Mapping of Node and NPM to NodeBB Versions

rod

I am running a very old version of NodeBB and am struggling to get it upgraded to the current version. Part of my difficulty is that I am working on bringing up the forum on a new server (production server is Debian 8, new server is Debian 9).

I am bringing over my current running NodeBB v1.4.5 which is running on Node 6 and npm 3

Could some one map out the versions of NodeBB with the appropriate version of Node.js and NPM I should be using?

Ie., NodeBB < 1.x = Node version A, npm version B
NodeBB > 1.x < 1.y = Node version D, npm version E
Etc.

I was able to upgrade from NodeBB v.1.4.5 to v1.5.3 but when I attempt to log in I get the dreaded invalid csrf log error and a Forbidden in my browser. I then tried to upgrade that to v1.6.1 but during the upgrade end up with this on my console:

10/4 21:24:57 [9831] - info: [build]                     sounds  build started
10/4 21:25:00 [9831] - error: [build]           client js bundle  build failed
10/4 21:25:00 [9831] - error: [build] Encountered error during build step: Invalid assignment
10/4 21:25:00 [9831] - error: SyntaxError: Invalid assignment
    at JS_Parse_Error.get (eval at <anonymous> (/usr/share/nodebb/myforum/node_modules/uglify-js/tools/node.js:20:1), <anonymous>:71:23)
    at /usr/share/nodebb/myforum/app.js:235:21
    at /usr/share/nodebb/myforum/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3861:9
    at /usr/share/nodebb/myforum/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:421:16
    at iterateeCallback (/usr/share/nodebb/myforum/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:924:17)
    at /usr/share/nodebb/myforum/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:906:16
    at /usr/share/nodebb/myforum/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3858:13
    at /usr/share/nodebb/myforum/src/meta/build.js:207:11
    at /usr/share/nodebb/myforum/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3861:9
    at /usr/share/nodebb/myforum/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:421:16

Error: undefined

Is this a Node/npm issue or something else?

Any help you may provide is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

rod

I have had a small amount of success.

I was able to copy over my production forum (v1.4.5) to my new dev server which has node 10 and npm 6 running on it.

Without attempting to start my v1.4.5 forum on the server I upgraded to NodeBB v1.10.2 and this works.

I will work through getting all of the bits working the correct way again, for some reason some custom javascript doesn't seem to work any longer. Once I feel this new dev server is "stable" I will attempt to bring up to 1.12.x.

Thoughts?

PitaJ

@rod I was going to recommend essentially that. You should be able to jump straight to 1.12

The custom JS stuff is likely due to needing some load event listeners.

yariplus

The .travis.yml for each branch should be a good indicator of compatibility in general.

https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/v1.12.x/.travis.yml