Error On Install -Please Please Help - Losing The Will To Live

Sampo2910

A little further but still this on startup??

NodeBB Setup Completed. Run "./nodebb start" to manually start your NodeBB server.
smiley@fmjcod4:~/nodebb$ ./nodebb start
./nodebb start

Starting NodeBB
"./nodebb stop" to stop the NodeBB server
"./nodebb log" to view server output
"./nodebb help" for more commands

smiley@fmjcod4:~/nodebb$ internal/fs/utils.js:793
throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received type number (8359)
at Object.writeFileSync (fs.js:1517:5)
at /home/smiley/nodebb/loader.js:234:7
at /home/smiley/nodebb/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:352:16
at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:180:23) {
code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

Sampo2910

Smaller and smaller haha down to this now with ./nodebb start

smiley@fmjcod4:~/nodebb$ internal/fs/utils.js:793
throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received type number (9314)
at Object.writeFileSync (fs.js:1517:5)
at /home/smiley/nodebb/loader.js:234:7
at /home/smiley/nodebb/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:352:16
at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:180:23) {
code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

Atayz

Hey buddy
Did you follow the instructions on https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ubuntu/ ?

It looks to me like the required softwares are not updated.

Sampo2910

@atayz Hi thx for the reply. Yes i followed that and have updated. I can start the forum in dev mode but not startup normally.

I have this in dev mode:

smiley@fmjcod4:~/nodebb$ ./nodebb dev

NodeBB v1.7.5 Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).

2021-07-10T16:25:34.933Z [11405] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.7.5 https://forum.fmjcod4.com
2021-07-10T16:25:34.934Z [11405] - verbose: * using mongo store at 127.0.0.1:27017
2021-07-10T16:25:34.934Z [11405] - verbose: * using themes stored in: /home/smiley/nodebb/node_modules
[benchpressjs] Unable to build or find a suitable native module, falling back to JS version
2021-07-10T16:25:35.635Z [11405] - verbose: [minifier] utilizing a maximum of 3 additional threads
2021-07-10T16:25:35.646Z [11405] - verbose: Checking dependencies for outdated modules
2021-07-10T16:25:35.850Z [11405] - verbose: [notifications.init] Registering jobs.
2021-07-10T16:25:35.850Z [11405] - verbose: [user/jobs] (Re-)starting user jobs...
2021-07-10T16:25:35.851Z [11405] - verbose: [user/jobs] Starting job (digest.daily)
2021-07-10T16:25:35.853Z [11405] - verbose: [user/jobs] Starting job (digest.weekly)
2021-07-10T16:25:35.854Z [11405] - verbose: [user/jobs] Starting job (digest.monthly)
2021-07-10T16:25:35.854Z [11405] - verbose: [user/jobs] Starting job (reset.clean)
2021-07-10T16:25:35.854Z [11405] - verbose: [user/jobs] 4 jobs started
2021-07-10T16:25:35.854Z [11405] - verbose: [emailer] Setting up SMTP fallback transport
2021-07-10T16:25:35.894Z [11405] - verbose: [emailer] Built custom email templates
2021-07-10T16:25:35.895Z [11405] - info: [themes] Using theme nodebb-theme-persona
2021-07-10T16:25:35.895Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Initializing plugins system
2021-07-10T16:25:35.900Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-composer-default
2021-07-10T16:25:35.901Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-theme-persona
2021-07-10T16:25:35.916Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-markdown
2021-07-10T16:25:35.924Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-mentions
2021-07-10T16:25:35.925Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-widget-essentials
2021-07-10T16:25:35.927Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-rewards-essentials
2021-07-10T16:25:35.928Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Found 3 sound file(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default
2021-07-10T16:25:35.928Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default
2021-07-10T16:25:35.966Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-emoji
2021-07-10T16:25:35.974Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-emoji-android

2021-07-10T16:25:35.975Z [11405] - warn: [plugins/load] The following plugins may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing. In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run ./nodebb reset -p PLUGINNAME to disable it.

nodebb-plugin-composer-default

2021-07-10T16:25:35.975Z [11405] - info: [plugins] Plugins OK
2021-07-10T16:25:36.005Z [11405] - verbose: [hotswap] Router with id plugins replaced successfully
2021-07-10T16:25:36.005Z [11405] - verbose: [plugins] All plugins reloaded and rerouted
2021-07-10T16:25:36.005Z [11405] - verbose: [hotswap] Router with id auth replaced successfully
2021-07-10T16:25:36.005Z [11405] - info: Routes added
2021-07-10T16:25:36.007Z [11405] - verbose: [meta/blacklist] Loading 0 blacklist rule(s)
2021-07-10T16:25:36.007Z [11405] - info: NodeBB Ready
2021-07-10T16:25:36.008Z [11405] - info: Enabling 'trust proxy'
2021-07-10T16:25:36.009Z [11405] - info: NodeBB is now listening on: 0.0.0.0:4567

PitaJ

Upgrade your Node version to 14.

Sampo2910

@pitaj said in Error On Install -Please Please Help - Losing The Will To Live:

Upgrade your Node version to 14.

It is 14

Atayz

@sampo2910 said in Error On Install -Please Please Help - Losing The Will To Live:

2021-07-10T16:25:35.975Z [11405] - warn: [plugins/load] The following plugins may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing. In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run ./nodebb reset -p PLUGINNAME to disable it.

For some reason the log shows that nodebb-plugin-composer-default is incompatible.

Run this:

./nodebb reset -p nodebb-plugin-composer-default

And let me know if nodebb can start afterwards.

volanar

@sampo2910 what is the npm version?

Sampo2910

@volanar npm -v 6.4.13

@Atayz That seems to have cleared that error starting in dev but still cannot start normally. I get this.

smiley@fmjcod4:~/nodebb$ ./nodebb start

Starting NodeBB
"./nodebb stop" to stop the NodeBB server
"./nodebb log" to view server output
"./nodebb help" for more commands

smiley@fmjcod4:~/nodebb$ internal/fs/utils.js:793
throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "data" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView. Received type number (6794)
at Object.writeFileSync (fs.js:1517:5)
at /home/smiley/nodebb/loader.js:234:7
at /home/smiley/nodebb/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:352:16
at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:180:23) {
code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

PitaJ

@sampo2910 in your original post it says it's version 8

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'install', '--production' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]

So have you upgraded it? Please provide the output of ./nodebb info

Sampo2910

@pitaj said in Error On Install -Please Please Help - Losing The Will To Live:

@sampo2910 in your original post it says it's version 8
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'install', '--production' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
So have you upgraded it? Please provide the output of ./nodebb info

Yes I updated it as suggested on another thread here and it had cleared some errors. Here is the out put of ./nodebb.info

[benchpressjs] Unable to build or find a suitable native module, falling back to JS version

version: 1.7.5
Node ver: v14.17.3
git hash: 87c5dd34ea0171ac295bbf3c8d73c68076bc5c57

database: mongo
version: 3.6.3
engine: wiredTiger

PitaJ

Didn't notice this before, but you installed NodeBB v1.7.5, was that on purpose? The latest version is 1.17.2

Sampo2910

@pitaj said in Error On Install -Please Please Help - Losing The Will To Live:

Didn't notice this before, but you installed NodeBB v1.7.5, was that on purpose? The latest version is 1.17.2

I did not do on purpose ? Damn..can i update in terminal?

Sampo2910

OK,

I did ./nodebb update and the ./nodebb start and it page is there and running.

Could someone send me a link or instruction how to keep it alive and start again if server reboots?

My other app i do that with PM2. Can i do same with nodebb.

Thank you all for the help. Huge appreciation.

PitaJ

@sampo2910 ./nodebb update does not actually update your NodeBB version. You have to do that with git. I recommend starting over from scratch unless you've made a bunch of changes.

Upgrading - NodeBB Documentation

Documentation portal for NodeBB Forum Software

(docs.nodebb.org)

Sampo2910

@pitaj

I used git and I am on 17.2 now and all is ok...just getting my head around a few things now...:-)

I would llike to know how to keep it alive even after a reboot now.

PitaJ

@sampo2910
https://docs.nodebb.org/configuring/running/#systemd