It is used by nodebb socket.io dependencies.
socket.io and Tor problematic to run
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@NikolaiPatrushev hm, interesting... I think this forum works on version 3.1.4 and I get sockets error too.
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when i run try.nodebb.org via my tor browser , everything seems ok
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But I don't have socket errors on my forum with 3.1.4 version.
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@NikolaiPatrushev said in socket.io and Tor problematic to run:
when i run try.nodebb.org via my tor browser , everything seems ok
I don't understand what the problem is, but my mistakes also disappeared...
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@brazzerstop Do you run your forum in Tor? How do you generate those csrf tokens?
Soon, there will be out version 3.1.5 and then 3.2 , it would be interesting to know if my issues with socket.io addressed, i look into git and saw some commits , we just need to wait and test. -
It will be better if you will not wait. Ask questions to the Tor community, they know their browser better and can tell you how these errors could be caused and what nginx configuration can be used to fix it.
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So finally i figure it out and i run latest version of nodebb, there were problems with my build!
Due to one outdated optional plugin shxxt, yes it did got messy , i back up my uploads directory and deleted whole nodebb directory and then done git clone from the latest upstream of v3.x branch, then copied old upload directory and json.config back, still i feel uneasy about whole socket.io stuff.
Besides of that i think that it will be good idea to make better control of plugins like some script which checks after new plugin build if nodebb.min.js generated , because in my case one of plugins did actually broken the build of nodebb.min.js , it wasn't generated at all and i didn't seen any warnings about it.
Yes the nodebb version 3.1.4 works in Tor too, but let me point that Nginx configuration still a potential source of errors and i spent some quality time setting this up, again and again -
You probably didn't need to completely reinstall but if it works it works.
A failed build should be reported when you click the "Rebuild and Restart" button.
There's not much we can do about nginx.
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On the debate of WS vs Socket io :
The guy who wrote Socket io seems to have a track record of over complicating things ! ... he went on to make Nextjs ... Off topic but I am so glad NodeBB doesnt use React, or Nextjs!
Anyway socket io isnt as complex as Nextjs, so maybe its a closer call.
In general, my preference is for using fewer frameworks and libraries, rather than more.
