I follow the instruction below to setup my environment
NodeBB setup
And when I try to start it as a service, below message shows
service nodebb status
● nodebb.service - NodeBB forum Documentation=http://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nodebb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2017-10-15 23:11:50 UTC; 1min 26s ago
Process: 11592 ExecStart=/usr/bin/node loader.js –no-daemon –no-silent (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 11592 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Oct 15 23:11:50 instance-ubuntu1604 systemd[1]: nodebb.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 15 23:11:50 instance-ubuntu1604 systemd[1]: Stopped NodeBB forum Documentation=http://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.
Oct 15 23:11:50 instance-ubuntu1604 systemd[1]: nodebb.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Oct 15 23:11:50 instance-ubuntu1604 systemd[1]: Failed to start NodeBB forum Documentation=http://nodebb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.
Below 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=liangren64
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=nodebb
Environment=NODE_ENV=production
WorkingDirectory=/home/liangren64/nodebb
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node loader.js –no-daemon –no-silent
Restart=always
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Please note that when I start nodebb manually, it is all good
liangren64@instance-ubuntu1604:~/nodebb$ ./nodebb start
Starting NodeBB
"./nodebb stop" to stop the NodeBB server
"./nodebb log" to view server output
"./nodebb restart" to restart NodeBB
so I do not think it is the nodebb's issue, I think maybe something wrong with my nodebb.service but I am not the profssional with systmd, so if anyone with knowledge please help me
@leonrennz I think your ExecStart command is off a little. The documentation (https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/running/) says to use /usr/bin/env node loader.js --no-silent --no-daemon
/usr/bin/env is an executable program that will launch the following command with the user's environment.
Hello, I currently have the same issue. Did this ever get resolved?
@pj-legendre Have you tried the updated systemd config here?
@julian I found another portion of the docs that had a nodebb.service file that worked. That being said, the Ubuntu installation tutorial needs to get updated to include the working configuration.
Ubuntu tutorial - near the bottom has nodebb.service file that does not work and formatting issues.
Running NodeBB - nodebb.readthedocs.io does not include setup with systemd.
Running NodeBB - docs.nodebb.org works.
How come the main site does not link to either of these docs pages and how come there are two? Which one should I refer to in the future?
