Trouble installing NodeBB

[physix]

Hi,
I'm trying to install NodeBB on GMC WebHosting (GMCHosting)
I don't have access to the OS, however I have access to the FTP information and
the GoDaddy details.

If you need more info please let me know.

[PitaJ]

If you don't have access with ssh you can't install NodeBB on it.

[julian]

Hello there!

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• The code and instructions can be found here at our project repository
• Full instructions can be found in our Documentation Portal
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[scottalanmiller]

@physix said in Trouble installing NodeBB:

I don't have access to the OS, however I have access to the FTP information and
the GoDaddy details.

Typically any platform like that is an extremely limited PHP-only web server. NodeBB is neither PHP nor does it run on a web server. So beyond lacking the right languages, access, tooling, etc. it's fundamentally the wrong conceptual approach. It's not a CGI script to be installed on top of a web server, and that's what essentially all of those services are.

I recommend a vendor like Vultr and CentOS 8. Works great.