NodeBB not couldn't start without sudo!?

[anand]

When I am trying to start NodeBB without sudo it gives the following error:

2018-08-26T06:14:14.539Z [29887] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.10.1 https://forum.my-nodebb-forum.com
2018-08-26T06:14:15.792Z [29887] - error: NodeBB could not connect to your Mongo database. Mongo returned the following error message=connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017, name=MongoNetworkError, stack=Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017
    at Object._errnoException (util.js:992:11)
    at _exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1014:20)
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1186:14)
2018-08-26T06:14:15.799Z [29887] - error:  message=connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017, name=MongoNetworkError, stack=Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017
    at Object._errnoException (util.js:992:11)
    at _exceptionWithHostPort (util.js:1014:20)
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1186:14)
[cluster] Child Process (29887) has exited (code: 0, signal: null)

What could be the possible issue? The site is behind Nginx and Cloudflare.

When I use sudo it works fine

Thanks in advance!

[Jenkler]

Look strange, there should be no problem running nodebb as standard user. The app tells you that its unable to connect to Mongodb (127.0.0.1:27017)

Correct perms in the tree ? Try to set the computers ip and not 127.0.0.1. Do you run mongodb on the same host?

[anand]

@Jenkler Hi, Why it needs sudo to connect with db server? shouldn't there be also error. I will try replacing the ip. Let's see what happens.

[Bri]

What are the permissions on your config file? You might have created it as the sudo user and now non-privileged users can't read it.

[Jenkler]

It does not need sudo to connect to a db server. But the error says that it cant connet too the db Something else must be wrong here!