URGENT, Cannot install on Rocky 9
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Our forums have been down for around two weeks now. It seems to be a problem with the centos 8 server so I've built a Rocky 9 server to replace it.
However, everything I've done leads to a dead end, cannot complete the install ever.All of the problems I'm facing are related to mongo. It seems that mongodb 6.0.6 is not supported.
If that's the case, I'll be happy to downgrade but everything I've found is missing something or other.Is that the case, can anyone confirm or does anyone know where I could find an article/document that shows how to correctly install on Rocky 9?
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Just tried again...
Lots of warnings of deprecated this and that yet the system is fully updated and I just installed nodejs. Is there an update needed for nodejs? No idea but if there is one, using dnf update is not finding one.Then, no matter if I pre-install mongo and set the credentials or do it during the install, it always fails.
[root@r9nodebb install]# systemctl start redis [root@r9nodebb install]# systemctl enable redis Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/redis.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/redis.service. [root@r9nodebb install]# nvm list-remote -bash: nvm: command not found [root@r9nodebb install]# cd .. [root@r9nodebb nodebb]# ./nodebb setup Dependencies outdated or not yet installed. Installing them now... npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request-promise-native has been deprecated because it extends the now deprecated request package, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Multer 1.x is affected by CVE-2022-24434. This is fixed in v1.4.4-lts.1 which drops support for versions of Node.js before 6. Please upgrade to at least Node.js 6 and version 1.4.4-lts.1 of Multer. If you need support for older versions of Node.js, we are open to accepting patches that would fix the CVE on the main 1.x release line, whilst maintaining compatibility with Node.js 0.10. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details. npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142 npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Package no longer supported. Contact Support at https://www.npmjs.com/support for more info. added 896 packages, and audited 897 packages in 2m 97 packages are looking for funding run `npm fund` for details 10 vulnerabilities (5 moderate, 5 high) To address all issues possible (including breaking changes), run: npm audit fix --force Some issues need review, and may require choosing a different dependency. Run `npm audit` for details. OK 2023-05-15T21:22:05.268Z [undefined/29239] - info: NodeBB Setup Triggered via Command Line Welcome to NodeBB v3.0.0! This looks like a new installation, so you'll have to answer a few questions about your environment before we can proceed. Press enter to accept the default setting (shown in brackets). URL used to access this NodeBB (http://localhost:4567) Please enter a NodeBB secret (5aecce03-1643-462e-8a1d-bf6a7b991870) Would you like to submit anonymous plugin usage to nbbpm? (yes) no Which database to use (mongo) 2023-05-15T21:22:15.679Z [29239] - info: Now configuring mongo database: prompt: MongoDB connection URI: (leave blank if you wish to specify host, port, username/password and database individually) Format: mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,host2[:port2],...[,hostN[:portN]]][/[database][?options]]: mongodb://123:123@localhost:27017/nodebb 2023-05-15T21:35:05.989Z [undefined/31178] - error: uncaughtException: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'value') TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'value') at Object.isUriNotSpecified [as ask] (/opt/nodebb/src/database/mongo.js:18:37) at EventEmitter.prompt.getInput (/opt/nodebb/install/node_modules/prompt/lib/prompt.js:507:18) at get (/opt/nodebb/install/node_modules/prompt/lib/prompt.js:363:12) at /opt/nodebb/install/node_modules/prompt/lib/prompt.js:322:7 at /opt/nodebb/install/node_modules/prompt/node_modules/async/internal/withoutIndex.js:8:40 at replenish (/opt/nodebb/install/node_modules/prompt/node_modules/async/internal/eachOfLimit.js:81:17) at iterateeCallback (/opt/nodebb/install/node_modules/prompt/node_modules/async/internal/eachOfLimit.js:65:17) at /opt/nodebb/install/node_modules/prompt/node_modules/async/internal/onlyOnce.js:12:16 at assembler (/opt/nodebb/install/node_modules/prompt/lib/prompt.js:355:9) -
No change if I add the user nodebb and change ownership of /opt/nodebb to that.
It's really incredible how many articles and documents explaining how to install leave out important steps or add steps that others don't have.
Just a complete mess of information on the Internet. Even Bard and GPT have no clue how to install this. -
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redison this stepWhich database to use (mongo) -
@NodeHam is there a reason you're installing 3.0.0 instead of the latest version, 3.1.3?
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I was actually trying 3.1.3 but decided to step back to see if downgrading might help with rocky 9.
So nodebb is using redis instead of mongo now?I'm rebuilding onto a new server because the old one is causing something to break in nodebb. That server is centos 8 and nodebb is using mongodb. Will I be able to restore the forums if I use redis?
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So nodebb is using redis instead of mongo now?
If you want mongo install mongo, if you want redis install redis, in your logs you use redis.
[root@r9nodebb install]# systemctl start redis [root@r9nodebb install]# systemctl enable redis -
I've never had any preference, I simply followed directions as I found them on the Internet.
When I first installed nodebb, the directions said to use mongo so I did and the install completed. Now I'm being promoted for mongo credentials so provide them but it always errors.
No matter how I try to get past the mongo step, it errors out similar to what I shared.
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Following this; https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ubuntu/
Leads me to this; https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/
Which installed mongodb 6.0.6.
Then after installing mongo;
$ mongod --version
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
$ dmesg
[ 1009.119160] traps: mongod[3448] trap invalid opcode ip:563eefd8de9a sp:7fff4457e3e0 error:0 in mongod[563eeade9000+6298000]I then uninstalled 6.0.6 and installed 5.0.17 and the same happened.
<sigh>... Once I solve this, I'll get back to installing nodebb.Update: Proxmox, vm processor type needed to be changed to 'host'.
Continuing.Official doc says to use 'mongo' to log into the mongodb server but that's wrong. It's 'mongosh'.
Not really sure what to do here;
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Finally;
NodeBB Setup Completed. Run "./nodebb start" to manually start your NodeBB server.Oddly, I was never asked for the url the forums will be at;
Note: When entering your site URL, make sure it is exactly what you plan on accessing your site at. If you plan on visiting http://example.org to open your forum, then enter exactly http://example.org.I'll try to get the restore done onto this new version next.
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Now I cannot find much info about restoring. Lots of posts, suggestions, even high level folks saying not to use certain tools as they might not be up to date but no actual doc to be found that seems very current.
Ah the Internet, so full of garbage.
Searching even 'nodebb restore' and 'nodebb new server' leads to so many old posts and ways that people could break their forums.
I'm sure I'll find out it's really simple to restore but out of luck finding anything that clearly explains all the steps. Lots of posts from people saying it's easy, just do this, that etc. Of course, that's because they know how so it is simple to them :). -
N NodeHam referenced this topic on
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@NodeHam said in URGENT, Cannot install on Rocky 9:
Not really sure what to do here;
Looks like you may have done
git checkout v3.1.1instead ofgit checkout v3.x@NodeHam said in URGENT, Cannot install on Rocky 9:
Oddly, I was never asked for the url the forums will be at;
It's the very first question of
./nodebb setup@NodeHam said in URGENT, Cannot install on Rocky 9:
Now I cannot find much info about restoring. Lots of posts, suggestions, even high level folks saying not to use certain tools as they might not be up to date but no actual doc to be found that seems very current.
It's probably best to go to those threads you found and ask specific clarifying questions.
Unfortunately we don't really have the bandwidth to create and keep up to date guides for less-technical people.
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It's the very first question of ./nodebb setup
Yes but it wasn't clear that should be the actual url until later. It's fine, I updated that since.
I'm not exactly less than technical and I can follow documentation when it's very clear. I am however a little overwhelmed trying to get this back up so maybe I'm not as focused as usual. I do understand that I have to restore the db and some of the file directories so I guess I'll go look at mongodb docs. I'm assuming it's as simple as 'command user database < backupdb' but I am trying to confirm so I'm not making any mistakes.So your reply is simply to go through the forums again. Great, thanks for that advise.
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Nice, restoring only restores part of the board. Both are 3.1.3 no less.
I deleted the database then restored again. This time, most of it is there but even after copying the files back to public/uploads, some things are missing like logo and maybe other things along with the formatting I had.Yup, feels like nodebb is for the few that know it inside out and the rest of us are 'non technical'.
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@NodeHam glad you got it up. What exactly is your issue? You can't accept posts on the queue? Do you get any errors client or server side? What version are you on now?
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It's doing the same thing as it was on centos. I cannot accept new posts, it takes multiple times to log in sometimes and other weird things. As admin, I see a user that wants to be allowed but when I click on that user, he's never there.
I posted all the info I've got. There aren't any errors anywhere that I can see or I'm not noticing them.
I don't see any errors as I'm clicking on accept for example in the web sites or in the nodebb logs/ directory.For some reason, it's very slow on ubuntu now yet there is no load on the server. It's typically around 0.30 or less.
I doubt it's ubuntu as I have a number of those running other applications and I'm not aware of any issues with the OS that could cause this.To me, something has gotten corrupted in the database or one or more files but no way of finding enough help to fix this. I've been at this since yesterday non stop at this point and the only thing I've achieved is moving it to a server I didn't want to use. I wanted to use rocky 9 which I'll explore later now that I know it's not a server issue.
