@sfchun said in nodeBB 1.8.2 ubuntu16.04.2 redis install from scratch:

node app --setup

I guess that was not the right step here.
I copied the content of package.json from my running nodebb

{
  "name": "nodebb",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "description": "NodeBB Forum",
  "version": "1.8.2",
  "homepage": "http://www.nodebb.org",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/"
  },
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node loader.js",
    "lint": "eslint --cache ./nodebb .",
    "pretest": "npm run lint",
    "test": "nyc --reporter=html --reporter=text-summary mocha",
    "coveralls": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls && rm -r coverage"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "ace-builds": "^1.2.9",
    "async": "2.6.0",
    "autoprefixer": "7.2.4",
    "bcryptjs": "2.4.3",
    "benchpressjs": "^1.2.1",
    "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
    "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
    "chart.js": "^2.7.1",
    "clipboard": "1.7.1",
    "colors": "^1.1.2",
    "commander": "^2.12.2",
    "compression": "^1.7.1",
    "connect-ensure-login": "^0.1.1",
    "connect-flash": "^0.1.1",
    "connect-mongo": "2.0.1",
    "connect-multiparty": "^2.1.0",
    "connect-redis": "3.3.3",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
    "cron": "^1.3.0",
    "cropperjs": "^1.2.2",
    "csurf": "^1.9.0",
    "daemon": "^1.1.0",
    "diff": "^3.4.0",
    "express": "^4.16.2",
    "express-session": "^1.15.6",
    "express-useragent": "1.0.8",
    "graceful-fs": "^4.1.11",
    "helmet": "^3.11.0",
    "html-to-text": "3.3.0",
    "ipaddr.js": "^1.5.4",
    "jimp": "0.2.28",
    "jquery": "^3.2.1",
    "jsesc": "2.5.1",
    "json-2-csv": "^2.1.2",
    "less": "^2.7.3",
    "lodash": "^4.17.4",
    "logrotate-stream": "^0.2.5",
    "lru-cache": "4.1.1",
    "material-design-lite": "^1.3.0",
    "mime": "^2.2.0",
    "minimist": "^1.2.0",
    "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
    "mongodb": "2.2.33",
    "morgan": "^1.9.0",
    "mousetrap": "^1.6.1",
    "mubsub": "^1.4.0",
    "nconf": "^0.9.1",
    "nodebb-plugin-composer-default": "6.0.20",
    "nodebb-plugin-composer-redactor": "^3.2.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-dbsearch": "2.0.13",
    "nodebb-plugin-emailer-local": "0.2.1",
    "nodebb-plugin-embed-videos": "0.1.9",
    "nodebb-plugin-emoji": "^2.2.3",
    "nodebb-plugin-emoji-android": "2.0.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-emoji-extended": "1.1.1",
    "nodebb-plugin-emoji-one": "^2.0.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-imagemagick": "^2.0.5",
    "nodebb-plugin-imgbed": "1.0.2",
    "nodebb-plugin-markdown": "8.4.2",
    "nodebb-plugin-mentions": "2.2.4",
    "nodebb-plugin-poll": "^0.2.17",
    "nodebb-plugin-registration-question": "0.1.8",
    "nodebb-plugin-rss": "1.1.9",
    "nodebb-plugin-soundpack-default": "1.0.0",
    "nodebb-plugin-spam-be-gone": "0.5.3",
    "nodebb-plugin-sso-steam-v2": "2.0.1",
    "nodebb-plugin-topic-tags": "0.1.3",
    "nodebb-plugin-youtube-lite": "0.4.8",
    "nodebb-rewards-essentials": "0.0.11",
    "nodebb-theme-lavender": "5.0.4",
    "nodebb-theme-persona": "8.0.9",
    "nodebb-theme-slick": "1.2.1",
    "nodebb-theme-vanilla": "9.0.7",
    "nodebb-widget-advanced-essentials": "0.1.5",
    "nodebb-widget-essentials": "4.0.2",
    "nodemailer": "4.4.1",
    "passport": "^0.4.0",
    "passport-local": "1.0.0",
    "postcss": "6.0.15",
    "postcss-clean": "1.1.0",
    "promise-polyfill": "^7.0.0",
    "prompt": "^1.0.0",
    "redis": "2.8.0",
    "request": "2.83.0",
    "rimraf": "2.6.2",
    "rss": "^1.2.2",
    "sanitize-html": "^1.16.3",
    "semver": "^5.4.1",
    "serve-favicon": "^2.4.5",
    "sitemap": "^1.13.0",
    "socket.io": "2.0.4",
    "socket.io-adapter-mongo": "^2.0.1",
    "socket.io-client": "2.0.4",
    "socket.io-redis": "5.2.0",
    "socketio-wildcard": "2.0.0",
    "spdx-license-list": "^3.0.1",
    "spider-detector": "1.0.18",
    "toobusy-js": "^0.5.1",
    "uglify-es": "^3.3.9",
    "uglify-js": "^3.3.4",
    "validator": "9.2.0",
    "winston": "^2.4.0",
    "xml": "^1.0.1",
    "xregexp": "3.2.0",
    "zxcvbn": "^4.4.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "coveralls": "^3.0.0",
    "eslint": "^4.14.0",
    "eslint-config-airbnb-base": "^12.1.0",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.8.0",
    "grunt": "^1.0.1",
    "grunt-contrib-watch": "^1.0.0",
    "jsdom": "^11.5.1",
    "mocha": "^4.1.0",
    "mocha-lcov-reporter": "^1.3.0",
    "nyc": "^11.4.1",
    "smtp-server": "^3.4.1"
  },
  "bugs": {
    "url": "https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=6"
  },
  "maintainers": [
    {
      "name": "Andrew Rodrigues",
      "email": "andrew@nodebb.org",
      "url": "https://github.com/psychobunny"
    },
    {
      "name": "Julian Lam",
      "email": "julian@nodebb.org",
      "url": "https://github.com/julianlam"
    },
    {
      "name": "Barış Soner Uşaklı",
      "email": "baris@nodebb.org",
      "url": "https://github.com/barisusakli"
    }
  ]
}

then run

$ npm start

> nodebb@1.8.2 start /var/www/mydomain.com
> node loader.js

2018-04-19T07:47:44.529Z [450] - info: Launching web installer on port 4567
2018-04-19T07:47:44.931Z [450] - info: Web installer listening on http://0.0.0.0:4567

Now everything is fine, but sadly I dont know how this file was originaly generated it seems it does not come from nodebb github repo ...

At least I can continue !...

Yup

Using mongodb , in my case I use redis

Following this thread :
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/12235/moving-to-another-server
Posting here (cause I could not edit my original post, reported as spam?? ).

Ok I run in an epic failure ... spend the evening on it without success ...
Let me explain ...
I couldn' t find an explicit official step by step procedure on how to properly install nodejs npm nodebb ... and since I' m not an expert regarding nodejs stuff ... I was mixing the documentations found on google from here and there (I hate doing this).

Anyways ... Here he all the steps I followed, maybe someone can point the mistakes , and help me to go further...

Base system (already installed, working fine) :

• Ubuntu 16.04.2 Server 64bit
• nginx 1.10.3
• Redis server v=3.0.6

Final Goal :

• Install nodebb 1.8.2
• recover imported redisdb content.

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$ sudo apt install build-essential tcl libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libpcre3 libpcre3-dev unzip uuid-dev
$ sudo apt install python-software-properties git sed supervisor imagemagick

$ cd /var/www/
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git mydomain.com
$ sudo chown -R myuser:www-data mydomain.com
$ cd mydomain.com/
$ LastTAGversion=$(git tag | grep -v auto | tail -1)
$ git checkout "tags/${LastTAGversion}"

$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs

Not sure about what to answer to the next step (just pressed enter to all questions)

$ sudo npm init

$ sudo npm install -g npm@latest
$ sudo npm install --production

$ sudo -i
# cd /usr/local/bin/
# ln -s /usr/bin/npm npm

$ nodejs --version
v8.11.1

$ npm --version
5.8.0

until now all seems to be fine... then ... the issue happens ...

$ node app --setup='{ 
    "base_url": "http://mydomain.com",
    "admin:username": "adminuser", 
    "admin:password": "password", 
    "admin:password:confirm": "password",
    "admin:email": "myuser@mail.com"
}'

module.js:472
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'nconf'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:470:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:418:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:498:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/mydomain.com/app.js:28:13)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)

Instaling requested modules ...

$ npm install nconf
$ npm install nconf-redis
$ npm install winston

$ node app --setup='{ 
    "base_url": "http://mydomain.com",
    "admin:username": "adminuser", 
    "admin:password": "password", 
    "admin:password:confirm": "password",
    "admin:email": "myuser@mail.com"
}'
/var/www/mydomain.com/src/prestart.js:71
        var range = pkg.engines.node;
                               ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'node' of undefined
    at Object.versionCheck (/var/www/mydomain.com/src/prestart.js:71:25)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/mydomain.com/app.js:48:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:427:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:151:9)

I have no more clues here, and all the posts I' ve seen regarding the last error message does not help me
stuck.

Saw this threads in the suggested topic
https://community.nodebb.org/topic/6260/moving-a-nodebb-install-from-one-server-to-another/4

I will give it a try later.

Hello,

On an ubuntu14 vm I'm currently running a nodebb 1.8.2 coupled with a redis 3.0.6 using php 5.

My plan is to move this forum on a ubuntu16 physical machine running php7.

Is there a procedure to backup/restore the nodeBB ?
Or should I try to find a manual way of transfering my redis DB ?

Thanks,

ooops =P

1.0.4 is not out yet right (not released) ?
Watching the github
If I understand by the time I'm writing these lines , le last tag shows : v1.0.4-auto.9

The 24h delay was the issue.

Thank you.

haha! might be this -_-;
But a more explicit error message would be nice