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Build real-world automation workflows using n8n from day one. Explore cloud, Docker, and VPS deployments while mastering APIs, data handling, and workflow logic. Extend your systems with agentic AI, structured error handling, loops, and evaluation techniques for production-grade automation. Automation is no longer optional for modern teams. This learning journey begins with a clear introduction to n8n, its strengths, limitations, pricing model, and hosting options so you can choose the right setup for your goals. You’ll quickly move from theory to practice by building your first workflows in the cloud, integrating APIs, and connecting services such as Telegram while understanding executions, logs, and workflow history. Next, the course expands into professional deployment paths, including Docker-based local hosting and VPS configurations for full control and scalability. You’ll explore credentials management, triggers, JSON data structures, expressions, execution order, and workflow testing strategies. Through structured build-and-learn projects, you’ll create inbox automation systems with labeling, deduplication, and dataset comparisons while mastering debugging and optimization. Finally, you’ll step into advanced automation with agentic AI, sub-workflows, error-handling strategies, retries with exponential backoff, loops for rate-limit control, and model evaluations for AI quality. By the end, you will confidently design reliable, scalable automation systems ready for production use. Targeted at developers, automation engineers, and technical professionals with basic API knowledge and familiarity with JSON. This course is designed for developers, automation engineers, technical founders, and IT professionals who want full control over workflow automation using n8n. It suits those interested in API integrations, AI-driven processes, and self-hosted infrastructure. A basic understanding of APIs, JSON, and command-line usage is recommended. Familiarity with Docker is helpful but not mandatory, as deployment is covered step by step. The course follows a build-as-you-learn structure where each concept is immediately applied in a working workflow. Foundational theory is introduced only when necessary to support practical implementation. Progressive projects reinforce understanding while expanding from simple automation to AI-powered, production-ready systems. This course is based on n8n + AI for Beginners - Business Automation Essentials, by David Pedley. This video is licensed and distributed by Packt. All rights reserved. Packt is one of the world's most prolific publishers of cutting-edge technical content. For over two decades we've made it our mission to curate and publish the knowledge of only the very best technical experts. We focus on real-world courses that help our customers get the job done, with coverage that extends across a wide range of established and cutting-edge technical topics. If you're an individual or an organisation that embraces learning by doing, Packt is the perfect fit for you.

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9 модулей · 74 учебных материалов

01An Introduction To n8n and This Course11 материалов

Unveiling n8n: From Basics to Deployment Decisions

What is n8n?ВидеоWhat can you do with it?ВидеоWhat's with the name?Видеоn8n's - OriginsВидеоWhat n8n is GOOD atВидео

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What n8n is NOT good atВидео
n8n Plans and PricesВидео
Community Edition - The sustainable use licenceВидео
Community Edition - What features are free?Видео
Hosting Choices - Cloud vs Local vs VPSВидео
Selecting the Right Hosting for n8n WorkflowsDIALOGUE
02Getting Started (using n8n cloud)10 материалов

Building Your First Workflow: A Hands-On Introduction to n8n Cloud

Exploring the interface and understanding the main featuresВидеоSetting up an n8n accountВидеоNavigating in the workflow editorВидеоQuick first workflow - Part1 - Calling an API using HTTP requestВидеоQuick first workflow - Part 2 - Setting up Telegram and getting a chat IDВидеоThe workflow editor, executions, logs, evaluations, and workflow historyВидеоThe n8n template library (and it's issues)ВидеоImporting, exporting workflows, copying and pasting workflow nodesВидеоNavigating the n8n InterfaceDIALOGUENavigating and Using a Workflow Automation PlatformЗадание
03Locally hosting n8n using Docker (Optional)8 материалов

Mastering Local n8n Deployment with Docker

Why Docker?ВидеоA quick tour of Docker and it's featuresВидеоDocker pre-requisitesВидеоInstalling Docker desktop (Windows)ВидеоInstalling and setting up n8n on DockerВидеоUpdating your n8n Docker imageВидеоTroubleshooting a Dockerized n8n DeploymentDIALOGUEGetting Started with Docker for Workflow AutomationЗадание
04Running your own n8n VPS (Optional)7 материалов

Mastering n8n VPS Configuration and Maintenance

Walkthrough setup for a budget $/mo VPSВидеоCreating ssh aliases to make connecting to your VPS easyВидеоUpdating your n8n Docker image VPSВидеоUsing PowerShell functions to make server monitoring and updates a breezeВидеоFixing our config by setting n8n environment variables using composeВидеоConfiguring n8n on a VPS with DockerDIALOGUEDeploying and Managing Secure Docker Services with VPSЗадание
05Build & Learn - The Basics15 материалов

Mastering Workflow Automation with n8n

Setting and storing important credentials (API keys, passwords etc)ВидеоTriggers & production / development workflows (add a trigger - schedule gmail)ВидеоBasic concepts - node input and output (Schema, Table & JSON Views)ВидеоHow n8n handles data, understanding a little JSON is never a bad thingВидеоUsing CODE or EDIT nodes to make data easier to work withВидеоUsing expressions to turn input data into AI promptsВидеоHow many times does a node execute? (It depends)ВидеоPinning mock data whilst testingВидеоGetting at data from earlier in the workflow (node-links) and how that can failВидеоThe order of execution (what happens when 2 paths leave one node?)ВидеоWorkflow executions, partial executions, dirty and deactivated nodesВидеоExpanding our workflow to create labels, (deduplication and dataset comparison)ВидеоApplying labels to emails and using sticky notes to visually define our workflowВидеоConfiguring Secure API Workflows in n8nDIALOGUEAutomating Email Workflows with Gmail and AIЗадание
06Build & Learn - Agentic AI6 материалов

Designing Intelligent Workflows with Agentic AI

Agentic AI - What are agents? Re-creating our workflow the agentic wayВидеоAgentic AI - Setting up tools and allowing the agent to set parametersВидеоAgentic AI - Giving detailed step-by-step instructions to our agentВидеоAgentic AI vs Classic messaging - Comparing token usageВидеоDesigning Agentic WorkflowsDIALOGUEImplementing AI Agents with Gmail Label ManagementЗадание
07Build & Learn - Settings, Overcoming Errors and Sub-Workflows7 материалов

Mastering Workflow Configuration and Error Resilience

Workflow settings and what they do, storing execution progressВидеоUsing sub-workflows to simplify larger workflowsВидеоCreating and using an error handler workflowВидео3 ways to handle errorsВидеоRetrying API requests and a simple and exponential backoff and retry templateВидеоDesigning a Robust Error-Handling WorkflowDIALOGUEWorkflow Settings and Error Handling in Automation PlatformsЗадание
08Build & Learn - Loops5 материалов

Mastering Loop Structures and Error Resilience in Automation

Looping and batching (to avoid API rate limits and throttling)ВидеоUnderstanding branching in loops and fixing double counted items with MergeВидеоUpdating our Inbox manager to throttle requests and handle errorsВидеоUnderstanding Loop Control and Batch ProcessingDIALOGUEManaging Batches and Errors in Automated WorkflowsЗадание
09Build & Learn - Evaluations5 материалов

Mastering AI Evaluation Techniques and Quality Metrics

Evaluations - Why you should use them and how to evaluate different AI modelsВидеоEvaluations - adding quality metricsВидеоSetting Up AI Model Evaluation WorkflowsDIALOGUEAutomation Workflow Evaluation FundamentalsЗаданиеThe n8n + AI for Beginners - Business Automation Essentials Final AssessmentЗадание