Domain name change

[NodeHam]

What would be involved in changing the domain name of the forums?
I've had to do this many times in the past and most times, it's been an absolute nightmare.

Nodebb seems so well designed that I'm hoping it's a relatively simple task.

[PitaJ]

I don't think anything needs to be changed besides the URL in config.json

[NodeHam]

Hi,

Really? So, nothing else, like pages saved in db that have the current domain name?

That would be super simple :).

[julian]

Pretty much what @PitaJ said, yes. Just update your DNS records so the new domain points to your NodeBB's IP (or reverse proxy), and update config.json with the new domain.

Everything uses relative links, and url in config.json is only ever used in situations where we don't have any context as to what URL to use, such as email digests.

[julian]

We of course can't account for all plugins. Probably if your NodeBB is from the mid 2010s, then it is possible some assets could still be using absolute URLs... but since then, at least the main plugins all use relative URLs.

[NodeHam]

Wonderful then. This is usually a job that ends up being a rabbit hole with a lot of other software.

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

[NodeHam]

Hi,

I have another situation where I have different config.json confusing me now.

$ cat config.json 
{
    "url": "https://oldname1.com",
    "secret": "xxxxxxxx",
    "database": "mongo",
    "mongo": {
        "host": "127.0.0.1",
        "port": 27017,
        "username": "",
        "password": "",
        "database": "nodebb",
        "uri": "mongodb://nodebb4556:xxxxxx@localhost:27017/nodebb"
    }

And...

$ cat ../nodebb/config.json 
{
    "url": "http://localhost:4567",
    "secret": "xxxxxxxx",
    "database": "postgres",
    "postgres": {
        "host": "127.0.0.1",
        "port": "5432",
        "username": "nodebbgttt56",
        "password": "xxxxx",
        "database": "nodebb",
        "ssl": "false"
    },
    "port": "4567"

Both were used, the second is the current one. Both worked but which one is right?
The new version is using postgres. Based on your comment, it should be like this;

{
    "url": "https://www.domainname:4567",  << nginx proxy port
    "secret": "xxxxxxxx",
    "database": "postgres",
    "postgres": {
        "host": "127.0.0.1",
        "port": "5432",
        "username": "nodebbgttt56",
        "password": "xxxxx",
        "database": "nodebb",
        "ssl": "false"
    },
    "port": "4567"

Am I going wrong somewhere even if this works?