Can't start using ./node start but working with node app.js

[citizen]

Hello Everyone,

I have a weird issue, i can't start my nodebb with the command ./nodebb start but its working just fine with node app.js

It seems that when i use the ./nodebb start command there is an issue with my config.json, like it can't access the file.

Because in my output.log i have this :

url.js:107
throw new TypeError("Parameter 'url' must be a string, not " + typeof url)

Its also working with ./nodebb dev

But i noticed something weird : info: NodeBB is now listening on: 0.0.0.0:4567

However my conf seems ok. (i tried running ./nodebb setup)

What am i missing?

[a_5mith]

Paste the contents of your config.json file, remove any private info like secret keys etc.

[citizen]

Here it is :

config.json :

{
"url": "http://mydomain:4567",
"secret": "mykey",
"database": "redis",
"redis": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": "5555",
"password": "",
"database": "0"
}
}

[a_5mith]

Remove :4567 from the URL.

[citizen]

Done,

Nothing has changed

i don't understand, i tried editing the config.json to remove the port.

No change, i rerun the setup > it confirm that the port is correctly removed because the defaut option is http://mydomain.fr for the url

but when i start nodebb with ./nodebb dev i still see :

0.0.0.0:4567 (is this normal?)

[Kowlin]

Yep 0.0.0.0 is a normal thing.

[citizen]

Ok..

I dont get it then..

Here my output.log

16/8 03:55 [32624] - info: NodeBB Ready
16/8 03:55 [32624] - info: NodeBB is now listening on: 0.0.0.0:4567
Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).

16/8 04:01 [32624] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
16/8 04:01 [32624] - info: [app] Database connection closed.
16/8 04:01 [32624] - info: [app] Web server closed to connections.
16/8 04:01 [32624] - info: [app] Shutdown complete.
[cluster] Child Process (32624) has exited (code: 0, signal: null)

url.js:107
throw new TypeError("Parameter 'url' must be a string, not " + typeof url)
^
TypeError: Parameter 'url' must be a string, not undefined
at Url.parse (url.js:107:11)
at Object.urlParse [as parse] (url.js:101:5)
at start (/home/web/nodebb/nodebb/app.js:118:22)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/web/nodebb/nodebb/app.js:67:2)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
[cluster] Child Process (724) has exited (code: 8, signal: null)
[cluster] Spinning up another process...

[citizen]

hello again,

Made a clean install, everything is up and running.

But if anyone has a clue why i had this problem, please post here

Thanks @a_5mith and @Kowlin for helping.

[julian]

Is there a stack trace with that error?

[citizen]

Nope i deleted the corrupted install, the only thing i have is the content of my output.log which i posted earlier.

There was this error :

TypeError: Parameter 'url' must be a string, not undefined

this error was repeating itself 3 or 4 times then the server crashed.