NodeBB cannot start in Centos

Boston-Stanley

Hello,
i just finished installing NodeBB on a fresh updated Centos 7 and 8 and i cannot start the nodebb application with the command ./nodebb start. Everytime i get this error below. Can someone look it up for me?

[nodebbadmin@nodebb01 forum]$ ./nodebb start

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

[nodebbadmin@nodebb01 forum]$ internal/fs/utils.js:811
  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 (12916)
    at Object.writeFileSync (fs.js:1521:5)
    at /var/www/forum/loader.js:221:7
    at /var/www/forum/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:343:16
    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:179:23) {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

Thank you

PitaJ

What's your node version?

gotwf

@boston-stanley Might also want to take a gander at your config.json and ensure there are no errors, eh?

fwiw; others have found this tutorial by community rep @scottalanmiller useful:

Deploying NodeBB 1.13 on CentOS 8 with MongoDB 4.2

NodeBB is a powerful, open source package for building online communities and forums. We usually recommend running it on CentOS 8, primarily because of the n...

MangoLassi (mangolassi.it)

Have fun!

Boston-Stanley

@gotwf
Thank you. I just tried that script from Mangolass on CentOS 7 and i have the same error, but on Centos 8, it will run successufully. My only problem is with the managing MongoDB (creation of DB and DB user).

Thanks

gotwf

@boston-stanley said in NodeBB cannot start in Centos:

@gotwf
Thank you. I just tried that script from Mangolass on CentOS 7 and i have the same error, but on Centos 8, it will run successufully. My only problem is with the managing MongoDB (creation of DB and DB user).

Here is @scottalanmiller's CentOS 7 How To

Thanks

You're welcome.

Boston-Stanley

@pitaj said in NodeBB cannot start in Centos:

What's your node version?

Version 1.10.x according to this git link:
git clone -b v1.10.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB .

PitaJ

@boston-stanley no your Node.js version.

node -v

Also NodeBB 1.10 is like years old at this point. Why are you on such an old version?

Boston-Stanley

@pitaj said in NodeBB cannot start in Centos:

@boston-stanley no your Node.js version.

node -v

Also NodeBB 1.10 is like years old at this point. Why are you on such an old version?

Actually i got that from the NodeBB documentation page. It seems it is not updated, especially on the CentOS installation page.
https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/centos/

Thanks for pointing it out.