Domain Name Issue

rice

Hi there,

Yesterday I just got NodeBB up and working on my Digital Ocean server.
And I also transferred domain names to the server.
However, the regular domain name www.aotforums.com does not work and the only way to access the forums is through www.aotforums.com:4567
I saw some stuff about nginx and apache but I'm just confused on what to do.

Thanks in advance!

finid

@rice

Yeah, you'll have to set up whatever Web server you're using to proxy connections to your NodeBB installation. See Nginx proxy guide and Apache proxy guide.

rice

@planner

Where would I configure the apache or nginx stuff?

finid

@rice

First, what distribution and Web server are you using?

rice

@planner

Ubuntu 12.04 x32 and what do you mean by web server?
Digital Ocean is the server host if that's what you mean.

finid

@rice

You Web server is the application that makes it possible to access a Web application like NodeBB. In most cases, it's either Apache or Nginx. If you are connected your Droplet via SSH, type sudo service nginx status just to see what it will tell you. I'm betting that you are running Apache, but I could be wrong. You can also trying cd-ing to the /etc/nginx directory. If it does not exist, then you are running Apache.

rice

@planner
Yeah, I'm running Apache.

finid

@rice

Then follow the Apache link I gave in an earlier post.

Sp4rkR4t

If it's a standard ubuntu 12.04 droplet from Digital ocean you probably don't have a web server installed yet, install a current version of nginx (not from the standard ubuntu repository) and set it up to reverse proxy your nodebb app to port 80. there are plenty of good guides on this on the digital ocean support pages.

finid

@rice, check to make sure that you're actually running Apache. It's likely, as @sp4rkr4t suggested, that Apache is not installed. If it's not, it's better to install and configure Nginx, as it is more resource friendly.

rice

@sp4rkr4t @planner

Thanks guys, I checked and yeah neither of those things were installed. I'll go install nginx and start on it now

rice

@planner @sp4rkr4t

Okay, sorry to ask again.
I've gotten the proxy down I think, except that there are problems with logging in and the widgets aren't showing on when I go on the domain name (aotforums.com)
But when I got on (aotforums.com:4567) everything is normal.
Solutions?

finid

@rice

If you are running Ubuntu 12.04 and you installed Nginx from the repo, you are likely running an old version of Nginx. So, what version of Nginx is installed on the server? Use nginx -v or sudo nginx -v to find out.

rice

@planner

I'm using version 1.1.19

julian

@rice We use the nginx stable PPA to install a newer version

Please note that NodeBB required v1.3.13 or later, if you are using nginx for proxying.

rice

@julian

Thank you so much!!
It worked, I guess nginx wasn't updated enough

julian

Awesome @rice! Glad to hear it.

Updated the nginx article in our wiki to give better instructions.

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Can someone help a dummy out (me)?

I installed nginx and am at the NodeBB wiki page for configuring nginx as a proxy server. So far I've just been following instructions word for word, but I'm a newb and don't know what to do with this:

NGINX-served sites are contained in a server block. This block of options goes in a specific place based on how nginx was installed and configured:

/path/to/nginx/sites-available/* -- files here must be aliased to ../sites-enabled
/path/to/nginx/conf.d/*.conf -- filenames must end in .conf
/path/to/nginx/httpd.conf -- if all else fails
Below is the basic nginx configuration for a NodeBB build running on port 4567:

server {
listen 80;

etc etc etc

finid

@Kamal-Patel

I think you should start a new topic and make the question clear.

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@planner

Alright, I can do that. Didn't want to post a new topic since I'm sort of embarrassed -- the original poster seemed to also not have too much knowledge, but even he figured out how to set up reverse proxy.