I installed v0.6.x-dev which may have been the cause. Also, I may not have ran "npm install -g forever" in the nodebb directory. I'm not sure if this would make a difference? Forever is working fine with v0.5.4 and installation using "npm install -g forever" in the nodebb directory. I execute Forever using this cron job. @reboot cd /home/nodebb && forever start app.js

I installed nginx and used it as a proxy. It seems to work now. I couldn't figure out what may have been wrong. I tried older versions of NodeBB and that did not resolve the problem. I have a feeling it's something to do with apache and the way I was setting it up. I'm using virtualmin. *Setup which did not work Ubuntu 14.04 LAMP Virtualmin Proxied using these settings in Virtualmin MENU NAVIGATION: webmin -> server -> apache -> server name -> Edit Directives -> Inserted the following <Proxy *> order deny,allow allow from all </Proxy> ProxyPass /socket.io/1/websocket ws://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/1/websocket ProxyPassReverse /socket.io/1/websocket ws://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/1/websocket ProxyPass /socket.io/ http://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/ ProxyPassReverse /socket.io/ http://127.0.0.1:4567/socket.io/ ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:4567/ ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:4567/ NGINX fixed my problem. I am including this information for others reference.