I would like users to have different dashboards (content) depending on the "groups" the user has subscribed to. Also how would one go about storing additional user info in Mongo?

@pichalite sure. It seems something else might be off. I'm now getting this trace when logged in as admin:

warn: [deprecated] Accessing stylesheet.css from "/" is deprecated. Use "/assets/stylesheet.css" to access this file.
warn: [deprecated] Accessing nodebb.min.js from "/" is deprecated. Use "/assets/nodebb.min.js" to access this file.

@pichalite thanks, that worked.

Upon start-up I get the following error trace:

8/7 23:44:39 [7058] - error: TypeError: Path must be a string. Received { id: 'nodebb-theme-exodus', version: '5.2.6' }
at assertPath (path.js:7:11)
at Object.join (path.js:1211:7)
at Object.Plugins.isInstalled (/home/countach/nodebb/src/plugins/install.js:133:24)
at data.async.waterfall (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-save-plugins/lib/installMissing.js:5:40)
at nextTask (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:5273:14)
at Object.waterfall (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:5283:5)
at /home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-save-plugins/lib/installMissing.js:4:24
at /home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3060:16
at eachOfArrayLike (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:1003:9)
at eachOf (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:1051:5)
at Object.eachLimit (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3122:5)
at module.exports (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-save-plugins/lib/installMissing.js:3:20)
at data.async.series (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-save-plugins/library.js:27:54)
at /home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3830:24
at replenish (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:946:17)
at iterateeCallback (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:931:17)
8/7 23:44:39 [7058] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT) Initialised.
8/7 23:44:39 [7058] - info: [app] Database connection closed.
8/7 23:44:39 [7058] - info: [app] Web server closed to connections.
8/7 23:44:39 [7058] - info: [app] Shutdown complete.
3 restarts in 10 seconds, most likely an error on startup. Halting.

@baris thats the thing I do not get that prompt to specify the DB, it attempts to connect automatically after ./nodebb setup is executed. Could it be the authentication settings? I have security authorization enabled in my mongod.conf ...

@baris yes I did both. But I do not quite understand what you mean by "The one you should use during "./nodebb setup" is the second one". Can you please elaborate.

I am getting the following error when executing "./nodebb setup" :

info: Now configuring mongo database: Configuration Saved OK
error: NodeBB could not connect to your Mongo database. Mongo returned the following error: Authentication failed.

MongoError: Authentication failed.
at Function.MongoError.create (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/error.js:31:11)
at /home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:497:72
at authenticateStragglers (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:443:16)
at Connection.messageHandler (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:477:5)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/connection.js:321:22)
at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
at Socket.emit (events.js:188:7)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:176:18)
at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:134:10)
at TCP.onread (net.js:547:20)

I am able to connect to the mongo-shell using the same credentials.I am following the installation documented here and all goes well until I execute "./nodebb setup".

@tango I'm experiencing the same issue. Can you elaborate on how you fixed it. I get this trace:

MongoError: Authentication failed.
at Function.MongoError.create (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/error.js:31:11)
at /home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:497:72
at authenticateStragglers (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:443:16)
at Connection.messageHandler (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:477:5)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/countach/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/connection.js:321:22)
at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
at Socket.emit (events.js:188:7)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:176:18)
at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:134:10)
at TCP.onread (net.js:547:20)

@pitaj Yes true, I tried installing mongo onto my 17.04. The installation was successful but some packages did not work (were not supported).

@pitaj I can confirm that mongo only supports 64-bit LTS versions of ubuntu. Some (crucial) packages like mongod are not supported on non LTS versions.

@pitaj my concern is with mongo. Some mongo packages are not supported on 17.04.
As its documented here.

Has anyone successfully installed NodeBB onto a non LTS version of Ubuntu? This is a Hail-Mary before I revert my 17.04 to the 16.04 LTS. Any insight will be appreciated.

@hariom-vashisth was the app developed natively or as a hybrid? I would like to do something similar for both android and iOS once the forum is up.

@shard the features discussed in that thread is precisely what I was looking for, thank you!

I have some issues I would like to address before committing to any one CMS for a project I'm starting.

I am building a forum which will be used for educational purposes which will have the basic forum functionality as well as a rewards system (Gamification).With this said I have the following questions.

• Is the integration of nodeBB with my own database client (say mongo) supported?

• Is the API "build once, deploy to multiple platforms" or does an instance for each device need to be built? (web/mobile)

• Does a gamification plugin/feature exist?

• is the nodeBB mobile app built using nodeBB?