@pitaj Something similar to MyBB's template and CSS editor where I can edit the templates and css stylesheets within the admin panel.

Is their an exporter for NodeBB to switch back to MyBB or other forum software?

To elaborate more: NodeBB is good software but without a CSS and Template Editor it simply doesn't meet my needs and I'd like to switch back to MyBB if at all possible.

I would like to get into theme development for NodeBB (I don't have $3,000 to pay the core team to do things for me) however unless I'm insane there's not a html template nor CSS editor. What resources are out there to help me get into theme development on NodeBB?

@shard I probably have the world's most unique edgecase

Sidenote for huge IP Ban Lists run the following bash script:

for i in `cat ./list.txt`; do echo 'deny' $i';' >> denyips.conf; done

list.txt being a list of IP addresses/ranges one IP / Range per line, denyips.conf being the file you give to the nginx proxy.

root@vps146875:/etc/nginx# wc -l ./denyips.conf
158740 ./denyips.conf

it took like a second to do it's thing very fast for so many lines.

@julian Ok on staging I ran nodebb reset -p to deactivate all plugins, I ran th commands to upgrade, and now nodebb is running at 100% CPU on the staging server.

root@NodeBB-Staging:/var/www/html/NodeBB# curl -I http://127.0.0.1:4567
curl: (7) Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 4567: Connection refused
root@NodeBB-Staging:/var/www/html/NodeBB# ./nodebb log

Hit Ctrl-C to exit

This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).

16/10 15:17:25 [3728] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.6.1 https://staging.sinfulforums.net:443
16/10 15:17:25 [3728] - warn: You have no mongo username/password setup!
16/10 15:17:28 [3728] - info: [socket.io] Restricting access to origin: *:*
16/10 15:17:28 [3728] - info: Routes added

CPU and RAM at 100% utilization by the way.

@julian Sorry about the delays, file transfers took a bit longer than expected. I have a staging server setup at https://staging.sinfulforums.net/login/2fa, if you'd like I can send you SSH Credentials to Staging. I'm fixing a few things regarding plugins. It still has certain plugins deactivated breaking login so I'm working on a fix for that then we can start working on an upgrade tactic.

@julian Staging server will be ready in 10 minutes. In SSH now I just need a few minutes to setup.

I was able to successfully rollback to 1.6.0 however I'd still like to upgrade to 1.6.1 as soon as possible. Now that I'm all rolled back, what steps do you recommend I take to upgrade?

After upgrading to NodeBB 1.6.1 I am unable to start the service.

./nodebb dev output:

root@vps146875:/var/www/sinfulforumsnet/NodeBB# ./nodebb dev

NodeBB v1.6.1 Copyright (C) 2013-2014 NodeBB Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).

16/10 09:22:46 [1783] - verbose: * using configuration stored in: /var/www/sinfulforumsnet/NodeBB/config.json
16/10 09:22:46 [1783] - info: Initializing NodeBB v1.6.1 https://sinfulforums.net:443
16/10 09:22:46 [1783] - verbose: * using mongo store at 127.0.0.1:27017
16/10 09:22:46 [1783] - verbose: * using themes stored in: /var/www/sinfulforumsnet/NodeBB/node_modules
16/10 09:22:46 [1783] - warn: You have no mongo username/password setup!
16/10 09:22:50 [1783] - verbose: [minifier] utilizing a maximum of 0 additional threads
16/10 09:22:50 [1783] - verbose: Checking dependencies for outdated modules
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [notifications.init] Registering jobs.
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [user/jobs] (Re-)starting user jobs...
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [user/jobs] Starting job (digest.daily)
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [user/jobs] Starting job (digest.weekly)
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [user/jobs] Starting job (digest.monthly)
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [user/jobs] Starting job (reset.clean)
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [user/jobs] 4 jobs started
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [emailer] Setting up SMTP fallback transport
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - info: [themes] Using theme nodebb-theme-persona
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Initializing plugins system
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-composer-default
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-theme-persona
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-markdown
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-mentions
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-widget-essentials
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-rewards-essentials
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Found 3 sound file(s) for plugin nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-emoji-extended
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-emoji-one
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-2factor
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - warn: [plugins/nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone] Hook `action:flag.create` is deprecated, please use `action:flags.create` instead.
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-emailer-smtp
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-dbsearch
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-emailer-sendgrid
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-imgur
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] Loaded plugin: nodebb-plugin-desktop-notifications
16/10 09:22:51 [1783] - info: [plugins] Plugins OK
16/10 09:22:52 [1783] - info: [plugins/spam-be-gone] Settings loaded
16/10 09:22:52 [1783] - verbose: [hotswap] Router with id `plugins` replaced successfully
16/10 09:22:52 [1783] - verbose: [plugins] All plugins reloaded and rerouted
16/10 09:22:52 [1783] - verbose: [hotswap] Router with id `auth` replaced successfully
16/10 09:22:52 [1783] - info: Routes added

NodeBB reports as started however it won't listen to incoming connections. If I run ./nodebb stop the processes don't stop until I run killall node.

I've tried the following:

• A git hard reset to v.1.6.x
• ./nodebb reset -p to reset the plugins

My production site is currently down. What's the recommended action to get it back up and running?

Sidenote: NodeBB runs at 100% CPU and won't stop processes without a reboot.