Issues with Nginx and Domain

Dan Reyes

Hey there. I sucefully installed NodeBB following this: DOCS
I already edited the path /etc/nginx/conf.d/nodebb.conf But now I run the command sudo systemctl status nginx.service And this is what I see in the terminal alt text
Also

Nodebb.conf loos like this:

server {
  listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
  listen 443 ssl http2;
  listen [::]:80;
  listen 80;
  
  mydomain.me;
  
  client_max_body_size 50M;

  # RSA
  ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/example.com/fullchain.pem;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/example.com/private.key;
  # ECDSA
  ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/example.com_ecc/fullchain.pem;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/example.com_ecc/private.key;

  location / {
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    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"; 
  }

}

Also added DNS Record with my server IP but It doesn't work. The IP is not referring users to domain. I don't know if i did something wrong with the Nginx. Note before editing nodebb.conf the command sudo systemctl status nginx.service didn't had any error.

Dan Reyes

Okay I fixed it, I deleted something in the nodebb.conf file, fixed that, but the domain doesn't work. As I told you I added my server IP as a DNS Record type A but it is not working.

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Also added the configuration to nginx/sites-available

PitaJ

Can you ping the domain to make sure it refers to your IP address?

What is your nginx config now?

Per0x

It might also help: https://dnschecker.org/

Dan Reyes

@PitaJ alt text

Per0x

Are you sure NodeBB is up and listening on 4567 ?
I would check Firewall, open 80/443 and also listen on 443 in nginx.conf
Also, make sure your domain not already in use. Uses a sub-domain if it does.

PitaJ

What happens when you visit your domain?

Dan Reyes

@Per0x @PitaJ Domain is empty, already bough it and it says "This site is under development". And yes everything worked with localhost:4567
(Now it doesn't work, since I edited nginx configuration, also setup my domain "sampfive.me* in config.json

PitaJ

@Dan-Reyes can you take a screenshot of the browser when you visit your domain?

Per0x

@Dan-Reyes The fact that it says "This site is under development" means it already redirect to something on your server and not to nodeBB service.

Dan Reyes

@PitaJ alt text

@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