myworkspace

WAHA + n8n (w/ persistent nodes)

Database name provided by Railway Postgres plugin

Database host provided by Railway Postgres plugin

Database password provided by Railway Postgres plugin

Database user provided by Railway Postgres plugin

Informs n8n to use PostgreSQL as the database backend

Enables Basic Auth to protect the n8n editor and API

Secure random admin password generated by Railway

Encryption key for credentials; must remain stable across restarts

Enforces secure permissions on n8n settings files

Automatically reinstalls missing community nodes on startup

Trusts Railway reverse proxy headers (required for HTTPS and correct URLs)

Runs container as root, required to access volume at /home/node/.n8n/nodes, where nodes are saved

Public URL used to register and receive webhooks

Public URL to connect to Postgres database, used by the Data panel.

Location where the database will be initialized

Default database created when image is started.

**Primary API key** used to authenticate API calls to WAHA. It’s auto-generated using Railway’s `secret()` function for uniqueness and security.

Base URL of your deployed WAHA instance. It’s automatically set to use your Railway private domain.

Enables the management dashboard (`True` by default).

Dashboard password, automatically generated during deployment.

Username for the WAHA web dashboard (default: `admin`).

Base directory used to persist WhatsApp session data on disk.

Format of application logs (`JSON` for structured output).

Storage backend for files and media (`LOCAL` by default).

Whether to print QR codes in logs for manual session pairing (`False` by default).

Forces all existing WhatsApp sessions to restart when WAHA starts.

Default WhatsApp automation engine (`WEBJS`). Supports connecting multiple WhatsApp accounts.

Path to the folder where WhatsApp files are stored (`/app/.media`).

Lifetime (in seconds) before media files are deleted. `0` means no expiration.

Name of the WhatsApp session that is automatically started on service boot.

Enables the Swagger API documentation (`True` by default).

Password to access the Swagger UI, automatically generated and unique per deployment.

Username to access the Swagger UI (default: `admin`).