The software is exactly what I want.

However, my users are not necessarily tech savvy. What I really want to be able to do is to give them a URL to a user guide or manual that explains how normal users use the site. Additionally, a moderators guide would be good, too.

Does this exist, or do I have to make my own posts to explain what all the buttons on the editor do, how to edit their profiles, and so on?

Hi,

currently when we add some pdf files to a thread it open in same tab link nodebb, is there a "hack" to open it in new tab?

Thx!
Erik

##About
I'm way too tired to write a lot about this. It's nearly 3AM here and I've been working on this from late this afternoon. Just wanted to get this out in the open ASAP so I can finally cross it off my todo-list and so that people who really want / need it can contribute.

This plugin essentially adds a Call button to the chat modal. Hitting it will allow you to video call another user.

It's not the best code, but it works and I'm fairly happy with it, seeing as I started today by not being able to tell if the other user was available to call.

##Install
npm install nodebb-plugin-webrtc

##Usage
After enabling, start a chat with a user. After the other user has also opened the chat window, the Call button will be enabled. Just hit it 🙂

##Source
https://github.com/Schamper/nodebb-plugin-webrtc
Please contribute.

I'm going to sleep now 🙂
And I also need to finally fix that setting in my IDE for tabs vs spaces...

Hi @julian,

With the imminent release of NodeBB v3 / Harmony, it would be useful for us early adopters to be able to host our own ntfy services (for a variety of reasons - privacy being one). Is there a document that details the build process for self-hosted ?

Thnaks

Note: Latest stable is v3.4.3

If you have problems upgrading to 3.4.0 you can ask for help here.

after I upgraded to version 3,
all the user can't register with email
because the submit for email is not work
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and I find that https://community.nodebb.org/ also can't register by email,
after register, it show that can't login

Any official way to safely and efficiently import from XF 2x? I saw this page https://github.com/akhoury/nodebb-plugin-import but it has not been updated in 3+ years.

Just floating an idea out there — I did ask @baris first but I'm interested in all your thoughts too.

As forum admins, a lot of you come here to keep up to date on NodeBB development. Would it be helpful for you if there were a small box in the ACP dashboard that listed the relevant topics from the NodeBB team?

Some potential topics:

New feature write-ups (what we normally do in the NodeBB Development category) Security announcements (/tags/security) New version release notes

A side effect may be we get more traffic here, which I suppose is good too, but is completely self-serving 😆

Once a day, Misty pulls the latest translations in from Transifex. If you are a translator, and you wish to see your translations in NodeBB sooner rather than later, you can do so by running the pull command via the Transifex command line client.

This is the GitHub repository for the transifex client. The easiest way to install it is to run the script, as directed by the repository itself. When installed, it will expose tx as a globally accessible binary.

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/transifex/cli/master/install.sh | bash

You'll probably have to create an API key for your Transifex account, so the client on your machine can interface with Transifex securely. You can create one here.

The transifex client will check for your token in a couple of places, one of which is ~/.transifexrc. Feel free to create that file with the following content:

[https://www.transifex.com] api_hostname = https://api.transifex.com hostname = https://www.transifex.com username = api password = YOURTOKEN rest_hostname = https://rest.api.transifex.com token = YOURTOKEN I am not completely certain whether password is needed, remove that line and see if it still works.

You (probably) do not have to do any further setup. The configuration in NodeBB's root folder is enough for Transifex to connect.

Retrieve the latest translations tx pull

There are a couple useful flags you can pass in to this command. You can discover them by passing in --help.

-f to force Transifex to overwrite the local file (occasionally the client gets confused over which file is newer, so this flag helps if you are certain) -l to only process a specific language, e.g. tx pull -l tr -r to only process a specific resource, e.g. tx pull -r nodebb.error

{ "match": [ { "host": ["forum.example.com"] } ], "handle": [ { "handler": "subroute", "routes": [ { "handle": [ { "handler": "encode", "encodings": { "gzip": {}, "zstd": {} }, "prefer": ["zstd", "gzip"], "minimum_length": 0 } ] }, { "match": [{ "path": ["/assets/*"] }], "handle": [ { "handler": "subroute", "routes": [ { "handle": [ { "handler": "rewrite", "strip_path_prefix": "/assets" } ] }, { "match": [ { "file": { "root": "/home/nodebb", "try_files": [ "/build/public/{http.request.uri.path}", "/public/{http.request.uri.path}" ] } } ], "handle": [ { "handler": "rewrite", "uri": "{http.matchers.file.relative}" } ] } ] } ] }, { "handle": [ { "handler": "reverse_proxy", "upstreams": [{ "dial": "127.0.0.1:4567" }] } ], "terminal": true } ] } ], "terminal": true }

This isn't working, the static files cannot be served properly with 404 not found.
I also tried caddy adapt but it printed wrong config.

Hi all,
I have a nodebb instance running on ubuntu with PLESK.
Everything woorks fine untl now.
After I upgraded to v3.4.2 I realized in the logs that nodebb is not sending any emails due to the following error:

2023-09-27T12:23:06.842Z [4567/2922161] - error: [emailer.send] Error: self-signed certificate at TLSSocket.onConnectSecure (node:_tls_wrap:1550:34) at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:514:28) at TLSSocket._finishInit (node:_tls_wrap:967:8) at ssl.onhandshakedone (node:_tls_wrap:743:12) at TLSWrap.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17) 2023-09-27T12:36:26.424Z [4567/2922161] - error: [emailer.send] Error: self-signed certificate at TLSSocket.onConnectSecure (node:_tls_wrap:1550:34) at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:514:28) at TLSSocket._finishInit (node:_tls_wrap:967:8) at ssl.onhandshakedone (node:_tls_wrap:743:12) at TLSWrap.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17)

I wonder why this is a problem now in v3.4.2 since it worked in all previous versions, at least for me. :think:

Any suggestions why that is, and how to solve?

Hi guys,

My system:

Ubuntu 22 npm 10.1.0 nodejs 18.7.1

I just upgraded my nodebb from v3.4.2 to v3.4.3.

After

./nodebb start ./nodebb log

I get the following error:

2023-09-25T19:12:43.999Z [4567/2705558] - error: uncaughtException: Cannot find module '/opt/nodebb/node_modules/request-promise-native/lib/rp.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid "main" entry Error: Cannot find module '/opt/nodebb/node_modules/request-promise-native/lib/rp.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid "main" entry at tryPackage (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:438:19) at Module._findPath (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:680:18) at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1063:27) at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:922:27) at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:19) at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18) at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/nodebb/src/cli/upgrade-plugins.js:4:17) at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14) at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10) at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32) {"date":"Mon Sep 25 2023 21:12:43 GMT+0200 (GMT+02:00)","error":{"code":"MODULE_NOT_FOUND","path":"/opt/nodebb/node_modules/request-promise-native/package.json","requestPath":"request-promise-native"},"exception":true,"os":{"loadavg":[0.07,0.16,0.22],"uptime":1845387.28},"process":{"argv":["/usr/bin/node","/opt/nodebb/nodebb","upgrade"],"cwd":"/opt/nodebb","execPath":"/usr/bin/node","gid":10003,"memoryUsage":{"arrayBuffers":552776,"external":1183939,"heapTotal":21532672,"heapUsed":16322352,"rss":67162112},"pid":2705558,"uid":10003,"version":"v18.17.1"},"stack":"Error: Cannot find module '/opt/nodebb/node_modules/request-promise-native/lib/rp.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid \"main\" entry\n at tryPackage (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:438:19)\n at Module._findPath (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:680:18)\n at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1063:27)\n at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:922:27)\n at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:19)\n at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:121:18)\n at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/nodebb/src/cli/upgrade-plugins.js:4:17)\n at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)\n at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1310:10)\n at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1119:32)","trace":[{"column":19,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/loader","function":"tryPackage","line":438,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":18,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/loader","function":"Module._findPath","line":680,"method":"_findPath","native":false},{"column":27,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/loader","function":"Module._resolveFilename","line":1063,"method":"_resolveFilename","native":false},{"column":27,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/loader","function":"Module._load","line":922,"method":"_load","native":false},{"column":19,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/loader","function":"Module.require","line":1143,"method":"require","native":false},{"column":18,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers","function":"require","line":121,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":17,"file":"/opt/nodebb/src/cli/upgrade-plugins.js","function":null,"line":4,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":14,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/loader","function":"Module._compile","line":1256,"method":"_compile","native":false},{"column":10,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/loader","function":"Module._extensions..js","line":1310,"method":".js","native":false},{"column":32,"file":"node:internal/modules/cjs/loader","function":"Module.load","line":1119,"method":"load","native":false}]}

and I had a look here:

/opt/nodebb/node_modules/request-promise-native/lib/rp.js
The file is really missing, but why?

Last update from v2.8 to 3.4.1 no problem.

Any ideas, suggestions, etc ... ?
Very appreciated.

Have a nice evening
tecy

I'm building an application and inside the dashboard I need to load NodeBB in an iframe, how can I do that? Shows an empty iframe when I try.

(a development post by a contributor, not a team member 🙂 )

NodeBB currently works with docker... technically.
I mean, the default image is fine if you set it up correctly - but that's a pretty big if and there wasn't any good documentation. The existing docker-compose file had some tiny pain points like:

not exposing any ports by default it recommends setting up a reverse proxy like traefik, which can be a good idea and avoids a small docker security footgun (ports exposed by containers can bypass some firewall configurations, e.g. ufw) but also means that running docker compose up just starts up a container you can't connect to by default! You'll need to modify the config, whether you want to expose a port or set up Traefik... not setting up volumes I hope you like redoing all your configuration when updating the image! also, hope you installed some plugin for storing uploads remotely, since even they'll be gone when you delete and recreate the container you can also, again, edit it to resolve that issue not creating any database in the mongodb container using admin works, but is really not intuitive!

And when I said the image was fine, I mean that it's acceptable, not that it's great. It always builds NodeBB before startup, installing and activating plugins in a way that will persist properly requires using arcane configuration options that are not mentioned in the docs (and it results in not being able to install or remove any plugins at runtime), and - again - setting up volumes is entirely up to the user.

However, quite some time ago, @stevefan1999-personal made a pull request that addressed many of these issues, and over time came to address almost everything I mentioned here. And finally we're getting close to landing these changes, and some other small improvements, in NodeBB/NodeBB#12031

So what will change?

Running docker compose --profile mongo up is now all you need to start a working instance of NodeBB in a container. Initially it'll launch the web installer, with already populated database configuration, leaving you just to set up the NodeBB URL and admin account. Then just waiting a bit for setup to finish and you're done - NodeBB is running under port 4567. You can now use some reverse proxy on host, modify the compose file to expose it under port 80 or add a containerized reverse proxy and remove the default port binding. If you use the default compose file you'll notice that configuration and - more importantly - uploads are now mounted in .docker directory, so they'll persist when recreating the container There are some additional env variables that can affect the image startup behavior - e.g. you can now choose if NodeBB will run a build before starting.

There's another nice change that you might've thought of if you saw the initial PR title - docker image size. And it's a fairly large difference. Some numbers:

current image: 601MiB compressed/1.62GiB uncompressed original alpine PR: 315MiB compressed/986MiB uncompressed new PR (slim debian build): 211MiB compressed/674MiB uncompressed

For reference, now the official MongoDB image is actually larger than NodeBB, and combined (even with redis added to the mix) they're still e.g. almost 2x smaller than Discourse slim image (747MiB compressed/2.02GiB uncompressed).
And MongoDB is the largest of the supported databases - Postgres clocks at only 150MiB compressed and offers a 94MiB compressed alpine version, and Redis clocks in at 49MiB compressed for a debian image and just 15MiB for alpine.

The result is that when running NodeBB with postgres the images will end up taking less than 1GB of disk space, basically half of what they do currently. All while offering much better user experience and configurability.

And finally, Docker is graduating to being mentioned in official docs with NodeBB/docs#78 🙂

Hello. When I updated NodeBB from 1. 16.1 to 1.16.2, I must've done something different than the process shown at the docs, because I basically wiped everything that wasn't inside of MongoDB including all images and plugins. So I'm wondering how I am supposed to upgrade when the next version comes around since the docs don't explain very well.
Thank you in advance.

תגובה: How to send alerts to users after user creation?

Hello everyone.
I want to do exactly such a thing, just regardless of the user creation, and on the client side.
That is, I am looking for an option, that I will run, for example, a socket command in the console with parameters of subject uid, and content, and then jump to the uid I entered - alert.
I would appreciate guidance on the subject, how to do it.
Thanks in advance

PS: I'm looking for a way to actually send a message to the user, it's better for me to send him a normal alert, and not in the style of app.alert, but an alert in the notification panel...
If there is a way to do such a thing, I would be very happy. Thanks!

Hi all,
does anybody know of a nodebb hosting company in europe with a reasonable price?

I am doing the stuff fo a non profit, but I am tired of getting errors after updates etc ...
Waiting for answers in the forum (no offence meant!), so I thought maybe its a better way to go the "pro" way.
Just thinking about alternatives ... 🤔

No, the native hosting by nodebb for $100/month is no choice for me ...
for a 200 person forum, this would be quite an overkill 😉

Hi,

NodebbVersion: 3.4.2

the funtion "Mark All as Read":
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has a Bug, it will set also key entrys in uid:<userid>:tids_read for threads where this user has no right to see 🙂

Example:

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All this threadid's user with id 475 has no rights to see.

Thx!

Erik

Hi,
NodeBB can make read status visible to selected groups?
It can be show which users have read what, show instant-messaging-like read status for small communities.

Hi Team...

I have few users who are SME (Subject Matter Experts). How can distinguish such users. Example.. the users are part of HR group. Some users are SMEs while other are normal followers. How can I distinguish between such users in same group ? Also a user can be SME in multiple areas and can be associated with multiple groups.