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]

1. You need to check your User, replace it with root and try
2. 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.