# Back up n8n workflows to Nextcloud: n8n workflow template

> Started by a clock, and works across Discord. 9 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/back-up-n8n-workflows-to-nextcloud (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Alerts and monitoring](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Alerts+and+monitoring#library)

# Back up n8n workflows to Nextcloud

Started by a clock, and works across Discord. 9 steps, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 2 Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Manual Execution Trigger** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Scheduled Workflow Backup** Cron *Starts it*
- 3 **Retrieve All Workflows** N8n *Service*
- 4 **Split Workflow IDs** Split Out *Logic*
- 5 **Batch Process Workflows** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 6 **Notify Discord of Completion** Discord *Service*
- 7 **Fetch Workflow Data** N8n *Service*
- 8 **Transfer Workflow File** Move Binary Data *Service*
- 9 **Upload to NextCloud** Next Cloud *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 9, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Discord
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Discord account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 9 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fback-up-n8n-workflows-to-nextcloud)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Discord](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Discord#library)

## Workflows like it

Also alerts and monitoring, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Centralized error monitoring & alerts with Telegram and Slack** 9 steps · Discord, Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/centralized-error-monitoring-and-alerts-with-telegram-and-sl)
- [**Discord setup guidelines - get all channels & categories** 9 steps · Discord](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/discord-setup-guidelines-get-all-channels-and-categories)
- [**Monitor.my domains with MYNIC RDAP and Gmail** 9 steps · Discord, Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-my-domains-with-mynic-rdap-and-gmail)
- [**RPA-first task with Airtable and Discord** 9 steps · Airtable, Discord](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/rpa-first-task-with-airtable-and-discord)
- [**Send Webflow form submissions to Discord dynamically** 9 steps · Discord](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/send-webflow-form-submissions-to-discord-dynamically)