Host Nodebb Free
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Hello everyone !
You don't want to pay for host a nodebb forum ? You are at the right place !
I have created a list for you with free VPS hosting & Paas and what you will install for a good installation !
Let's start !-
Host1Free
Host1Free is a free VPS hosting. Install debian and follow the guide for install nodebb on debian !
Host1Free offers 128 MB ram and 256 SWAP with 10 MB/s for download and upload ! The servers are located in Germany, Africa and Latin America. Host1Free offers a dedicated IP. -
VPS.me
VPS.me is a free VPS hosting. Install debian and follow the guide for install nodebb on debian !
VPS.me offers 384 MB ram and 100 MB SWAP with 10 MB/s for download and upload ! The servers are located in United States. Unfortunately, VPS.me don't offer a dedicated IP, you are obliged to open ports in the panel. -
Cloud9
You will find a guide on the docs nodebb : https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/cloud/cloud9.html. -
OpenShift
You will find a guide on the docs nodebb : https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/cloud/openshift.html.
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Honestly you're just asking for trouble if you go with a free host if you're serious about starting a forum. I guarantee you each one of those hosts you mentioned overcrowds their free servers to the point where performance is nonexistent.
The only reason I can fathom somebody trying to use of those hosts is for some weird thing that they can't do in a localhost environment and don't want to run on their production environment, but honestly I'd rather pay a few cents to spin up a VPS for a couple hours to do that than put up with a free option.
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@luke I'm inclined to agree with this. Even if you're just testing out and want a linux VPS for testing, sites charge like $0.007 an hour. So for $5 you get 714 hours of testing (assuming you destroy the droplet when you're done, that could last you a year or two.)
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As above, not a great idea if you want to start a serious forum. But I imagine, good for testing and development. Free is good
Please feel free to contribute to our documentation as found here for openshift
EDIT: If you're interested in writing a step-by-step guide for installing NodeBB on the aforementioned hosts, please do
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Thanks for your reply.
I use VPS free for host my nodebb forum because i don't want a big forum and my website isn't popular.
I have launch nodebb on VPS.me with Debian and a free DB mongo. Here you are : http://forum.unixfox.com !
Why I use a VPS free ? Because I am a student and i can't buy online.@psychobunny said :
EDIT: If you're interested in writing a step-by-step guide for installing NodeBB on the aforementioned hosts, please do
Why not :).
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Nice! We'd love a guide on how to do that, @unixfox
https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/cloud.html
Create a new file here: https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/tree/master/docs/installing
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Fantastic, looks like I've got to spin up an Ubuntu VM on my computer to run those local git commands. https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/cloud/openshift.html
I'm a Windows plebian, is there any way to run those without using Linux?
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@luke said:
Fantastic, looks like I've got to spin up an Ubuntu VM on my computer to run those local git commands. https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/installing/cloud/openshift.html
I'm a Windows plebian, is there any way to run those without using Linux?
Try Bitnami Nodebb
But i still recommander you use LinuxEdit : Bitnami not yet complete, you have to wait
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@luke said:
I'm a Windows plebian, is there any way to run those without using Linux?
Yeah, https://www.openshift.com/get-started follow the windows instructions
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I've played around briefly with the Node.js setup on Nitrious.io and it's free to use for one box. It's kind of impressive. I haven't used NodeBB with it but I guess it shouldn't be too hard to set it up on there and play around with it due to the built-in text-editor and terminal. The priced plans are kind of price-y though.
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Does anyone know if the openshift installation is set up for scaling applications? I'm in the process of creating a nodebb forum for a potentially larger site with heavy traffic. I'd want to make sure that the app can scale horizontally.
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I'm still offering free NodeBB hosting right here!
Drawback: No SSH access right now, so this might only be suited for absolute beginners. -
Scrap that, anyone know if the current docs really describe how to install nodebb on openshift? I ran through it and I was never asked to set up admin info, and even when I registered and logged in the /admin route was unavailable. When I logged out I got stuck because the /login route was also blank. Seems a little off.
Also running through this, seems like the installation process is perfectly suited to becoming a cartridge, if all that's missing from the install really are a couple of environment variables for a configuration file.
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