NodeBB Stopped Running - ./nodebb status always says not running

[rrt]

My NodeBB forum has stopped running, although it was up and running previously.

When I try to run NodeBB via '''./nodebb start''', NodeBB does not actually run.

When going to the URL, I don't see NodeBB and just the default Nginx landing page.

Here is my config.json file for NodeBB:

Please help, and if more information is needed, let me know.

I am using:

• AWS EC2 Ubuntu 16.04
• Nginx
• MongoDB

Thank you.

[PitaJ]

Try running ./nodebb dev, it will show whatever errors occur in real time.

[rrt]

Did not know of that command, apparently I cannot connect to Mongo despite it saying it is active, I am troubleshooting right now.

Thank you.

[rrt]

Seems like MongoDB doesn't boot up anymore:

I'm lost, I've googled, and I'm still lost. How can I get MongoDB to connect to the server again?

[PitaJ]

I have never seen that before. Try sudo systemctl restart mongod

[rrt]

@pitaj said in NodeBB Stopped Running - ./nodebb status always says not running:

sudo systemctl restart mongod

Nope, same error. My teammate suggested that I restart from scratch.
I don't want to give up on it yet though, still working at it.

[julian]

The error suggests the mongo lock file is present so mongo refuses to start up again.

If you're sure mongo isn't running, just delete the lock file.