From 87d652bce0f95cb5d0edeeae2e3acf98ea20554a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Deborah Barnard Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:37:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] API warning, privacy tip, additional env var --- docs/reference/user-management.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/user-management.md b/docs/reference/user-management.md index 9721bd8c5..d36600a0c 100644 --- a/docs/reference/user-management.md +++ b/docs/reference/user-management.md @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ User management in n8n allows you to invite people to work in your n8n instance. User management is available for self-hosted n8n. It isn't currently available for Cloud or Desktop. +::: tip Privacy +The user management feature doesn't send personal information, such as email or username, to n8n. +::: + +::: warning Breaking change for API users +Upgrading to any n8n version that includes user management will cause calls to the frontend API to break. +::: + ## Account types There are two account types, owner and member. The account type affects the user permissions and access. @@ -107,6 +115,7 @@ This sections contains advice on best practices relating to user management in n * We recommend that owners create a member-level account for themselves. Owners can see all workflows, but there is no way to see who created a particular workflow, so there is a risk of overriding other people's work if you build and edit workflows as an owner. * Users must be careful not to edit the same workflow simultaneously. It is possible to do it, but the users will overwrite each other's changes. +* To move workflows between accounts, export the workflow as JSON, then import it to the new account. Note that this action loses the workflow history. * Webhook paths must be unique across the entire instance. This means each webhook path must be unique for all workflows and all users. By default, n8n generates a long random value for the webhook path, but users can edit this to their own custom path. If two users set the same path value: * The path works for the first workflow that is run or activated. * Other workflows will error if they try to run with the same path.