nodebb.service: Start request repeated too quickly.

Thach Huynh

Problem when I start nodebb service on Ubuntu 16.04:

● nodebb.service - NodeBB forum
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nodebb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2017-10-11 07:52:51 UTC; 7s ago
Docs: http://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Process: 22403 ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /home/ubuntu/nodebb/loader.js –no-daemon –no-silent (code=exited, status=217/USER)
Main PID: 22403 (code=exited, status=217/USER)

Oct 11 07:52:51 ip-172-31-9-78 systemd[1]: nodebb.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 11 07:52:51 ip-172-31-9-78 systemd[1]: Stopped NodeBB forum.
Oct 11 07:52:51 ip-172-31-9-78 systemd[1]: nodebb.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Oct 11 07:52:51 ip-172-31-9-78 systemd[1]: Failed to start NodeBB forum.

Here is my nodebb.service file:

[Unit]
Description=NodeBB forum
Documentation=http://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
After=system.slice multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=nodebb

StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=nodebb

Environment=NODE_ENV=production
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/nodebb
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /home/ubuntu/nodebb/loader.js –no-daemon –no-silent
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

leonrennz

You need to check your User, replace it with root and try
You have already set WorkingDirectory so I think you do not need to set the same route in ExecStart again.

PitaJ

Also, the nodebb directory is in the ubuntu user's home directory, so the nodebb user probably doesn't have access to it.

PJ Legendre

I am following the Ubuntu tutorial and currently have this exact same issue. Any idea how to solve this?

nodebb.service

[Unit]
Description=NodeBB forum
Documentation=http://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
After=system.slice multi-user.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=snarlynarwhal # I also tried nodebb and root to no avail

StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=nodebb

Environment=NODE_ENV=production
WorkingDirectory=/home/snarlynarwhal/nodebb
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node loader.js –no-daemon –no-silent
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

output

snarlynarwhal@halfhuman:~/nodebb$ sudo systemctl status nodebb
● nodebb.service - NodeBB forum
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nodebb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead) since Wed 2018-05-16 03:18:06 UTC; 2min 14s ago
     Docs: http://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
  Process: 10648 ExecStart=/usr/bin/node loader.js –no-daemon –no-silent (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 10648 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

May 16 03:18:06 halfhuman systemd[1]: nodebb.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 03:18:06 halfhuman systemd[1]: Stopped NodeBB forum.
May 16 03:18:06 halfhuman systemd[1]: nodebb.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
May 16 03:18:06 halfhuman systemd[1]: Failed to start NodeBB forum.

PitaJ

Please use the application tutorial at docs.nodebb.org instead. Readthedocs for NodeBB is no longer maintained.

julian

@pj-legendre said in nodebb.service: Start request repeated too quickly.:

nodebb.service: Start request repeated too quickly.

This indicates that NodeBB crashed quickly upon starting. You should run the ExecStart command in terminal to determine the cause.