@julian Thanks Julian, it must be something that my work ISP is doing that is causing something funky. I'll try again when I get home.

Thanks for all the support so far, really looking forward to giving nodeBB a go

Just got home, and it's working just as expected. Must be something VirginMedia is doing, as they are the ISP we use at work.

@julian Thanks Julian, it must be something that my work ISP is doing that is causing something funky. I'll try again when I get home.

Thanks for all the support so far, really looking forward to giving nodeBB a go

I can post if I use this URL : http://sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk:4567/
I can't post if I use this URL : http://sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk/

@julian
Oh yeah, I can see that. I wonder if it's something on my end then after all this?

What was the URL you used? Did it have the port on the end or just the normal URL?

@julian said:

@Matt-Worthington Earlier, I did manage to register, although I didn't try posting. Seemed to be working fine for me.

Latest version of NodeBB, or 0.4.3?

You are running NodeBB v0.4.3.
You are up-to-date

If you go here : http://sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk/register

error log from trying to register
2014/06/05 16:24:52 [error] 16521#0: *1729 upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while reading response header from upstream, client: 195.188.150.130, server: sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk, request: "GET /socket.io/1/xhr-polling/mjmVf8jqrKdPP4u79DC2?t=1401981844875 HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/1/xhr-polling/mjmVf8jqrKdPP4u79DC2?t=1401981844875", host: "sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk", referrer: "http://sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk/register"

@planner That has always been the case. The site has always been loading. Same for this one (http://sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk/)

Web console:

Error logs:
2014/06/05 08:20:37 [error] 29679#0: *15 upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while reading response header from upstream, client: 195.188.150.130, server: sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk, request: "GET /socket.io/1/xhr-polling/kxJx3zLShgZbkiM5u12C?t=1401952789255 HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/1/xhr-polling/kxJx3zLShgZbkiM5u12C?t=1401952789255", host: "sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk", referrer: "http://sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk/admin/index"
2014/06/05 08:22:08 [error] 29679#0: *132 upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while reading response header from upstream, client: 195.188.150.130, server: sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk, request: "GET /socket.io/1/xhr-polling/DBYXQx5k-LBDONRXu12E?t=1401952880125 HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/1/xhr-polling/DBYXQx5k-LBDONRXu12E?t=1401952880125", host: "sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk", referrer: "http://sheffieldfitnessforum.co.uk/admin/index"

I've just reconfigure nodebb to listen on the public address:

http://nodebb.matt1206.co.uk:4567/ - works fine, can post, create new categories etc.

http://nodebb.matt1206.co.uk - loads, can browse, but can't post, create categories

upstream nodejs {
server 188.226.168.176:4567;
}

server {
listen 188.226.168.176:80;
server_name nodebb.matt1206.co.uk;

    location / {
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
            proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

            proxy_pass http://nodejs;
            proxy_redirect off;

            #Socket.IO Support
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }

}

@julian

First server:
root@debian:~/.ssh# nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.6.0
built by gcc 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5)
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt=-Wl,-z,relro --prefix=/usr/share/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --lock-path=/var/lock/nginx.lock --pid-path=/run/nginx.pid --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/body --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/fastcgi --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/proxy --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/scgi --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/lib/nginx/uwsgi --with-debug --with-pcre-jit --with-ipv6 --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-file-aio --with-http_spdy_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_geoip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_image_filter_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_xslt_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/nginx-auth-pam --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/nginx-dav-ext-module --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/nginx-echo --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/nginx-upstream-fair --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/nginx-syslog --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/nginx-cache-purge --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/ngx_http_pinba_module --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/ngx_http_substitutions_filter_module --add-module=/usr/src/nginx/source/nginx-1.6.0/debian/modules/nginx-x-rid-header --with-ld-opt=-lossp-uuid

2nd Server
root@test:/var/log/nginx# nginx -V
nginx version: nginx/1.7.1
built by gcc 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5)
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: --prefix=/etc/nginx --sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf --error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log --http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log --pid-path=/var/run/nginx.pid --lock-path=/var/run/nginx.lock --http-client-body-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/client_temp --http-proxy-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/proxy_temp --http-fastcgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/fastcgi_temp --http-uwsgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/uwsgi_temp --http-scgi-temp-path=/var/cache/nginx/scgi_temp --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_realip_module --with-http_addition_module --with-http_sub_module --with-http_dav_module --with-http_flv_module --with-http_mp4_module --with-http_gunzip_module --with-http_gzip_static_module --with-http_random_index_module --with-http_secure_link_module --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_auth_request_module --with-mail --with-mail_ssl_module --with-file-aio --with-http_spdy_module --with-cc-opt='-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2' --with-ld-opt='-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--as-needed' --with-ipv6

@planner Getting 502 bad gateway with that set

server {
        listen       188.226.168.176:80;
        server_name  nodebb.matt1206.co.uk;

        location / {
                proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
                proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
                proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

                proxy_pass http://nodebb.matt1206.co.uk:4567/;
                proxy_redirect off;

                #Socket.IO Support
                proxy_http_version 1.1;
                proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
                proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        }

}

Swapping back to 127.0.0.1:4567 for the proxy pass lets the site load, but still can't post.

Errors from nginx log:

2014/06/05 14:46:43 [error] 9016#0: *1 upstream timed out (110: Connection timed out) while reading response header from upstream, client: 195.188.150.130, server: nodebb.matt1206.co.uk, request: "GET /socket.io/1/xhr-polling/p0GniusC-j-O43V2b2v-?t=1401979543995 HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/1/xhr-polling/p0GniusC-j-O43V2b2v-?t=1401979543995", host: "nodebb.matt1206.co.uk", referrer: "http://nodebb.matt1206.co.uk/"

@a_5mith I tried various things with Proxy Pass. I've just spun up a new DO droplet to build again, and I'm getting the same results.

This is the config that it generated when setting it up:

{
"base_url": "http://nodebb.matt1206.co.uk",
"port": "4567",
"use_port": false,
"secret": "bd66b3f6-08f9-4efa-947d-4b9df5afb2da",
"bind_address": "127.0.0.1",
"database": "redis",
"redis": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": "6379",
"password": "",
"database": "0"
},
"bcrypt_rounds": 12,
"upload_path": "/public/uploads",
"use_port": false,
"relative_path": ""
}
I'm currently using this server block on the new VPS

server {
listen 188.226.168.176:80;
server_name nodebb.matt1206.co.uk;

    location / {
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
            proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;

            proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4567/;
            proxy_redirect off;

            #Socket.IO Support
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    }

}