Default Installation 3.10.3, but many JS files return 404, why?

Mr.C

Hello everyone

This is my environment configuration information:
I am using an AWS EC2 server, with the system being Debian 12, and using the BaoTa Linux panel.

The Node.js version is v18.20.5, MongoDB version is v8.0. After installation, the forum address is 127.0.0.1:4567. I am using a reverse proxy to mount my domain aiink.cn.

The installation went smoothly, but upon first run, there were some issues (see the image).

Many JS files cannot be found, and even after searching through the distribution package, I could not locate them, such as the most important ones:

nodebb.min.js
admin.min.js

When I compressed the files on the server and downloaded them, I did not find these files either.

I noticed that some file paths were localhost, so I downloaded the config.json from the server and changed the localhost:4567 in the config.json to 127.0.0.1:4567.

After running:

./nodebb stop

./nodebb start

the issue still persisted.

Due to the missing admin.min.js, I am unable to click the 'rebuild-and-restart' button.

Previously, I installed NodeBB v1.6, and there were no such issues.

Is this a configuration problem on my end, or something else?

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Mr.C

Even though I have modified the config.json file to include my website address, it still shows an error.

<baris>

nodebb.min.js is generated when you run ./nodebb build in the nodebb folder. Try running it and see if you get any errors. Also make sure you access the forum with the same url used in config.json

Mr.C

@baris said in Default Installation 3.10.3, but many JS files return 404, why?:

nodebb.min.js is generated when you run ./nodebb build in the nodebb folder. Try running it and see if you get any errors. Also make sure you access the forum with the same url used in config.json

As you suggested, I ran the ./nodebb build, and indeed an error occurred.

Could you please advise on how to resolve it?

<baris>

What is the output of ./nodebb plugins? Seems like you don't have nodebb-plugin-composer-default active.

Mr.C

@baris Ah, I just disabled all plugins to eliminate errors

Mr.C

I restarted nodebb plugin composer default and ran ./nodebb buildagain

still has an error

<baris>

I'm not familiar with that error, but you can try a few things.

Don't use root user to run nodebb commands, make sure the nodebb folder is owned by a nonprivileged user. Then run npm install with that user and try running ./nodebb build again.

Mr.C

It seems that this error is actually the root cause of the problem.

ERROR in ./node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.esm.js + 57 modules
Unexpected end of JSON input

julian

@juse please run npm install again and try running ./nodebb build again.

Mr.C

@baris

@baris said in Default Installation 3.10.3, but many JS files return 404, why?:

I'm not familiar with that error, but you can try a few things.

Don't use root user to run nodebb commands, make sure the nodebb folder is owned by a nonprivileged user. Then run npm install with that user and try running ./nodebb build again.

ah...I try it

Mr.C

@julian said in Default Installation 3.10.3, but many JS files return 404, why?:

@juse please run npm install again and try running ./nodebb build again.

I'm currently reinstalling everything.

Since I installed Node.js, npm, and yarn using the root account,
I didn't log out of the root account when installing NodeBB,

which resulted in NodeBB being installed in the root folder .

regular users cannot control the root folder

Now, I've deleted NodeBB and am reinstalling it using a regular user account.

Mr.C

still....

<baris>

You are still on the root account.

Mr.C

@baris said in Default Installation 3.10.3, but many JS files return 404, why?:

You are still on the root account.

At first, I also thought it was a permission issue.
So, I deleted all the files and reinstalled them.
This time, I used the default www account.
The command I ran was sudo -u www command.
But the problem still persists...

and I use `npm install`again and `./nodebb build`....the problem is still....

Mr.C

is it a version issue with Node.js?

Mr.C

updat nodejs LTS v22.11.0ing.....

<baris>

NodeBB works on nodejs 18/20/22 so it's probably not a nodejs version issue.

Mr.C

I am now using version 1.6.2. Although there are some JavaScript errors, it is still usable for the time being. It might be that the configuration of Debian 12 on the AWS server itself was not set up properly.

Mr.C

All issues have been resolved.

What seemed like mysterious problems were, in fact, all related to user permissions.

During the installation environment setup and even when installing NodeBB, use the root account is OK.

However!!!! after that!!!!

I created a regular user named nodebb and granted this user permission to the nodebb directory.

Using this user, I successfully ran ./nodebb build without any issues.

I am now using the latest version 3.10.3, and everything is working perfectly without any errors.

Thanks @baris @julian

Default Installation 3.10.3, but many JS files return 404, why?

and I use npm installagain and ./nodebb build....the problem is still....

and I use `npm install`again and `./nodebb build`....the problem is still....