Domain configuration-> Digitalocean + Ubuntu with NodeBB installed

[remcokatz]

Hey guys,

Since there doesn't seem to be 1 document that explains how to set up a domain name to your ubuntu droplet (digital ocean) with nodebb installed I kind of looked around and figured out (might be wrong?) that i need to adjust my nginx & config.json.

This is what I did but it is not working yet. Any suggestions?

/nodebb/config.json:

{
"url": "http://www.ideocracycommunity.com:4567",
"secret": "secret code duh....",
"database": "redis",
"redis": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": "6379",
"password": "zzzzzzzz",
"database": "zzzzzzzz nope"
}
}

/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default:

server {
listen 80;

server_name ideocracycommunity.com;

location / {
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567/;
    proxy_redirect off;

    # Socket.IO Support
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
}

}

DNS SETTINGS DIGITALOCEAN:

[nhl.pl]

@remcokatz said:

"url": "http://www.ideocracycommunity.com:4567",

Please remove :4567 and start/restart nginx and NodeBB.

Edit: remove www. helped

[remcokatz]

@nhl.pl Done but now it gives a 502 bad gateway

[nhl.pl]

Have you tried to do this?
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/having-problems-with-dns-setup?answer=21481

[remcokatz]

@nhl.pl I just found that yeah.

Would you be able to copy / paste me the original (standard) nginx file so i can put that one back and then alter it with what that link says?

[nhl.pl]

Sure.
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/4111/need-help-on-nginx-server-block/2

[remcokatz]

Ok so after having a chat with nhl.pl it seems that the ip for the proxy_pass in the nginx file should be "localhost" instead of "127.0.0.1" because of reasons (digitalocean).

config.json:

{
"url": "http://ideocracycommunity.com:4567",
"secret": "lolololol",
"database": "redis",
"redis": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": "6379",
"password": "lololoo",
"database": "0"
}
}

nginx:

server {
listen 80;
server_name ideocracycommunity.com;

location / {
     proxy_pass http://localhost:4567;
     proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
     proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
     proxy_set_header Host $host;
     proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;

}
}