nodebb upgrade brakes Redis / doesn't fix dependencies

[Melroy van den Berg]

Hi,

I tried to upgrade from v0.9.0 to v0.9.1. It seems like a basic upgrade. However this './nodebb upgrade' will break Redis configuration. I did all the thinks listed on this page:
https://docs.nodebb.org/vi/latest/upgrading/

When I do a ./nodebb upgrade my NodeBB will gives errors about Redis. Yes Redis is installed and running. The only 'dirty' fix is to run ./nodebb setup I guess that is not the idea. This issue is still not solved... EDIT: Now my installation is even broken!

Terminal output:

melroy@melroy-server:/var/www/forum.libreweb.org/html$ ./nodebb upgrade                                                                                                                                    
1. Bringing base dependencies up to date... OK
2. Updating NodeBB data store schema.
2/12 14:24 [26040] - error: Unable to initialize Redis! Is Redis installed? Error :Cannot find module 'redis'
OK


                                                                                         NodeBB Upgrade Complete!
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
melroy@melroy-server:/var/www/forum.libreweb.org/html$ ./nodebb start                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Starting NodeBB                                                                                                                                                                                            
  "./nodebb stop" to stop the NodeBB server
  "./nodebb log" to view server output
  "./nodebb restart" to restart NodeBB
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
melroy@melroy-server:/var/www/forum.libreweb.org/html$ ./nodebb log                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Type Ctrl-C to exit
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.                                                                                                                                                            
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.                                                                                                                    
For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2/12 14:25 [26142] - info: Time: Wed Dec 02 2015 14:25:07 GMT+0100 (CET)                                                                                                                                   
2/12 14:25 [26142] - info: Initializing NodeBB v0.9.0                                                                                                                                                      
2/12 14:25 [26142] - error: Unable to initialize Redis! Is Redis installed? Error :Cannot find module 'redis'                                                                                              
[cluster] Child Process (26142) has exited (code: 0, signal: null)                                                                                                                                         

EDIT:
It's even worse now. The ```./nodebb upgrade`` command doesn't upgrade my NodeBB installation. Now my installation is broken and not working at all!

melroy@melroy-server:/var/www/forum.libreweb.org/html$ ./nodebb log                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Type Ctrl-C to exit
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                           
2/12 15:03 [1353] - info: Time: Wed Dec 02 2015 15:03:34 GMT+0100 (CET)
2/12 15:03 [1353] - info: Initializing NodeBB v0.9.1
[outdated] nodebb-theme-lavender installed v3.0.0, package.json requires 3.0.1                                                                                                                             
2/12 15:03 [1353] - warn: One or more of NodeBB's dependent packages are out-of-date. Please run the following command to update them:
2/12 15:03 [1353] - warn:     ./nodebb upgrade
[cluster] Child Process (1353) has exited (code: 0, signal: null)            

I found out the only fix is to manually execute the following line:
npm install nodebb-theme-lavender
Because nodebb upgrade didn't help at all!

Bottom-line: Check the nodebb upgrade script, this script isn't working as expected. I already have two issues:

• Upgrade script doesn't fix the nodebb dependencies
• Upgrade script brake Redis or configuration file

Kind regards,
Melroy van den Berg

[A Former User]

Here check this topic:
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/7142/latest-pull-breaks-nodebb-packages-are-out-of-date/

To fix the issues try to run the following commands:
npm i nodebb-theme-lavender@3.0.1
npm i install redis@0.10.1

And then run ./nodebb setup and just press enter. It is indeed just a workaround, but better than nothing.