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.