I followed the install directions on the docs but was never given the NodeBB Setup Completed. message or prompted to enter an admin u and p so IDK if that is what went wrong but now when I ./nodebb start I get this:

Error: Failed to lookup view "500" in views directory "/opt/nodebb/build/public/templates"
    at EventEmitter.render (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/application.js:580:17)
    at ServerResponse.render (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:971:7)
    at content (/opt/nodebb/src/middleware/render.js:70:15)
    at /opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3830:24
    at replenish (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:946:17)
    at /opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:950:9
    at eachOfLimit (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:975:24)
    at /opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:980:16
    at eachOf (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:1051:5)
    at _parallel (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3829:5)
    at Object.parallelLimit [as parallel] (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3912:5)
    at async.waterfall.str (/opt/nodebb/src/middleware/render.js:65:12)
    at nextTask (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:5273:14)
    at next (/opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:5280:9)
    at /opt/nodebb/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:906:16
    at fireFilterHook (/opt/nodebb/src/plugins/hooks.js:110:11)

Any ideas?

Info:

Digital Ocean Ubuntu 16.04
Installed as root
Located in ~/opt/nodebb

Looks like my mongodb is failing:

root@nodebb:/opt/nodebb# service mongod status
● mongod.service
   Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2017-07-02 05:28:18 UTC; 24h ago
 Main PID: 20144 (code=exited, status=100)

Jul 02 05:28:18 nodebb systemd[1]: mongod.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=100/n/a
Jul 02 05:28:18 nodebb systemd[1]: mongod.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jul 02 05:28:18 nodebb systemd[1]: mongod.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 02 05:28:28 nodebb systemd[1]: Stopped High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database.
root@nodebb:/opt/nodebb#

Well I just tried to do a fresh install and now when I run the npm i --production I get:

Killed           ..] / extract:nodebb-theme-persona: sill gunzTarPerm extractEntry test/less/errors/mixed-mixin-definition-args-2.txt
child_process.js:524
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Command failed: npm i --production
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:481:13)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:521:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/james/nodebb/nodebb:17:9)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:389:7)

(but mongodb is working)

Looks like it is working. You are a G dude. (FYI yall should put under your system requirements >512mb ram) if that is a common issue.

Well now the site is live but the default theme is all fucked. http://exo.slatt.in/

@pitaj I did. Is it because I am using :80 instead of the default.

Just did this:

root@nodebb:/home/james/nodebb# ./nodebb build
[deprecated] `String.prototype.rtrim` is deprecated as of NodeBB v1.5; use `utils.rtrim` instead.
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build] Building in parallel mode
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]         plugin static dirs  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]          requirejs modules  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]           client js bundle  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]            admin js bundle  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]         client side styles  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build] admin control panel styles  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]                  templates  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]                  languages  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]                     sounds  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]         plugin static dirs  build completed in 0.043sec
3/7 06:44:09 [1878] - info: [build]           client js bundle  build completed in 5.253sec
3/7 06:44:09 [1878] - info: [build]            admin js bundle  build completed in 5.249sec
3/7 06:44:09 [1878] - info: [build]                     sounds  build completed in 5.452sec
3/7 06:44:17 [1878] - info: [build] admin control panel styles  build completed in 13.331sec
3/7 06:44:19 [1878] - info: [build]          requirejs modules  build completed in 15.536sec
3/7 06:44:19 [1878] - info: [build]         client side styles  build completed in 15.53sec
3/7 06:44:19 [1878] - info: [build]                  templates  build completed in 15.974sec
3/7 06:44:20 [1878] - info: [build]                  languages  build completed in 16.966sec
3/7 06:44:20 [1878] - info: [build] Asset compilation successful. Completed in 17.007sec.
root@nodebb:/home/james/nodebb# ./nodebb restart

New Port

http://exo.slatt.in:4567/

Still broken

@pitaj it is

james@nodebb:~/nodebb$ sudo npm install exo-theme
nodebb@1.5.1 /home/james/nodebb
└── exo-theme@1.0.0

npm WARN eonasdan-bootstrap-datetimepicker@4.17.47 requires a peer of moment-timezone@^0.4.0 but none was installed.
james@nodebb:~/nodebb$ sudo ./nodebb build
[deprecated] String.prototype.rtrim is deprecated as of NodeBB v1.5; use utils.rtrim instead.
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] Building in parallel mode
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] plugin static dirs build started
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] requirejs modules build started
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] client js bundle build started
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] admin js bundle build started
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] client side styles build started
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] admin control panel styles build started
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] templates build started
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] languages build started
4/7 06:41:59 [9619] - info: [build] sounds build started
4/7 06:42:02 [9619] - info: [build] admin js bundle build completed in 3.004sec
4/7 06:42:08 [9619] - info: [build] client js bundle build completed in 8.163sec
4/7 06:42:08 [9619] - info: [build] sounds build completed in 8.156sec
4/7 06:42:08 [9619] - info: [build] plugin static dirs build completed in 8.669sec
4/7 06:42:16 [9619] - info: [build] admin control panel styles build completed in 16.888sec
4/7 06:42:19 [9619] - info: [build] requirejs modules build completed in 19.535sec
4/7 06:42:19 [9619] - info: [build] client side styles build completed in 19.601sec
4/7 06:42:22 [9619] - info: [build] templates build completed in 22.989sec
4/7 06:42:24 [9619] - info: [build] languages build completed in 24.918sec
4/7 06:42:24 [9619] - info: [build] Asset compilation successful. Completed in 24.939sec.
james@nodebb:~/nodebb$ sudo ./nodebb restart

@pitaj I have rebuilt nodebb but cannot select the theme because it does not show up.

This is the theme if you want to check for compatibility.

Here is NPM

Forked the default theme and made some modifications. Then published it to npm and ran sudo npm install package and restarted the forum. The theme is still not loading. Any suggestions?

I re-ran the ./nodebb setup and IDK what happened but now I have it working. Thanks for the help!

Just did this:

root@nodebb:/home/james/nodebb# ./nodebb build
[deprecated] `String.prototype.rtrim` is deprecated as of NodeBB v1.5; use `utils.rtrim` instead.
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build] Building in parallel mode
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]         plugin static dirs  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]          requirejs modules  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]           client js bundle  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]            admin js bundle  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]         client side styles  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build] admin control panel styles  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]                  templates  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]                  languages  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]                     sounds  build started
3/7 06:44:03 [1878] - info: [build]         plugin static dirs  build completed in 0.043sec
3/7 06:44:09 [1878] - info: [build]           client js bundle  build completed in 5.253sec
3/7 06:44:09 [1878] - info: [build]            admin js bundle  build completed in 5.249sec
3/7 06:44:09 [1878] - info: [build]                     sounds  build completed in 5.452sec
3/7 06:44:17 [1878] - info: [build] admin control panel styles  build completed in 13.331sec
3/7 06:44:19 [1878] - info: [build]          requirejs modules  build completed in 15.536sec
3/7 06:44:19 [1878] - info: [build]         client side styles  build completed in 15.53sec
3/7 06:44:19 [1878] - info: [build]                  templates  build completed in 15.974sec
3/7 06:44:20 [1878] - info: [build]                  languages  build completed in 16.966sec
3/7 06:44:20 [1878] - info: [build] Asset compilation successful. Completed in 17.007sec.
root@nodebb:/home/james/nodebb# ./nodebb restart

New Port

http://exo.slatt.in:4567/

Still broken

@pitaj I did. Is it because I am using :80 instead of the default.

Well now the site is live but the default theme is all fucked. http://exo.slatt.in/

Looks like it is working. You are a G dude. (FYI yall should put under your system requirements >512mb ram) if that is a common issue.

Well I just tried to do a fresh install and now when I run the npm i --production I get:

Killed           ..] / extract:nodebb-theme-persona: sill gunzTarPerm extractEntry test/less/errors/mixed-mixin-definition-args-2.txt
child_process.js:524
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Command failed: npm i --production
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:481:13)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:521:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/james/nodebb/nodebb:17:9)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:389:7)

(but mongodb is working)

Looks like my mongodb is failing:

root@nodebb:/opt/nodebb# service mongod status
● mongod.service
   Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2017-07-02 05:28:18 UTC; 24h ago
 Main PID: 20144 (code=exited, status=100)

Jul 02 05:28:18 nodebb systemd[1]: mongod.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=100/n/a
Jul 02 05:28:18 nodebb systemd[1]: mongod.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jul 02 05:28:18 nodebb systemd[1]: mongod.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 02 05:28:28 nodebb systemd[1]: Stopped High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database.
root@nodebb:/opt/nodebb#