Hi,

I have been having a nightmare updating mongod and nodebb.

My developer had successfully migrated nodebb to a new server with latest mongod and nodebb version , we migrated old data from old server to new server, all was good till yesterday but today there seems to be few issues. Site not loading for users. Yesterday users were complaining that imagemagick was not working so he disabled it. as users were unable to upload profile pics and i was not able to save admin changes.

now whenever i run nodebb, on live site i get socket io 403 forbidden.

I have read your posts here so its not origin url error since its happening on main url too https://chatrooms.talkwithstranger.com but i m temporarily redirecting to another page as users r having bad experience seeing broken site, you can see nodebb on this url

i have read ur posts here https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/5472 so its not this issue. its something else. @baris @julian

I did so many things but nothing worked, below i m providing you details.

root@Himalaya-New:/var/www/community# cat package.json | grep version
    "version": "3.10.0",
        "compare-versions": "6.1.1",
root@Himalaya-New:/var/www/community#

root@Himalaya-New:/var/www/community# mongod --version
db version v6.0.17
Build Info: {
    "version": "6.0.17",
    "gitVersion": "1b0ca02043c6d35d5cfdc91e21fc00a05d901539",
    "openSSLVersion": "OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024",
    "modules": [],
    "allocator": "tcmalloc",
    "environment": {
        "distmod": "ubuntu2204",
        "distarch": "x86_64",
        "target_arch": "x86_64"
    }
}

Live url was https://chatrooms.talkwithstranger.com but because its down i am redirecting users to another page temporarily.

403 forbidden coming on socket io. yes i am using cloudflare but IP don't go through CF, right then why 403 forbidden?

Below are some history commands of what i tried so far but no luck.

1999  cd "/var/www/community"
 2000  ./nodebb log
 2001  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2002  ./nodebb log
 2003  ./nodebb restart
 2004  ./nodebb log
 2005  sudo systemctl restart mongod
 2006  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2007  ./nodebb log
 2008  ./nodebb stop
 2009  ./nodebb start
 2010  ./nodebb log
 2011  sudo tail -f /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2012  mongo
 2013  mongod
 2014  ps aux | grep mongod
 2015  docker ps
 2016  docker stop 86b913d8a821
 2017  mongod
 2018  sudo systemctl restart mongod
 2019  mongo
 2020  mongod
 2021  ./nodebb log
 2022  ./nodebb restart
 2023  ./nodebb log
 2024  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2025  sudo systemctl stop mongod
 2026* sudo systemctl start nongo
 2027  sudo systemctl stop mongod
 2028  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2029  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2030  sudo cat /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2031  df -h
 2032  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2033  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2034*
 2035  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2036  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2037  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2038  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2039  mongod
 2040  sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb
 2041  sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/log/mongodb
 2042  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2043  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2044  sudo systemctl stop mongod
 2045  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2046  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2047  mongod
 2048  sudo systemctl restart mongod
 2049  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2050  mongod
 2051  ls -ld /var/lib/mongodb
 2052  sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb
 2053  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2054  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2055  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2056  sudo systemctl stop mongod
 2057  sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2058  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2059  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2060  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2061  ps aux | grep mongod
 2062  sudo kill 1126153
 2063  ps aux | grep mongod
 2064  sudo kill 1283446
 2065  ps aux | grep mongod
 2066  sudo pkill mongod
 2067  ps aux | grep mongod
 2068  ps aux | grep [m]ongod
 2069  ./nodebb stop
 2070  sudo kill -9 1283897
 2071  sudo systemctl stop mongod
 2072  ps aux | grep [m]ongod
 2073  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2074  ls -l /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock
 2075  sudo rm /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock
 2076  ls -ld /tmp
 2077  sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb
 2078  sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/log/mongodb
 2079  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2080  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2081  ./nodebb start
 2082  ./nodebb log
 2083  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2084  ./nodebb log
 2085  ./nodebb stop
 2086  ./nodebb start
 2087  ./nodebb stop
 2088  ./nodebb start
 2089  ./nodebb log
 2090  mongo --host localhost --port 27017
 2091  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2092  sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2093  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2094  ./nodebb stop
 2095  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2096  sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2097  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2098  ./nodebb start
 2099  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2100  clear
 2101  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2102  ./nodebb log
 2103  ./nodebb stop
 2104  ./nodebb start
 2105  ./nodebb log
 2106  ./nodebb stop
 2107  ls -l /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock
 2108  ls -ld /tmp
 2109  ./nodebb restart
 2110  mongod
 2111  history
 2112  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2113  sudo systemctl restart mongod
 2114  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2115  mongod
 2116  sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/mongodb.service
 2117  mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
 2118  systemctl status mongodb
 2119  sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/mongodb.service
 2120  sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mongodb.service
 2121  sudo systemctl stop mongodb
 2122  sudo systemctl stop mongod
 2123  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2124  sudo systemctl statusmongod
 2125  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2126  mongod
 2127  sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb
 2128  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2129  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2130  cat /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2131  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2132  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2133  sudo journalctl -u mongod.service -b
 2134  mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf --syslog --fork
 2135  sudo ls -l /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2136  sudo mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf --fork
 2137  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2138  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2139  sudo tail -n 50 /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2140  sudo ls -l /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock
 2141  ls -ld /tmp
 2142  sudo rm /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock
 2143  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2144  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2145  sudo tail -n 50 /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2146  ps aux | grep mongod
 2147  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2148  sudo systemctl restart mongod
 2149  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2150  [200~sudo killall mongod
 2151  ~sudo pkill mongod
 2152  sudo pkill mongod
 2153  ps aux | grep mongod
 2154  sudo killall mongod
 2155  ps aux | grep mongod
 2156  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2157  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2158  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2159  sudo systemctl stop mongod
 2160  sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2161  sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2162  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2163  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2164  sudo less /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2165  ls -ld /var/lib/mongodb
 2166  ls -l /var/lib/mongodb
 2167  sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb/WiredTiger.turtle
 2168  sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb
 2169  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2170  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2171  ./nodebb status
 2172  ./nodebb start
 2173  ./nodebb log
 2174  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2175  mongod
 2176  sudo lsof -i :27017
 2177  ./nodebb log
 2178  ./nodebb stop
 2179  ./nodebb log
 2180  docker ps
 2181  Then check what is using 9001 using telnet and kill that processs
 2182  sudo lsof -i :9001
 2183  ./nodebb stop
 2184  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2185  sudo truncate -s 0 /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
 2186  sudo systemctl restart mongod
 2187  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2188  mongod
 2189  ls -ld /tmp /var/lib/mongodb
 2190  sudo rm -f /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock
 2191  df -h
 2192  mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf --verbose
 2193  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2194  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2195  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2196  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2197  ls -ld /var/lib/mongodb
 2198  sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb
 2199  sudo chmod 755 /var/lib/mongodb
 2200  ps aux | grep mongod
 2201  sudo systemctl start mongod
 2202  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2203  sudo systemctl restart mongod
 2204  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2205  ./nodebb log
 2206  ./nodebb status
 2207  ./nodebb start
 2208  ./nodebb status
 2209  ./nodebb log
 2210  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2211  sudo systemctl restart mongod
 2212  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2213  clear
 2214  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2215  ls -l logs/
 2216  ./nodebb log
 2217  ./nodebb stop
 2218  DEBUG=* ./nodebb start
 2219  ./nodebb log
 2220  ./nodebb stop
 2221  ./nodebb log
 2222  ./nodebb start
 2223  ./nodebb log
 2224  ls -la /var/www/community/logs/
 2225  ls
 2226  whoami
 2227  groups
 2228  chown -R root:root /var/www/community/logs
 2229  ./nodebb start
 2230  ./nodebb log
 2231  sudo systemctl status mongod
 2232  nodebb version
 2233  ./nodebb version
 2234  cat package.json | grep version
 2235  mongod --version
 2236  history

My config

{
  "url": "https://chatrooms.talkwithstranger.com",
  "secret": "63c2f418-1e6f-4bbf-b3ed-22c30531318b",
  "database": "mongo",
  "port": [
   
  ],
  "mongo": {
    "host": "",
    "port": "",
    "username": "",
    "password": "",
    "database": ""
  },
  "redis": {
    "host": "",
    "port": "",
    "database": 0
  },
  "socket.io": {
    "cors": {
      "origin": ["https://talkwithstranger.com"],
      "credentials": true
    }
  },
  "imagemagick": "/usr/bin/convert",
  "graphicsmagick": "/usr/bin/gm"
}

mongod.conf

# mongod.conf

# for documentation of all options, see:
#   http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/configuration-options/

# Where and how to store data.
storage:
  dbPath: /var/lib/mongodb
#  engine:
#  wiredTiger:

# where to write logging data.
systemLog:
  destination: file
  logAppend: true
  path: /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log

# network interfaces
net:
  port:
#  bindIp: 127.0.0.1
  bindIp: 0.0.0.0

# how the process runs
processManagement:
  timeZoneInfo: /usr/share/zoneinfo

#security:

#operationProfiling:

#replication:

#sharding:

## Enterprise-Only Options:

#auditLog:

#snmp:

If u need logs, please tell me steps to truncate log file name and then repeat start or restart nodebb or mongo so i can give u correct logs as my log file is very huge for both so its hard to track what is the issue.

I also tried to check on main url at chatrooms.talkwithstranger.com but still JS console shows nothing and site shows empty

Mongod log

{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.380+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn203","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47186","client":"conn203","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}

{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.399+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20250,   "ctx":"conn203","msg":"Authentication succeeded","attr":{"mechanism":"SCRAM-SHA-256","speculative":true,"principalName":"","authenticationDatabase":"","remote":"127.0.0.1:47186","extraInfo":{}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.403+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47202","uuid":"c7aca16d-cddf-4c35-a99a-69417ffd89e3","connectionId":204,"connectionCount":20}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.405+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47216","uuid":"8142abbe-5256-4bae-a459-22d085d3ddbb","connectionId":205,"connectionCount":21}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.409+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47218","uuid":"8946a9e8-4f17-41b2-929d-9dc8d6ac1bc2","connectionId":206,"connectionCount":22}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.412+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn204","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47202","client":"conn204","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.412+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20250,   "ctx":"conn200","msg":"Authentication succeeded","attr":{"mechanism":"SCRAM-SHA-
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.424+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn206","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47218","client":"conn206","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.425+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn205","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47216","client":"conn205","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.427+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47226","uuid":"639f9dbf-f3b6-409c-9715-2b47c8ce4ca9","connectionId":207,"connectionCount":23}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.428+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47236","uuid":"e637f2af-1d6b-40da-b560-b2f5ac12d121","connectionId":208,"connectionCount":24}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.438+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.486+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn213","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47274","client":"conn213","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.496+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20250,   "ctx":"conn212","msg":"Authentication succeeded","attr":{"mechanism":"SCRAM-SHA-
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.502+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47278","uuid":"7cf721bf-9f1d-4865-8a92-6edf5cf6f538","connectionId":214,"connectionCount":30}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.503+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47280","uuid":"1f6cf7b3-751d-4d45-8a96-2096012057b4","connectionId":215,"connectionCount":31}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.514+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn214","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47278","client":"conn214","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.515+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn215","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47280","client":"conn215","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:01.542+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20250,   
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:02.984+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47282","uuid":"95ebe824-8617-4001-9db5-6a99cadd8157","connectionId":216,"connectionCount":32}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:02.993+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47296","uuid":"5768f4d7-6941-4c84-ac3a-fe11e751361d","connectionId":217,"connectionCount":33}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.003+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn216","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47282","client":"conn216","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.013+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn217","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47296","client":"conn217","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.022+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20250,   
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.160+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47304","uuid":"38571c02-5145-4727-97e3-2b755bc1481d","connectionId":218,"connectionCount":34}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.167+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn218","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47304","client":"conn218","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.168+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47308","uuid":"4f54d0d2-fbd3-48d5-9c41-f8d6fb16e881","connectionId":219,"connectionCount":35}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.169+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47314","uuid":"92cd8e96-f5ab-4243-b1fd-ffd5d3986f2d","connectionId":220,"connectionCount":36}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.170+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20250,   
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.187+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn219","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47308","client":"conn219","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.193+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn220","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47314","client":"conn220","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.197+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20250,   "ctx":"conn220","msg":"Authentication succeeded","attr":{"mechanism":"SCRAM-SHA-2
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.289+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":22943,   "ctx":"listener","msg":"Connection accepted","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47324","uuid":"d7d3f921-4285-489c-9b55-48a1f1e2b54d","connectionId":221,"connectionCount":37}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.299+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"NETWORK",  "id":51800,   "ctx":"conn221","msg":"client metadata","attr":{"remote":"127.0.0.1:47324","client":"conn221","negotiatedCompressors":[],"doc":{"driver":{"name":"nodejs","version":"6.9.0"},"platform":"Node.js v20.17.0, LE","os":{"name":"linux","architecture":"x64","version":"6.8.0-36-generic","type":"Linux"}}}}
{"t":{"$date":"2024-10-12T13:46:03.308+00:00"},"s":"I",  "c":"ACCESS",   "id":20250,   "ctx":"conn221","msg":"Authentication succeeded","attr":{"mechanism":"SCRAM-SHA-256","speculative":true,"principalName":"","authenticationDatabase":"","remote":"","extraInfo":{}}}

@julian hosting locally is not an option for us. because our users are uploading too many junk media/pics/videos etc and we have 200K+ users, so we dont want the hassle of expensive server storage cost and moving/migrating/managing so much user media uploads.

Do you have some other free way to manage the user uploads? other than self host, coz self host is too expensive and hard to maintain and manage. e.g we upgraded our nodeBB and it took over 4 hours coz of 100M+ uploads in objects collection

Guys I am still getting this error.

Error Imgur is temporarily over capacity. Please try again later

I tried everything and I am on NodeBB 3.5.2

Any tips how to fix this error? Users are unable to do any uploads.

We use NodeBB 3+ years at https://chatrooms.talkwithstranger.com and some more sites and love NodeBB.

We use NodeBB also as a CMS containing English definitions on a dictionary. Our users are loving it. but we are struggling in increasing our Google rankings as all our competitors are using AMP pages to outrank us.

We would need an official Google AMP plugin that would enable any node bb topic page , like the 1 I'll post my topic on, to have an alternative Accelerated Mobile Page.
https://amp.dev/

Since when each topic will have a corresponding AMP version then it will help us rank much more easily in Google SEO search results and increase our rankings.

With this plugin, our users can help us discover our sites and node bb itself site much more easily because Google ranks AMP pages better and higher over normal html pages.

Please see all top news sites and forum sites use AMP https://www-searchenginejournal-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.searchenginejournal.com/google-amp-ranking-factor/157785/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=15897444560799&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From %251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.searchenginejournal.com%2Fgoogle-amp-ranking-factor%2F157785%2F

This will help users coming from mobile to load much more faster giving a better and faster UX.

Any node bb devs or any one else willing to take this, please reply or pm me. @Global-Moderators @Staff

Thanks

@fais3000

This topic gave me idea to post this.
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/14052/thoughts-on-content-ownership-and-long-meaningful-discussions/6

I believe node bb is a powerful forum software and I only feel what is missing are those features which can be found in top forum sites like Stackoverflow, Quora, and reddit. All these sites have below features which node bb is missing and it would be great to see these in node bb too.

Unable to make numeric list while answering a topic. I had to manually write 1. to start my points. This can be added to node bb composer by default. Users love creating content while giving points.

SEO is crucial to success of the top 3 sites, node bb is lacking in following:

a. No support for Google AMP for topic pages, this is very simple to implement but once dont, you guys will see 90 times SEO traffic improvement from Google. We have tried and tested this ourselves and it works. Implementation guide https://developers.google.com/amp/
any ideas when r u guys releasing this?

b. missing schema.org Google Structure data , this is behind the Google search snippet that we usually see from wikipedia and top sites like dictionaries etc. More info here https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/structured-data/#0

c. Ability for users to create their own blogs or spaces (like in quora) , or subreddits in (reddit). Currently users have no way of creating their own discussion categories.

d. In Ability to follow tags , like if we follow a topic on quora, we see all posts tagged with that topic in our news feed. Would love to have this.

e. missing the personalized newsfeed, fb, quora and reddit front page, all have personalized newsfeeds.

f. User profile pages seems empty, ability for users to create their blogs, diaries , photo gallery, show their most viewed topics, most voted topics, topics with most posts, etc etc, have a look at quora profile pages https://www.quora.com/profile/Jimmy-Wales

g. Ability to create monetizable ad widgets by default to monetize with ads that look like content , look at quora in article ads , they are so clean they dont even look like ads.

h. ability to have fixed side bar widgets, so that they stay on top even if page posts r being scrolled. so that some content remains above the fold, like quora does it.

I. encouragement for users to create quality content and do meaningful discussions, we can do this by introducing(nested) comments on each question and on each post like all 3 big sites above do it. This will hugely increase topics retention rate, look at YouTube comments section , it is itself a full social forum on videos. Ability to upvote comments would also be bonus.

j. Turning node bb into a question answer site like SO , quora or ask reddit, introducing things like best reply, best answer, etc etc

k. A way for users to create links to their posted content. Backlinks are hugely imp for long term organic growth for any SEO forum. How can we do this in node bb?

l. inability for users to mention or share another topic link directly from composer when replying or posting a topic . We should have a way to mention other topics while replying in other topics, this will create internal linking, again crucial for SEO success. Need this for both mobile and desktop.

m. Missing auto suggest while searching for topics from mobile, please enable this. it only works on desktop.

n. ability to copy a link to clipboard for each post on topic page, this is to share a specific reply for any. and paste it anywhere else. users should be able to share links to specific sections of a single topic directly, with no scrolling needed.

I have a strong belief that if you guys implement these features it will be a sky rocket node bb growth. Otherwise users will still choose other robust forums like discourse who might have these already. we can learn and clone their features too.

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totally agree with this

@julian Amazing idea indeed. I believe node bb is a powerful forum software and I only feel what is missing are those features which can be found in top forum sites like Stackoverflow, Quora, and reddit. All these sites have below features which node bb is missing and it would be great to see these in node bb too.

1. Unable to make numeric list while answering a topic. I had to manually write 1. to start my points. This can be added to node bb composer by default. Users love creating content while giving points.

2. SEO is crucial to success of the top 3 sites, node bb is lacking in following:

a. No support for Google AMP for topic pages, this is very simple to implement but once dont, you guys will see 90 times SEO traffic improvement from Google. We have tried and tested this ourselves and it works. Implementation guide https://developers.google.com/amp/
any ideas when r u guys releasing this?

b. missing schema.org Google Structure data , this is behind the Google search snippet that we usually see from wikipedia and top sites like dictionaries etc. More info here https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/structured-data/#0

c. Ability for users to create their own blogs or spaces (like in quora) , or subreddits in (reddit). Currently users have no way of creating their own discussion categories.

d. In Ability to follow tags , like if we follow a topic on quora, we see all posts tagged with that topic in our news feed. Would love to have this.

e. missing the personalized newsfeed, fb, quora and reddit front page, all have personalized newsfeeds.

f. User profile pages seems empty, ability for users to create their blogs, diaries , photo gallery, show their most viewed topics, most voted topics, topics with most posts, etc etc, have a look at quora profile pages https://www.quora.com/profile/Jimmy-Wales

g. Ability to create monetizable ad widgets by default to monetize with ads that look like content , look at quora in article ads , they are so clean they dont even look like ads.

h. ability to have fixed side bar widgets, so that they stay on top even if page posts r being scrolled. so that some content remains above the fold, like quora does it.

I. encouragement for users to create quality content and do meaningful discussions, we can do this by introducing(nested) comments on each question and on each post like all 3 big sites above do it. This will hugely increase topics retention rate, look at YouTube comments section , it is itself a full social forum on videos. Ability to upvote comments would also be bonus.

j. Turning node bb into a question answer site like SO , quora or ask reddit, introducing things like best reply, best answer, etc etc

k. A way for users to create links to their posted content. Backlinks are hugely imp for long term organic growth for any SEO forum. How can we do this in node bb?

l. inability for users to mention or share another topic link directly from composer when replying or posting a topic . We should have a way to mention other topics while replying in other topics, this will create internal linking, again crucial for SEO success. Need this for both mobile and desktop.

m. Missing auto suggest while searching for topics from mobile, please enable this. it only works on desktop.

n. ability to copy a link to clipboard for each post on topic page, this is to share a specific reply for any. and paste it anywhere else. users should be able to share links to specific sections of a single topic directly, with no scrolling needed.

I have a strong belief that if you guys implement these features it will be a sky rocket node bb growth. Otherwise users will still choose other robust forums like discourse who might have these already. we can learn and clone their features too.

Just like we have auto suggest working on mobile for tags, can we please enable auto suggest for following?

1. when searching for topics on mobile using global search.
2. when writing a topic title
3. when choosing a category for a topic

all these autosuggest work on desktop view but not in mobile view.

@PitaJ @baris

@Anukriti-Singh indeed

Homepage works but all other pages gives this error.

it works fine in incognito though, any ideaS?

@baris

@fais3000 any updates on this that u tried?

having same issues, @julian do you guys have any tech support team who can help us? @baris

I'd love to see if Node BB can offer all features like Reddit and become the next generation forum for the web!
So that people start posting discussions like https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/agwhbv/_/ on node BB forums too... We should also have sub reddits like sub forums on node bb. I have got many ideas and firm believe that Node BB can do this!

@baris is there any way by which I can only allow global mods to create the groups? but not normal users?

@julian folks good work with the category dropdown search when making topics and filtering on recent pages but I dont see that option on mobile view. and I still have to scroll through the entire huge category list to find my desired category.

can u please add that dropdown search support for mobile view too?

i cant find this menu anymore?