How to auto start nodebb on ubuntu server reboot

Duke

https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/running/

MaxPen

@duke @duke said in How to auto start nodebb on ubuntu server reboot:

https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/running/

ok but the issue is this... I'm on Windows. Using the bash integrated shell. I got nodebb running on another drive then windows self.

I use wamp server and its in the WWW folder in a nodebb folder...

J:\wamp64\www\NodeBB

how am I supposed to define the path when the linux kernel is hosted here=

C:\Users\gamer\AppData\Local\Lxss\rootfs

then how do I define this=:
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/nodebb
ExecStart=/usr/bin/env node loader.js --no-silent --no-daemon

Duke

@maxpen Have you seen this? https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/windows8/

Sorry but I dont use windows for NodeBB
for
WorkingDirectory=C:\Users\gamer\AppData\Local\Lxss\rootfs
try
WorkingDirectory=C:\\Users\\gamer\\AppData\\Local\\Lxss\\rootfs

Have a read of this also
https://nodejs.org/api/path.html

PitaJ

@MaxPen

I use wamp server and its in the WWW folder in a nodebb folder...

WAMP is Apache / PHP / MySQL. NodeBB is none of those things, and doesn't play well with any of those things.

Newer releases of Ubuntu/CentOS/Debian/OpenSuse use systemd

The documentation clearly states that this applies for linux systems, not Windows.

PitaJ

@duke the windows guide is outdated.

pl0x

Or you can use PM2
https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-pm2-to-setup-a-node-js-production-environment-on-an-ubuntu-vps

yariplus

Doesn't putting the directory in www mean your db keys are open to the internet?

Duke

@pitaj Thanks, perhaps there needs to be a disclaimer on this at the top of the Docs?

Aphiso

What about using AMPPS? It's an alternative to WAMP made by the Softaculous company.

I know they have support for MongoDB and I believe it supports Node.js as well. Running that instead of WAMP could be a possible solution?

I use AMPPS on my Windows 7 machine, but I have yet to experiment with any Node.js on it so I'm not too sure if this would be a solution to your problem. Just a suggestion to look into though!

PitaJ

AMP literally stands for Apache MySQL PHP. You don't need MySQL and PHP for NodeBB, so these "AMP" server packages are useless.

Adam Poniatowski

In nodebb's case it will just need the A (or E... which will be nginx. Don't ask me why the E stands for nginx, as that is how they named the stack. Maybe because it is pronounced engine-x) and the M... for mongodb