nginx as proxy with wordpress

[peter]

I'm having trouble getting started with nodebb and wordpress.

How can I get both running using one digitalocean droplet? I tried to follow this doc but it's unclear https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/configuring/proxies/nginx.html

nodebb is using all default settings but when I go to http://localhost/ I get an error message but when I go to http://localhost:4567/ it works. According to the doc, I need to set use_port to false but didn't need to since it was there when I nano the file.

[julian]

What is the URL for wordpress? You can't have both Wordpress and NodeBB answering to localhost/... well you can, but there may be side effects.

[peter]

@julian I'll try a new droplet and give it another go. Could be I was rushing through it. nodebb looks to be something I want to use after trying so many different ones out there.

[a_5mith]

@peter said:

@julian I'll try a new droplet and give it another go. Could be I was rushing through it. nodebb looks to be something I want to use after trying so many different ones out there.

I doubt there's a need to start again, it's probably just an issue with your nginx config.

[peter]

Any known issues using nodebb on subdomain or subfolder?

[peter]

@a_5mith @julian

I decided to try subfolder http://localhost/forum but still can't figure out how to remove the port after following the doc

my config looks like this

{
"base_url": "http://localhost",
"port": "4567",
"secret": "xxx",
"bind_address": "0.0.0.0",
"database": "redis",
"redis": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": "6379",
"password": "xxx",
"database": "0"
},
"bcrypt_rounds": 12,
"upload_path": "/public/uploads",
"use_port": false,
"relative_path": "/forum"
}

Here is my nginx block

server {
listen 80;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
index index.html index.htm;
server_name localhost;

    location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    	proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    	proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    	proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    	proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

    	proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567/;
    	proxy_redirect off;

    	proxy_http_version 1.1;
    	proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    	proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }

}

[a_5mith]

I would advise using a subdomain, it's just easier. How are you hosting this? On your own PC?

Set your base_url in config.json to the same as what you enter under server_name - In the example below: subdomain.domain.com

server {
 listen 80;

server_name forum.example.org;

location / {
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567/;
    proxy_redirect off;

    # Socket.IO Support
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
}
}

Make sure you create a valid symlink between sites-available & sites-enabled. And restart or reload nginx and make sure you get an [OK] message when you do so.

[peter]

@a_5mith I have it setup on a new DO droplet using the server IP (no domain yet) for both server_name and the base_url - basically replacing localhost referenced in my previous post. Hope that makes sense.

for example:
"base_url": "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx",
server_name xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;

working url via http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:4567/forum
404 not found for http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/forum

Appreciate all you help.