I just got my N8N setup Quick and Cheap. I tried myself and got super frustrated after wasting a couple hours. I luckily read through comments on here and found a fiverr gig that was awesome. Here are the links and steps you'll need to take to have this setup in less than 48 hours.
- Go here and setup VPS - https://contabo.com/en/vps/ I chose the $5.50 version and prepaid three months because I'm a baller like that. I chose Ubuntu 20.04 as the app. Once you've purchased you will need to get this data from your new account
- What is your server IP?
- What is your VPS root password? same as account password
- What is your timezone (to be set in N8N)?
- What is your domain from which you will access N8N? You will need to point an A Record of a subdomain to the server IP for installation. I chose server.mydomainname.com. For non techies, server is the subdomain and mydomainname.com needs to be switched to whatever domain you set the a record up for
- Share your VPS management credentials (link, user, password) (optional)
2. Go here and hire Alex for $25 - I paid him $40 because he had me up and running in under 24 hours.
Hopefully this helps someone save frustration and time as our time is worth way more than the $20 per hour I paid to have it done for me.