# n8n with PostgreSQL Starts n8n with PostgreSQL as database. ## Start To start n8n with PostgreSQL simply start docker-compose by executing the following command in the current folder. **IMPORTANT:** But before you do that change the default users and passwords in the [`.env`](.env) file! ``` docker-compose up -d ``` To stop it execute: ``` docker-compose stop ``` ## Configuration The default name of the database, user and password for PostgreSQL can be changed in the [`.env`](.env) file in the current directory.