🚀 Docker Environment: N8N + Postgres + Redis + Waha + Ngrok

This repository provides a complete Docker-based environment to run N8N with Postgres, Redis, Waha (WhatsApp Gateway), and Ngrok for secure public exposure.

📂 Project structure

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├── docker-compose.yml # Docker services definition
├── .env # Environment variables (⚠️ do not commit to public repos!)
├── ngrok.yml # Ngrok tunnel configuration
└── README.md # This guide

🔧 Included services

• Postgres → Database for N8N
• Redis → Cache / messaging
• Waha → WhatsApp gateway
• N8N → Workflow automation tool
• Ngrok → Secure tunnel to expose N8N publicly

▶️ How to use

1. Set up your .env (example):

   NGROK_TOKEN=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE

2. Configure ngrok.yml (only if you change the N8N location/container):

tunnels:
  n8n:
    proto: http
    addr: n8n:5678

3. Start the containers:

docker compose up -d

4. Stop containers:

docker compose down

5. Check logs (ngrok URL):

docker compose logs -f

🌍 Access Points

N8N → http://localhost:5678 or verifying the Ngrok container logs/dashboard on https://dashboard.ngrok.com/endpoints

Waha → http://localhost:3000

Postgres → Port 5432

Redis → Port 6379

Ngrok → Displays public URL in logs

📌 Restart from scratch

docker compose down -v
docker compose up -d --build