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How to deploy n8n on Azure App Service and leverage the benefits provided by Azure.
Hi Gabriel,
Thank you so much for this! This is by far the simplest and most effective method I’ve come across for deploying n8n.
I’ve been using a cloud-based subscription and, to be honest, have been paying a bit too much for n8n hosting. I’ve been exploring ways to host it locally on my Azure infrastructure, and this guide gives me exactly what I needed.
If it’s okay, I had a couple of follow-up questions:
What’s the benefit of using an App Service along with a separate database in this n8n setup?
If a new version of the n8n image is released, would I need to redeploy it manually to get the latest update?
Thanks again for sharing this helpful approach!
Thanks Debasih for you commet. let me explain:
Using Azure App Service with an external database (such as PostgreSQL) in an n8n deployment allows for a clean separation between the application runtime and data persistence, which is critical for scalability and production grade stability. The App Service handles the container lifecycle and supports auto-scaling, while the external database ensures workflows, credentials, and execution history are retained across restarts and deployments something not possible with n8n’s default SQLite setup. Regarding updates, if you use a fixed image tag (e.g., n8nio/n8n:1.49.0), you must manually update the container to get newer versions. Using the latest tag will automatically pull the newest version on each restart, but this is not recommended in production due to the risk of breaking changes. i hope this is helpful for you. :)
