NodeBB Installation Guide for Windows Azure

[jbenamy]

Does anyone have a guide on how to install NodeBB on Windows Azure as a web site?

[unixfox]

This guide : https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/os/windows8.html doesn't work on Windows Azure ?

[jbenamy]

@unixfox I'm using the free tier of Windows Azure Web Sites. I don't think I have OS access. http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/web-sites/

[Schamper]

@jbenamy I tried it once a long time ago and failed because of a few native dependencies failing to install, but a lot have been replaced with non-native dependencies. In theory you should be able to install it fine with that control panel thing you can access (starts with a K...), I'd say give it a try, if it works make a tutorial out of it

@unixfox Azure websites are a great deal cheaper than VM's

[jbenamy]

I actually will be changing environments because I don't want to pay to just test an installation of NodeBB, and Azure doesn't have a free tier for databases, only web sites.

[julian]

@jbenamy You could always install it on your desktop PC

[jbenamy]

@julian I like to isolate stuff like that so I'll probably just throw up an Ubuntu-Server VM on my desktop's virtualbox.

[julian]

Perfect! Please let us know how it goes

[Brun Swick]

I'm just wondering if this has been updated and is now available for azure?

[abhishekgupta]

Guys Now we can easily deploy Node.Js application to Azure website..

To try it just try File New NodeJs project in Visual Studio and right click deploy on Azure WEbsite, I have just tested it..

Now further work is to Import NodeBB source Code in Visual Studio Node.JS project template..

Although I am not sure how to manage Redis on Azure..