue is simply the config directory default is not pointing at the correct app data folder, and then it doesn't have the correct permissions.

To fix it:

1. Edit the n8n container, change the Config directory to "/mnt/user/appdata/n8n" and apply that change.

2. Stop the container.

3. From an Unraid terminal run the following: chown -R 1000:1000 /mnt/user/appdata/n8n

4. Start the container.

That should do it!

If you get the 'SSL' error when loading the webpage, you need to add a new variable to the template, N8N_SECURE_COOKIE with the value of FALSE

I'm receiving the same error on v1.120.4:

My setup is local only.

Edited November 19, 2025Nov 19 by d_buster

@d_buster same here..

22 hours ago, d_buster said:

I'm receiving the same error on v1.120.4:

My setup is local only.

Anyone know if this issue is being worked on? Seems like there are a few folks with the same problem.

Edited November 20, 2025Nov 20 by d_buster

Template should be marked deprecated, it no longer works on a clean install

Workaround is by set a specific (older) version. -> https://hub.docker.com/r/n8nio/n8n/tags
this one worked for me:
n8nio/n8n:1.119.2

Edited November 20, 2025Nov 20 by timae146
wrong link

5 hours ago, timae146 said:

Workaround is by set a specific (older) version. -> https://hub.docker.com/r/n8nio/n8n/tags
this one worked for me:
n8nio/n8n:1.119.2

This solved my issue. Thank you @timae146

Hi thank you for making this docker.
I installed this docker on my Unraid NAS and can access it just fine from a windows PC, but for some reason, I cannot access n8n webui from my Mac that is on the same local network. I've tried different browsers, disabling firewall, disabling adblocker, VPN and the only message I get is "Error connecting to n8n Could not connect to server. Refresh to try again".

What could be causing this problem?

Edited November 22, 2025Nov 22 by raccoon76

For those with accessibility problems, I have found that I needed to  manually set permissions on /appdata/n8n to RW for all users.

Maybe that will help.

I see there is a new n8n app from Balya in the app store. Has anyone tried it?

3 hours ago, RichardU said:

I see there is a new n8n app from Balya in the app store. Has anyone tried it?

I've install it, its a older version but works fine... the variable "false" is now working and i can use it...the other version still has this problem.

Watched this YT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMoRt-etQio&t=882s to get a bit of a feel to n8n and in the chapter it talks about adding an Execute command node, but the instance of this image doesn't seem to have this command available. Am I missing out on something here in regards to setting it up?

Turns out Execute Command is disabled by default, can enable via docu -> https://docs.n8n.io/hosting/securing/blocking-nodes/#enable-nodes-that-are-blocked-by-default

Edited December 23, 2025Dec 23 by Morthan

Hi guys, I´m having issues setting up tailscale inside the docker container.

I´m on Unraid 7.2.4 and installed the latest version.

These are my settings.

I am able to start the docker and get connection localy.

When trying to implement tailscale for external access I´ll get an error of docker not having root priviliges.

What can I do?

Thank you.

updated today and lost my projects.. it happened last time as well. Either the update broke something , or i have confiugured something wrong. It now lands on setup page. last time i was able to backup DB before its was too late , this time its lost.

How do i prevcent such lose in future ?

Does anyone know how to add chromium node to this docker easily? Trying to allow N8N to download stuff remotely from chrome headless.