Issue naming the root of NodeBB install

jimmyc2018

I installed like this:
git clone -b v1.7.4 https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git $HOME/nodebb

Used this command to add my domain.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf

for location I've tried everything.
/nodebb/nodebb

I did a pwd

I got this:
/home/name1000/nodebb

I put that and still nothing. When I visit my domain address I get a 404 Not Found.

server {
listen 80;
server_name http://www.MyDOMAIN.com;

#charset koi8-r;
#access_log  /var/log/nginx/host.access.log  main;

location / {
    root   ****     NO-IDEA   ???    ****;
    index  index.html index.htm;
}

#error_page  404              /404.html;

# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
}

# proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
#    proxy_pass   http://127.0.0.1;
#}

# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
#    root           html;
#    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
#    fastcgi_index  index.php;
#    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
#    include        fastcgi_params;
#}

# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
# concurs with nginx's one
#
#location ~ /\.ht {
#    deny  all;
#}

}

PitaJ

You have to actually start NodeBB, it doesn't run by just installing it.

jimmyc2018

@pitaj I did, I could see it live at http://myipaddress:4567

teh_g

@jimmyc2018 said in Issue naming the root of NodeBB install:

@pitaj I did, I could see it live at http://myipaddress:4567

Is your domain set to resolve to that IP address?

Your nginx config also looks like it is missing a lot. The documentation has a lot of info. A full example block with all the recommendations lives here: https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/scaling/ but at a minimum you should follow the guide on this page: https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/proxies/nginx/