install_n8n.yml

---
- name: Install n8n.io via Docker on Ubuntu
  hosts: all  # Replace with your server's hostname or IP
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  tasks:
    - name: Install required packages
      apt:
        name: ['apt-transport-https', 'ca-certificates', 'curl', 'software-properties-common']

    - name: Allow the connection to port 5678
      ufw:
        rule: allow
        port: "5678"
        comment: "Allow n8 incoming traffic"

    - name: Create n8n data directory
      file:
        path: /var/n8n_data
        state: directory
        owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
        group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
        mode: '0755'

    - name: Create n8n docker-compose file
      template:
        src: docker-compose.yml.j2
        dest: /var/n8n_data/docker-compose.yml
        owner: "{{ ansible_user }}"
        group: "{{ ansible_user }}"
        mode: '0644'

    - name: Start n8n container
      command: docker-compose -f /var/n8n_data/docker-compose.yml up -d
      environment:
        COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT: '300'
      args:
        chdir: /var/n8n_data
      ignore_errors: yes
      register: n8n_start_result

    - name: Check n8n container status
      command: docker ps -f name=n8n
      register: n8n_status
      failed_when: n8n_status.rc != 0 and n8n_status.rc != 1

    - name: Show n8n container status
      debug:
        var: n8n_status.stdout_lines

    - name: Check if n8n container started successfully
      debug:
        msg: "n8n container is up and running!"
      when: "'Up' in n8n_status.stdout"