Issues with Nginx and Domain

Dan Reyes

@Per0x Well i didn't touched anything, there are the default settings on it and I added the forum DNS Record

Per0x

@Dan-Reyes I would create a sub-domain like forum.sampfive.me

nginx.conf

server_name forum.sampfive.me;

New DNS record, and new SSL certificate.

Per0x

Oh! There's already something to forum.sampfive.me

Dan Reyes

@Per0x How is that possible? I don't have anything as "forum.sampfive.me"
Btw i have 300seconds cooldown.

Oh, forum.sampfive.me looks like when i try myip:4567 (this happened after editing nginx)

Per0x

@Dan-Reyes You probably have another reverse proxy running or your not working on "sites-available".
And when you installed nodebb what was the domain you put in the wizard ?

Dan Reyes

@Per0x When I installed nodebb I used default setting, localhost:4567 etc etc. Cuz I know its possible to change or migrate to a custom domain. And what do you mean about sites-enabled thingy? In the docs there is only one step and it is about sites-available.

Should i try uninstalling nginx and follow any other steps? Like i followed this https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ubuntu/#configuring-nginx and this https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-nodebb-forum-on-ubuntu-1804-lts/ but none of these seems to be working for me, ir maybe I did something wrong i really don't know.

Per0x

@Dan-Reyes said in Issues with Nginx and Domain:

what do you mean about sites-enabled thingy?

my mistake I meant sites-available.
Anyway, when you install nodebb, you have to set your domain name as url (you can change it in config.json).
And you have to make sure your reverse proxy (nginx) is not in conflict with others redirections as it seems.

Dan Reyes

@Per0x alt text
I'm gonna try a new fresh installation of NGINX and follow again step by step to see if it works

PitaJ

I recommend getting nginx and nodebb working with just your IP address. server_name 1.2.3.4; then when that working you switch it to use the domain.

Dan Reyes

@PitaJ It was working with my IP. I had the warning box "looks like you lost connection to nodebb etc etc.." and I saw how to fix it and one method is by using your domain. Then i did everything in the docs, It didn't worked then i tried howtoforge method and still. After that forum stopped working on IP and you already saw what happend when i try to use the domain. Note that I completely uninstalled NGINX before switching from docs method to howtoforge

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Dan Reyes

Hey there. After all nothing worked so I decided to make a new FRESH install of everything. But now I have this problem every time following the docs guide
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PitaJ

Either your password is wrong or mongo isn't running. Try restarting the mongod service.

Dan Reyes

@PitaJ Fixed that, Now im Getting this while executing ./nodebb setup

root@SAMPFIVE:~/nodebb# ./nodebb setup
package.json not found.
Populating package.json...
OK
Dependencies outdated or not yet installed.
Installing them now...

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: core-js@<3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js@3.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Fixed a critical issue with BSON serialization documented in CVE-2019-2391, see https://bit.ly/2KcpXdo for more details
npm ERR! Error while executing:
npm ERR! /usr/bin/git ls-remote -h -t git://github.com/thomaspark/bootswatch.git
npm ERR!
npm ERR! fatal: failed to stat '/root/nodebb': Permission denied
npm ERR!
npm ERR! exited with error code: 128

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2020-06-07T17_22_46_686Z-debug.log
Error installing dependencies!
message: Command failed: npm install --production
stdout: null
stderr: null
/root/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:72
                throw e;
                ^

Error: Command failed: npm install --production
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:630:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:666:15)
    at Object.installAll (/root/nodebb/src/cli/package-install.js:63:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/root/nodebb/src/cli/index.js:60:18)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1138:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1158:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:986:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:879:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1026:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18) {
  status: 1,
  signal: null,
  output: [ null, null, null ],
  pid: 4032,
  stdout: null,
  stderr: null
}

Per0x

@Dan-Reyes
In the documentation, it says that ./nodebb commands should not be run with root access...

screenshot-docs.nodebb.org-2020.06.07-20_39_55.png

Dan Reyes

@Per0x missed that... I-m gonna use administrator instead.

Dan Reyes

Done. alt text So you guys want me to put my domain "sampfive.me" in this line right?

Per0x

@Dan-Reyes Again, it's in the documentation. Read it carefully.

screenshot-docs.nodebb.org-2020.06.07-21_56_09.png

If it's https://sampfive.me then enter this.

But @PitaJ advised you to first test with IP before adding your domain. This parameter can be modified in config.json

Dan Reyes

@Per0x Thats what i did the first time and the reason why i created this post. I modified the config.json but as i told you above yesterday my domain just don-t recognize it or idk what happend.

Per0x

@Dan-Reyes And I advised you to check your redirection in your reverse proxy, which you didn't do because sampfive.me seems to be already redirected.