n8n IT Automation Starter Guide
Set up 5 real IT automation workflows in n8n — monitoring alerts, backup notifications, incident tickets, health checks, and report generation — all with downloadable JSON.
5 production-ready n8n workflows for IT sysadmins — monitoring alerts, backup notifications, incident tickets, SSH health checks, and weekly reports. Import-ready JSON + full 8-chapter setup guide + quickstart cheatsheet. Built against n8n v1.x with error handling and embedded setup notes.
## key-features
- ✓5 IT ops n8n workflows as importable JSON files
- ✓Full 8-chapter guide (~5,500 words) with per-workflow setup walkthrough
- ✓Quickstart cheatsheet: Docker Compose install to first workflow in 15 minutes
- ✓Error handling in 3 of 5 workflows (monitoring, incident ticket, health check)
- ✓_astgl_notes embedded in every JSON file for in-editor setup guidance
- ✓Current n8n v1.x node types — no deprecated nodes
- ✓No coding required — all workflows use n8n visual node editor
- ▸main-guide.md — Full 8-chapter guide (~5,500 words)
- ▸quickstart-cheatsheet.md — One-page Docker Compose + first 15 minutes
- ▸README.md — File overview, import instructions, requirements table
- ▸BUILD-NOTES.md — n8n version reference, node type table
- ▸workflows/01-monitoring-alert.json — Service uptime check → Slack/email alert
- ▸workflows/02-backup-notification.json — Backup webhook → formatted notification
- ▸workflows/03-incident-ticket.json — Alert → auto-create Jira or Freshdesk ticket
- ▸workflows/04-health-check.json — SSH health check (disk/mem/CPU) → daily digest
- ▸workflows/05-weekly-report.json — Service status → weekly email report
## goes-well-with
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## not-ready-to-buy
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