Can't get the install done...

Shard

Hi Gerry,

nodebb is node.js based which provides both the web service (apache/nginx/lighthttpd behavior) and code interpretation (php)

What OS/Distribution is your server running and do you have host access ( SSH/RDP ) ?

Gerry

Im have a hosting package at hosting2go.nl, that does not support ssh for security issues, cause its providing shared hosting....

its linux....

So i quess i cant get nodebb running up there?

Shard

@Gerry said:

Im have a hosting package at hosting2go.nl, that does not support ssh for security issues, cause its providing shared hosting....

its linux....

So i quess i cant get nodebb running up there?

I'm gonna have to say it's very unlikely unless they have a control panel that allows you to install nodejs and node modules. You pretty much need shell access.

There are some very cheap/free hosts offering node that are mentioned in various places on the forums here if you want to give that a whirl.

Gerry

Thats sadly haha. But the shell-access is set off cause for security reasons on my host.

So is there an oppertunity to set up something on localhost (just for testing this out) or is that just too much?

Xiph

@Gerry said:

So is there an oppertunity to set up something on localhost (just for testing this out) or is that just too much?

As long as your system has enough RAM to be able to handle Redis, it would be fine. Of course, if it's a Linux machine that also makes things a lot easier, though of course setting NodeBB up on Windows/Mac OSX is possible as well (albeit a bit trickier and with more weird edge cases).
(P.S. hello fellow Dutchie! :))

julian

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Shaun

@Gerry said:

So is there an oppertunity to set up something on localhost (just for testing this out) or is that just too much?

If you're not already running a Linux machine, download VMWare Player (free for non-commercial use) and Ubuntu (I recommend using the server distro) and then follow the installation docs.

I run my forum on a VM with 1GB of RAM and it's massive overkill.

a_5mith

NodeBB can be installed for windows by following this guide

Shaun

@a_5mith True, but honestly, it's easier to set up a quick Linux VM (and I say this as someone who is not at all a fan of Linux) and the support is far better.