Well i am having issues with moving mine, and it seems Mongo is the issue, any help would be great https://community.nodebb.org/topic/6620/unable-to-migrate-nodebb-to-another-server/1

When trying to boot NodeBB on new server i get

at Function.MongoError.create (/home/***/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/error.js:31:11)
at /home/***/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/topologies/server.js:754:66
at Callbacks.emit (/home/***/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/topologies/server.js:95:3)
at null.messageHandler (/home/***/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/topologies/server.js:243:23)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/***/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/connection.js:262:22)
at Socket.emit (events.js:107:17)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:163:16)
at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:126:10)
at TCP.onread (net.js:538:20)

Any tips on best practices for migrating servers?

Yes replacing is an option, but did you know that when you replace it the avatar the actual file it self doesn't, the previous image stays in the image folder.

Thanks @julianlam

So, can someone enligten me on how this is done, because I am at a complete loss.

Thanks.

BUMP!.. I really want this addressed or pointed in the right direction to fix this myself!

@julian WTF!!! even better!! ahaha!! this gets better everytime!.... my only gripe is that persona stinks on Windows Phones...--> new thread coming on.

nice one!! never knew about stash!! but i love the simplicity so much! thanks!

Hi I want to be able to make custom changes to the ACP dashboard the some language changes as well, but I want them to stay after a git pull and upgrade is done.

Should I do this via a plugin or is there another way... oh and Im not sure on forking as it seems a bit much just for a couple of cosmetic changes.

Thanks.

Can confirm this is the case for my self also, Unable to update persona theme.

Hhhmm interesting... many thanks, guess i better start learning how to do plugins!

Hi does, NodeBB have security groups, to give an admin, manager like permissions, e.g. moderate posts, user bans etc but no access to plugins, and other system related features?

To be honest the answer is there in your screenshot, there is an issue with your connection the Redis database, make sure redis is installed and that you have entered all the correct or default info during the "./nodebb setup" process

also I noticed that you have nodebb in a nodebb directory, seems a little messy no? also check your config.json file to make sure the details you entered during the setup is correct.

var node path = process.env ['NODE_PATH']

I could be wrong, but to me... this would suggest that NodeJS is not installed or properly configured on your CentOS server. Have you installed all the prerequisites required to run NodeBB? e.g. "yum -y install nodejs git redis ImageMagick npm"

I will say one thing it sounds like the yum install for nodejs, could be the problem as I had to install mine manually using the NodeJS guide it self. Though if you can do it via NVM, I would suggest that being a better route in the long run, as the yum install version is a older version of nodejs and will give grief later on.

Hope that helps.

If your using WHM\cPanel ... check out my guide on how to get it running without the port number.

@julian that would be awesome!

Hi, I tried this but it didn't work for me which I found to be very strange as this sort of thing works all the time on other javascript based sites.
Perhaps I am missing some logic, as it either displays on all pages or it does not show at all, but never for the page I want it to work for.

I will keep playing with it too see if I am missing something...

Thanks for the help, but still no joy when running nodebb with pm2

Edit: take that back all of a sudden its behaving !!

Nothing in the logs that reflect the time stamp of the uplaod event, and I am on the lastest version, however I did notice something,
when I tried to do the "./nodebb log" command, it failed, then I thought maybe it has something to do with PM2?

And I was right, I stopped using "pm2 stop app" and loaded it back with ./nodebb start, and the logo uploaded.

Thing is what does pm2 do to it to prevent it from uploaded the logo via the ACP?

P.S. While typing this post, this very forum just notified me that this forum was just updated, does this mean I now have to go update mine?

I get a "error uploading, code : 403" when trying to upload a site logo in the ACP...
Any clue what 403 is and how to fix it?

Thanks.

Hi @rbeer thanks for your reply, I tried the command you provided, but its already installed...

However, what seem to help was making some changes to git due to a timeout issue or proxy issue.

[url "https://github.com/"]
insteadOf = [email protected]:
[url "https://"]
insteadOf = git://

Once I done this, it installed properly and now runs.

Thanks.

Im on Centos, and what do you mean you moved away from Bash scripts, when your documentation instructs me so?

or am i missing something here?