Configure nodeBB domain

XRealismX

I am wondering how do I configure nodeBB to be under my domain I already have registered. I use DigitalOcean to configure the nodebb under ubuntu. I used this guide: https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ubuntu/

midnightbeast

Install Nginx

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nginx
That’s it, Nginx is now installed and you can do the usual start, stop and restart with the following command:

$ service nginx start
$ service nginx stop
$ service nginx stop
Configure Nginx

Nginx is going to act like a reverse proxy for your domain. When a user types in your-domain, they are going to serves the pages from your-ip:4567. To do this, you will need to navigate to your configuration file.

$ cd /etc/nginx/sites-available/
Personally, I remove the configuration and create a new one.

$ rm default
$ nano default
Inside the configuration file I use the following:

server {
listen 80;

server_name domain.com;

location / {
root /var/www/nodebb;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567/;
    proxy_redirect off;

    # Socket.IO Support
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
}

}
You will need to change domain.com to your own domain name and the root path to wherever you installed NodeBB.

julian

We recommend using nginx, you can check out the nginx documentation here: https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/proxies/nginx/

JJSagan

Hi @Ryan-Hutchinson I believe this may help: https://community.nodebb.org/topic/12013/securing-nodebb-with-a-ssl-aws-linux2-letsencrypt-nginx-exploits
Good luck!

XRealismX

When I used the guide to point it to my domain it just gives me an error.

● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2018-04-15 18:09:47 BST; 1min 18s ago
Docs: man:nginx(8)
Process: 5355 ExecStop=/sbin/start-stop-daemon --quiet --stop --retry QUIT/5 --pidfile /run/nginx.pid (code=exite
Process: 5018 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on; -s reload (code=exited, status=0/SUCCES
Process: 5293 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 5421 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 5296 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: Starting A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server...
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid nginx[5421]: nginx: [emerg] invalid number of arguments in "root" directive in /etc/nginx/si
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid nginx[5421]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: nginx.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: Failed to start A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server.
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: nginx.service: Unit entered failed state.
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: nginx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
lines 1-17/17 (END)
● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2018-04-15 18:09:47 BST; 1min 18s ago
Docs: man:nginx(8)
Process: 5355 ExecStop=/sbin/start-stop-daemon --quiet --stop --retry QUIT/5 --pidfile /run/nginx.pid (code=exited, status=0
Process: 5018 ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on; -s reload (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 5293 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 5421 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t -q -g daemon on; master_process on; (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 5296 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: Starting A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server...
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid nginx[5421]: nginx: [emerg] invalid number of arguments in "root" directive in /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid nginx[5421]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: nginx.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: Failed to start A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server.
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: nginx.service: Unit entered failed state.
Apr 15 18:09:47 35thid systemd[1]: nginx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

PitaJ

There's an error in your nginx config. You can use nginx -t to find the problem.

XRealismX

This is what comes up when I type that.

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

XRealismX

This post is deleted!

XRealismX

It's fixed it was not linked properly.