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What version did you upgrade from?

You want to use the request module server-side. Look it up

You never get a confirmation email from mail gum when you register? That might be part of the problem

@zaasmi are you seeing any errors in the browser developer tools console?

Nothing new in the logs?

In the Custom JavaScript section, you shouldn't have the <script> tags

@zaasmi same issue, as in it still tells you to upgrade when you start nodebb?

Try ./nodebb slog

@zaasmi did you try running ./nodebb upgrade like the error suggests?

@zaasmi have you checked if nodebb is running? ./nodebb log?

I don't know much about lambda, but from what I do know, it would require an entire re-write of the app because of the way lambda works. You would also need to tweak your DB settings too because it can cause so many more connections to your database than the traditional server architecture.

Try Digital Ocean, they're affordable and a lot of people here use it. I've been running a server (albeit with very low traffic) with 1GB of memory for a few years now.