How to set up NodeBB in a url below the root, and nginx front-end for that?

willendure

My NodeBB config contains:

"url": "http://localhost:4567/forum"

And My nginx config is:

server {
listen 80;

server_name thesett.com;

location /forum {
    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://nodebb:4567/forum/;
    proxy_redirect off;

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

I am doing this because I would like the forums to appear under /forum relative to the site top-level, rather than as the top-level on a sub-domain.

Is this possible to do, and how do I set it up? Thanks

willendure

I should add, the above set up seems to give me the home page, but without its CSS, and lots of broken links.

julian

Can you try removing "/forum" from proxy_pass?

frissdiegurke

In addition to @julians fix:

@willendure said:

"url": "http://localhost:4567/forum"

It's supposed to be the URL to access your board from outside. http://example.com/forum
This probably causes some broken links.

willendure

@julian said:

Can you try removing "/forum" from proxy_pass?

Tried that and it seems to make no difference at all.

willendure

@frissdiegurke said:

In addition to @julians fix:

@willendure said:

"url": "http://localhost:4567/forum"

It's supposed to be the URL to access your board from outside. http://example.com/forum
This probably causes some broken links.

I replaced localhost with the ip address that I am testing this on, made no difference.

I think I may need to look into nginx docs in more detail to see how to pass through a particular url.

willendure

Ok, got it working. I had to change:

location /forum {

To:

location /forum/ {

The extra slash on the end makes all the difference.

julian

Yeah, the nginx config for subfolder installs is a bit tricky Glad you got it working!