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

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