Readable Workflow Export & Deployment Pipeline for Multi-Environment CI/CD — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⚡ Trigger13 nodes💎 Other👁 279 viewsby Klaasjan te Voortwis

Overview

This n8n workflow template uses community nodes and is only compatible with the self-hosted version of n8n.

Export workflows with readable names, tagged for different environments

To ensure understandable workflow exports, ease of use in delivery pipelines, and a better developer experience, this workflow helps with exporting workflows.

Inner workings First, the workflow ensures that the directory structure for storing the workflows is correct. Exports all workflows. Next, it processes all w

Nodes used

Remove root nodeTAG? Auto deploy to PRODSticky Note7Start export workflowsCreate folders and run n8n cliStore named workflow (prod)parse workflowCreate JSON file with readable name (prod)

Workflow Preview

export
add the data in exports folder with readable names
n8n export workflows
add the data in exports folder per workflow
export
add files to the import-dev folder if they should auto
export
add files to the import-dev folder if they should auto
Export workflows
- All workflows will be stored, first with their ID as
- These files will be processed and stored again with a
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Dockerfile
```
FROM docker.io/n8nio/n8n:stable
Some default n8n settings
ENV N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_PERMISSIONS=true
ENV N8N_RUNNERS_ENABLED=true
docker-files/importing-docker-entrypoint.sh
```
!/bin/sh
https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/blob/master/docker/images
mount this file in /importing-docker-entrypoint.sh and
Example files for us in a delivery pipeline
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Remove root node
T
TAG? Auto deploy to dev
T
TAG? Auto deploy to PROD
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S
Start export workflows
C
Create folders and run n…
L
load exported workflows
P
parse workflow
C
Create JSON file with r…
S
Store named workflow
C
Create JSON file with r…
C
Create JSON file with r…
S
Store named workflow (dev)
S
Store named workflow (pr…
13 nodes12 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a trigger trigger.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 13 nodes, connecting converttofile, executecommand, extractfromfile.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (13)

RE

Remove root node

set

#1
TA

TAG? Auto deploy to PROD

if

#2
ST

Sticky Note7

stickyNote

#3
ST

Start export workflows

manualTrigger

#4
CR

Create folders and run n8n cli

executeCommand

#5
ST

Store named workflow (prod)

readWriteFile

#6
PA

parse workflow

extractFromFile

#7
CR

Create JSON file with readable name (prod)

convertToFile

#8

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded readable-workflow-export-deployment-pipeline-for-multi-environment-cicd file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Readable Workflow Export & Deployment Pipeline for Multi-Environment CI/CD", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

converttofileexecutecommandextractfromfileifmanualtriggerreadwritefileset

Get This Workflow

Download and import in one click

Download JSONView on n8n.io
Nodes13
Complexitymedium
Triggertrigger
Views279
CategoryOther

Created by

Klaasjan te Voortwis

Klaasjan te Voortwis

@voortwis

Tags

converttofileexecutecommandextractfromfileifmanualtriggerreadwritefileset
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