nodebb running, but inaccessible from browser (local install)

<baris>

@Giorgio-Chiodi do you have access to redis-cli to run some commands?

Giorgio Chiodi

@baris sorry, I haven't seen your post. Yes, I have access

<baris>

Can you the run the following command.

redis-cli
zrange categories:cid 0 -1

Giorgio Chiodi

zrange categories:cid 0 -1

@baris operation not permitted should i go sudo?

julian

@giorgio-chiodi Does your redis have a password? If so, you'll need to type this command first:

AUTH {password}

Giorgio Chiodi

@julian ok now what

redis 127.0.0.1:6379> zrange categories:cid 0 -1
 1) "1"
 2) "14"
 3) "29"
 4) "13"
 5) "2"
 6) "30"
 7) "15"
 8) "3"
 9) "31"
10) "16"
11) "20"
12) "33"
13) "4"
14) "17"
15) "18"
16) "19"
17) "34"
18) "5"
19) "22"
20) "32"
21) "6"
22) "23"
23) "7"
24) "24"
25) "8"
26) "25"
27) "9"
28) "10"
29) "26"
30) "11"
31) "27"
32) "12"
33) "28"
34) "21"
redis 127.0.0.1:6379>

<baris>

Can you change this line https://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/blob/master/src/categories.js#L290 to

console.log(cid);
throw new Error('category not found');

And let us know the output.

Giorgio Chiodi

console.log(cid);

@baris

(error) ERR unknown command 'console.log(cid);'

julian

@giorgio-chiodi Please add those two lines into the code

Follow this link, find that line, and replace it with the code in @baris' post.

Giorgio Chiodi

@julian ahhh whoops sorry thought it was a command

Giorgio Chiodi

@julian ok I've edited the file - now what?

Giorgio Chiodi

@baris what output?

<baris>

Try running again to get that Error: No category found! error and see what the output is.

Giorgio Chiodi

@baris

info: NodeBB Ready
17
error: [app] Encountered Uncaught Exception: category not found
Error: category not found
    at /home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/src/categories.js:291:12
    at /home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/src/database/redis.js:154:4
    at try_callback (/home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:532:9)
    at RedisClient.return_reply (/home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:614:13)
    at HiredisReplyParser.<anonymous> (/home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:266:14)
    at HiredisReplyParser.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at HiredisReplyParser.execute (/home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/node_modules/redis/lib/parser/hiredis.js:43:18)
    at RedisClient.on_data (/home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:488:27)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/node_modules/redis/index.js:82:14)
    at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
info: [app] Restarting...
info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
info: [app] Database connection closed.
info: [app] Shutdown complete.
info: NodeBB v0.3.2 Copyright (C) 2013 DesignCreatePlay Inc.
info: This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
info: This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
info: 
info: Time: Thu Mar 06 2014 19:10:32 GMT+0100 (CET)
info: Initializing NodeBB v0.3.2
info: * using configuration stored in: /home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/config.json
info: * using redis store at 127.0.0.1:6379
info: * using themes stored in: /home/super/nodeBB/nodebb/node_modules
info: Base Configuration OK.
info: [themes] Using theme nodebb-theme-lavender
info: Static directory routed for theme: nodebb-theme-lavender
info: Custom templates directory routed for theme: nodebb-theme-lavender
info: Middlewares loaded.
info: [plugins] Initializing plugins system
info: [notifications.init] Registering jobs.
warn: [plugins] Plugin 'nodebb-plugin-gallery' not found
warn: [plugins] Plugin 'nodebb-plugin-youtube' not found
warn: [plugins] Plugin 'nodebb-plugin-emailer-mailgun' not found
warn: [plugins] Plugin 'nodebb-plugin-desktop-notifications' not found
warn: [plugins] Plugin 'nodebb-plugin-imgbed' not found
warn: [plugins/nodebb-widget-essentials] staticDir is deprecated, use staticDirs instead
info: [plugins] Found 1 CSS file(s) for plugin nodebb-widget-essentials
warn: [plugins/nodebb-widget-essentials] staticDir is deprecated, define CSS files with new staticDirs instead.
warn: [plugins/nodebb-plugin-mentions] This plugin may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing.
info: [plugins] Found 1 LESS file(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-mentions
info: [plugins] Found 2 js file(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-mentions
warn: [plugins/nodebb-plugin-markdown] This plugin may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing.
info: [plugins] Found 1 LESS file(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-markdown
warn: [plugins/nodebb-theme-lavender] staticDir is deprecated, use staticDirs instead
info: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-widget-essentials
info: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-mentions
info: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-markdown
info: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-theme-lavender
info: [plugins] Sorting hooks to fire in priority sequence
info: [plugins] Plugins OK
info: NodeBB attempting to listen on: 0.0.0.0:4567
info: NodeBB Ready
^Cinfo: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
info: [app] Database connection closed.
info: [app] Shutdown complete.

<baris>

Ok looks like category 17 is the problem now run the following in redis-cli to see if its in the database.

hgetall category:17

Giorgio Chiodi

@baris (empty list or set)

<baris>

Looks like the category was somehow deleted. What about the other ones? Does hgetall category:18 return anything?

Giorgio Chiodi

@baris yes, that one works

 1) "cid"
 2) "18"
 3) "name"
 4) "giglio"
 5) "description"
 6) "CSC"
 7) "icon"
 8) ""
 9) "bgColor"
10) "#0059b2"
11) "color"
12) "#fff"
13) "slug"
14) "18/giglio"
15) "topic_count"
16) "0"
17) "disabled"
18) "1"
19) "order"
20) "5"
21) "link"
22) ""
23) "numRecentReplies"
24) "2"
25) "class"
26) "col-md-3 col-xs-6"
27) "imageClass"
28) "default"

<baris>

Alright, you can run the following commands to recreate category:17 and then edit in the control panel again.

hset category:17 cid 17
hset category:17 name editme
hset category:17 description editme
hset category:17 icon ""
hset category:17 bgColor "#0059b2"
hset category:17 color "#fff"
hset category:17 slug "17/editme"
hset category:17 topic_count 0
hset category:17 disabled 1
hset category:17 order 5
hset category:17 link ""
hset category:17 numRecentReplies 2
hset category:17 class "col-md-3 col-xs-6"
hset category:17 imageClass "default"

Did you by any chance delete that category from the database? With a del command?

Giorgio Chiodi

@baris well if it was deleted it wasn't me. maybe someone deleted it from the admin page.