Hey there! We've found the following might help you get unblocked faster:

• 🧵 How to run cli commands in N8N Primary Service?

• 📚 Migrate to Railway Metal

• 📚 Add a CDN using Amazon CloudFront

If you find the answer from one of these, please let us know by solving the thread!

like whats the purpose of the mount?

Railway deployments take place in an ephemeral container, like a docker container. These containers are destroyed when the deployment is removed, to persist files you mount a volume which stores the files outside of the container so that the files stay safe even when the deployment is removed.

can you provide some insights on backups here in railway?
what does it do ?

Backups on Railway allows you to take a snapshot of the contents of a volume so you can restore it later, these backups can also be automatic. It's worth mentioning that the backup only happens on the volume, not the entire container

also cna i export it right thru cli like my sql dump?

yes, you should be able to