Issues with Nginx and Domain

[Dan Reyes]

@Per0x
I'm gonna try a new fresh installation of NGINX and follow again step by step to see if it works

[PitaJ]

I recommend getting nginx and nodebb working with just your IP address. server_name 1.2.3.4; then when that working you switch it to use the domain.

[Dan Reyes]

@PitaJ It was working with my IP. I had the warning box "looks like you lost connection to nodebb etc etc.." and I saw how to fix it and one method is by using your domain. Then i did everything in the docs, It didn't worked then i tried howtoforge method and still. After that forum stopped working on IP and you already saw what happend when i try to use the domain. Note that I completely uninstalled NGINX before switching from docs method to howtoforge

[gotwf]

This post is deleted!

[Dan Reyes]

Hey there. After all nothing worked so I decided to make a new FRESH install of everything. But now I have this problem every time following the docs guide

[PitaJ]

Either your password is wrong or mongo isn't running. Try restarting the mongod service.

[Dan Reyes]

@PitaJ Fixed that, Now im Getting this while executing ./nodebb setup

root@SAMPFIVE:~/nodebb# ./nodebb setup
package.json not found.
Populating package.json...
OK
Dependencies outdated or not yet installed.
Installing them now...

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: core-js@<3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js@3.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Fixed a critical issue with BSON serialization documented in CVE-2019-2391, see https://bit.ly/2KcpXdo for more details
npm ERR! Error while executing:
npm ERR! /usr/bin/git ls-remote -h -t git://github.com/thomaspark/bootswatch.git
npm ERR!
npm ERR! fatal: failed to stat '/root/nodebb': Permission denied
npm ERR!
npm ERR! exited with error code: 128

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2020-06-07T17_22_46_686Z-debug.log
Error installing dependencies!
message: Command failed: npm install --production
stdout: null
stderr: null
/root/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:72
                throw e;
                ^

Error: Command failed: npm install --production
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:630:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:666:15)
    at Object.installAll (/root/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:63:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:60:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1138:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1158:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:986:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:879:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1026:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18) {
  status: 1,
  signal: null,
  output: [ null, null, null ],
  pid: 4032,
  stdout: null,
  stderr: null
}

[Per0x]

@Dan-Reyes
In the documentation, it says that ./nodebb commands should not be run with root access...

[Dan Reyes]

@Per0x missed that... I-m gonna use administrator instead.

[Dan Reyes]

Done. So you guys want me to put my domain "sampfive.me" in this line right?

[Per0x]

@Dan-Reyes Again, it's in the documentation. Read it carefully.

If it's https://sampfive.me then enter this.

But @PitaJ advised you to first test with IP before adding your domain. This parameter can be modified in config.json

[Dan Reyes]

@Per0x Thats what i did the first time and the reason why i created this post. I modified the config.json but as i told you above yesterday my domain just don-t recognize it or idk what happend.

[Per0x]

@Dan-Reyes And I advised you to check your redirection in your reverse proxy, which you didn't do because sampfive.me seems to be already redirected.

[Dan Reyes]

@Per0x

How do i fix the error box? btw it is running local with myip:4567

[Per0x]

@Dan-Reyes Try with http://66.96.162.138:4567 as url in config.json

[Dan Reyes]

@Per0x that specific IP?

[Per0x]

@Dan-Reyes Looks like it's yours according to your domain.

[Dan Reyes]

@Per0x Im using a VPS, That is not my IP but yeah using the IP instead of Localhost fixed the issue, BTW I haven't installed Nginx yet. but how do i change from myip:4567 to sampfive.me?

[Per0x]

By using a reverse proxy... Like Nginx

[julian]

@Dan-Reyes sorry to hear you're having issues.

I will preface this with the simple fact that you did get NodeBB working, and it's nginx that's giving you trouble. Nginx is sometimes difficult to get right, especially if you do not have experience with it.

So let's break down the steps. You want NodeBB working with Nginx but nginx is giving you a blank page.

Firstly, let's get your latest configs, can you paste your nginx config (for NodeBB), and your NodeBB config.json?

Secondly, you want sampfive.me or forum.sampfive.me?