APVISO + n8n Integration

Why connect APVISO with n8n?

Self-Hosted Automation

Run your APVISO automation workflows on your own infrastructure with n8n. No security data passes through third-party automation platforms.

Open Source and Extensible

n8n's open-source nature means you can inspect, modify, and extend the APVISO integration to meet your exact requirements.

Complex Workflow Support

Build multi-step workflows with branching, loops, error handling, and custom code nodes for advanced APVISO data processing.

Setup Guide

Add APVISO Credentials

In n8n, create new APVISO API credentials with your API key. This enables n8n nodes to communicate with your APVISO instance.

Create a Workflow

Use the APVISO trigger node to watch for findings or scan events. Alternatively, use the Webhook node to receive APVISO webhooks directly.

Add Processing and Destination Nodes

Add nodes for data transformation, filtering, and routing. Connect to destination apps like Slack, Jira, email, or databases using n8n's built-in nodes.

How APVISO Integrates with n8n

APVISO's n8n integration brings penetration testing automation to the self-hosted workflow platform. For organizations that prioritize data sovereignty and want full control over their automation infrastructure, n8n ensures APVISO finding data never passes through third-party automation services.

Self-Hosted Security Automation

n8n runs on your infrastructure — a Docker container, Kubernetes deployment, or bare-metal server. When APVISO sends finding data through an n8n workflow, that data stays within your network. For organizations in regulated industries, government agencies, or security-conscious companies, this self-hosted model eliminates concerns about security data transiting through SaaS automation platforms.

APVISO Nodes

The integration provides trigger nodes that watch for APVISO events (new findings, scan completions, report generation) and action nodes that interact with the APVISO API (trigger scans, query findings, download reports). These nodes handle authentication, pagination, and error handling, providing a clean interface for workflow design.

Visual Workflow Design

n8n's visual workflow editor makes it easy to design complex APVISO automation flows. Drag APVISO trigger and action nodes onto the canvas, connect them to processing and destination nodes, and configure each step. The visual representation makes workflows understandable to the entire team, not just developers.

Custom Code Nodes

For advanced use cases, n8n's Code node lets you write JavaScript or Python to process APVISO data. Calculate custom risk scores based on business logic. Enrich findings with data from internal APIs. Generate custom report formats. Transform data into structures required by niche internal tools. This flexibility makes n8n suitable for organizations with unique workflow requirements.

Webhook and Polling Modes

n8n supports both webhook and polling modes for receiving APVISO events. In webhook mode, APVISO sends events to n8n in real-time via HTTP. In polling mode, n8n periodically queries the APVISO API for new events. Webhook mode provides lower latency while polling mode works when n8n is not publicly accessible.

Community and Extensibility

n8n's open-source community contributes nodes, workflow templates, and best practices. The APVISO community template library includes pre-built workflows for common use cases: finding-to-ticket routing, severity-based alerting, compliance evidence collection, and scan scheduling. These templates provide starting points that you can customize for your specific needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why choose n8n over Zapier or Make?▾

n8n can be self-hosted, meaning your APVISO security data stays on your infrastructure. It is also open source and offers custom code nodes for advanced processing. Choose n8n if data sovereignty and customization are priorities.

Does n8n need to be publicly accessible for APVISO webhooks?▾

For webhook-based triggers, n8n needs to receive HTTP requests from APVISO. This can be done by exposing n8n publicly, using a reverse proxy, or configuring n8n in polling mode to pull events from the APVISO API.

Connect APVISO with n8n