Struggling to set up NodeBB on local computer
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After starting node with
./nodebb startI get the output:Starting NodeBB "./nodebb stop" to stop the NodeBB server "./nodebb log" to view server outputBut on visiting
localhost:4567I getThis web page is not available.Looking at the logs, I can see the following output, repeating every second or so:
[cluster] Spinning up another process... [cluster] Child Process (6951) listening for connections. [cluster] Child Process (6951) has exited (code: 7) [cluster] Spinning up another process...The setup used the defaults, so it's definitely the correct port. What am I doing wrong here?
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Running it with
./nodebb devshould give you a more detailed output.
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@Xiph Ah, thanks very much. It seems that it was looking for a theme that wasn't installed. What happened was that I had installed nodebb some months ago and played around a bit. Now the new installation is using the same database as the old, but with the new file system. I'll set it up again with a new database. Thanks for the heads up on the
./nodebb devcommand
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@babaggeii said:
@Xiph Ah, thanks very much. It seems that it was looking for a theme that wasn't installed. What happened was that I had installed nodebb some months ago and played around a bit. Now the new installation is using the same database as the old, but with the new file system. I'll set it up again with a new database. Thanks for the heads up on the
./nodebb devcommandNo problem, here to help :bowtie:
If you want to keep the data from your old database, you can try running the
./nodebb upgradecommand, although personally I've only used it to upgrade between subsequent versions of NodeBB, so I can't guarantee it'll work flawlessly in your case.
It'd probably be wise to take a backup of your database if you want to try it.
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@Xiph said:
It'd probably be wise to take a backup of your database if you want to try it.
Always a good thing to do when automated tools supposedly mess around with your data
