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📚 Add documentation for some more environment variables

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@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ It is possible to change some of the n8n defaults via special environment variab
The ones that currently exist are: The ones that currently exist are:
## Execution Data Manual Runs
n8n creates a random encryption key automatically on the first launch and saves
it in the `~/.n8n` folder. That key gets used to encrypt the credentials before
they get saved to the database. It is also possible to overwrite that key and
set it via an environment variable.
```bash
export N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY="<SOME RANDOM STRING>"
```
## Execution Data Manual Runs ## Execution Data Manual Runs
Normally executions which got started via the Editor UI will not be saved as Normally executions which got started via the Editor UI will not be saved as
@ -51,6 +63,17 @@ export NODES_EXCLUDE="[\"n8n-nodes-base.executeCommand\",\"n8n-nodes-base.writeB
``` ```
## Custom Nodes Location
Every user can add custom nodes that get loaded by n8n on startup. The default
location is in the subfolder `.n8n/custom` of the user which started n8n.
Additional folders can be defined via an environment variable.
```bash
export N8N_CUSTOM_EXTENSIONS="/home/jim/n8n/custom-nodes;/data/n8n/nodes"
```
## Timezone ## Timezone
The timezone is set by default to "America/New_York". It gets for example used by the The timezone is set by default to "America/New_York". It gets for example used by the
@ -64,3 +87,15 @@ export GENERIC_TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
You can find the name of your timezone here: You can find the name of your timezone here:
[https://momentjs.com/timezone/](https://momentjs.com/timezone/) [https://momentjs.com/timezone/](https://momentjs.com/timezone/)
## User Folder
User-specific data like the encryption key, SQLite database file, and
the ID of the tunnel (if used) get by default saved in the subfolder
`.n8n` of the user which started n8n. It is possible to overwrite the
user-folder via an environment variable.
```bash
export N8N_USER_FOLDER="/home/jim/n8n"
```