Have you ever set up Basic Authentication on NodeBB?

I'm talking about basic authentication provided by the web server itself.

I implemented that basic authentication but when I try to login it's always says "We were unable to log you in, likely due to an expired session. Please try again".

How can I solve it?

node app.js continues try to start app. look at this log:

2024-04-26T13:32:14.000Z [50341/8042] - info: [api] Adding 0 route(s) to `api/v3/plugins`
2024-04-26T13:32:14.019Z [50341/8042] - info: [router] Routes added
2024-04-26T13:32:14.025Z [50341/8042] - info: 🎉 NodeBB Ready
2024-04-26T13:32:14.027Z [50341/8042] - info: 🤝 Enabling 'trust proxy'
2024-04-26T13:32:14.029Z [50341/8042] - error: NodeBB address in use, exiting...
Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)
    at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)
    at doListen (node:net:2014:7)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
2024-04-26T13:32:14.032Z [50341/8042] - error: uncaughtException: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341
Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)
    at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)
    at doListen (node:net:2014:7)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {"date":"Fri Apr 26 2024 13:32:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)","error":{"address":"0.0.0.0","code":"EADDRINUSE","errno":-98,"port":50341,"syscall":"listen"},"exception":true,"os":{"loadavg":[2.13,1.47,0.75],"uptime":2577.37},"process":{"argv":["/usr/bin/node","/home/vWbHoQZUBwUMl3tH/testn8n/public_html/app.js"],"cwd":"/home/vWbHoQZUBwUMl3tH/testn8n/public_html","execPath":"/usr/bin/node","gid":1003,"memoryUsage":{"arrayBuffers":19144223,"external":21614654,"heapTotal":84533248,"heapUsed":70672856,"rss":160268288},"pid":8042,"uid":1001,"version":"v18.20.2"},"stack":"Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341\n    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)\n    at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)\n    at doListen (node:net:2014:7)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)","trace":[{"column":16,"file":"node:net","function":"Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2]","line":1817,"method":"setupListenHandle [as _listen2]","native":false},{"column":12,"file":"node:net","function":"listenInCluster","line":1865,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":7,"file":"node:net","function":"doListen","line":2014,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":21,"file":"node:internal/process/task_queues","function":"process.processTicksAndRejections","line":83,"method":"processTicksAndRejections","native":false}]}
2024-04-26T13:32:14.034Z [50341/8042] - error: Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)
    at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)
    at doListen (node:net:2014:7)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
2024-04-26T13:32:14.035Z [50341/8042] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT/SIGQUIT) Initialised.
2024-04-26T13:32:14.036Z [50341/8042] - error: Error [ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING]: Server is not running.
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5)
    at Server.close (node:net:2161:12)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:631:28)
    at Server.emit (node:events:529:35)
    at emitCloseNT (node:net:2221:8)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:81:21)
2024-04-26T13:32:14.361Z [50341/8073] - info: Initializing NodeBB vN/A http://localhost:50341
2024-04-26T13:32:16.071Z [50341/8073] - info: [socket.io] Restricting access to origin: http://localhost:*

2024-04-26T13:32:16.240Z [50341/8073] - warn: [plugins/load] The following plugins may not be compatible with your version of NodeBB. This may cause unintended behaviour or crashing. In the event of an unresponsive NodeBB caused by this plugin, run `./nodebb reset -p PLUGINNAME` to disable it.
  * nodebb-plugin-composer-default
  * nodebb-theme-harmony
  * nodebb-plugin-markdown
  * nodebb-plugin-mentions
  * nodebb-widget-essentials
  * nodebb-rewards-essentials
  * nodebb-plugin-emoji
  * nodebb-plugin-emoji-android

2024-04-26T13:32:16.316Z [50341/8073] - info: [api] Adding 0 route(s) to `api/v3/plugins`
2024-04-26T13:32:16.350Z [50341/8073] - info: [router] Routes added
2024-04-26T13:32:16.366Z [50341/8073] - info: 🎉 NodeBB Ready
2024-04-26T13:32:16.368Z [50341/8073] - info: 🤝 Enabling 'trust proxy'
2024-04-26T13:32:16.371Z [50341/8073] - error: NodeBB address in use, exiting...
Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)
    at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)
    at doListen (node:net:2014:7)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
2024-04-26T13:32:16.378Z [50341/8073] - error: uncaughtException: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341
Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)
    at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)
    at doListen (node:net:2014:7)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {"date":"Fri Apr 26 2024 13:32:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)","error":{"address":"0.0.0.0","code":"EADDRINUSE","errno":-98,"port":50341,"syscall":"listen"},"exception":true,"os":{"loadavg":[2.13,1.47,0.75],"uptime":2579.71},"process":{"argv":["/usr/bin/node","/home/vWbHoQZUBwUMl3tH/testn8n/public_html/app.js"],"cwd":"/home/vWbHoQZUBwUMl3tH/testn8n/public_html","execPath":"/usr/bin/node","gid":1003,"memoryUsage":{"arrayBuffers":19144239,"external":21614670,"heapTotal":85057536,"heapUsed":70311760,"rss":161042432},"pid":8073,"uid":1001,"version":"v18.20.2"},"stack":"Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341\n    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)\n    at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)\n    at doListen (node:net:2014:7)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)","trace":[{"column":16,"file":"node:net","function":"Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2]","line":1817,"method":"setupListenHandle [as _listen2]","native":false},{"column":12,"file":"node:net","function":"listenInCluster","line":1865,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":7,"file":"node:net","function":"doListen","line":2014,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":21,"file":"node:internal/process/task_queues","function":"process.processTicksAndRejections","line":83,"method":"processTicksAndRejections","native":false}]}
2024-04-26T13:32:16.385Z [50341/8073] - error: Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:50341
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1817:16)
    at listenInCluster (node:net:1865:12)
    at doListen (node:net:2014:7)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
2024-04-26T13:32:16.386Z [50341/8073] - info: [app] Shutdown (SIGTERM/SIGINT/SIGQUIT) Initialised.
2024-04-26T13:32:16.391Z [50341/8073] - error: Error [ERR_SERVER_NOT_RUNNING]: Server is not running.
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5)
    at Server.close (node:net:2161:12)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:631:28)
    at Server.emit (node:events:529:35)
    at emitCloseNT (node:net:2221:8)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:81:21)
2024-04-26T13:32:16.705Z [50341/8102] - info: Initializing NodeBB vN/A http://localhost:50341

I think its good to go with Systemd.

I was use ./nodebb start to pm2.

But with systemd it's working fine i think.

When i'm using PM2 its continue try to starting app that server load going high.

What is Best Option for Running Nodebb forever?

1. PM2
2. Systemd

thanks @nhl.pl for your help brother!

{ "url": "http://localhost:4571", "secret": "27b3b80b-5bcb-4bcb-bd81-da24bbfd7bsddaa", "database": "mongo", "mongo:host": "127.0.0.1", "mongo:port": "27017", "mongo:username": "2olpE5MZDNxRVBUO", "mongo:password": "4zuwX94UIX78UxFY", "mongo:database": "nodebb5", "port": "4571", "admin:username": "nodebb3", "admin:password": "qswaefrd", "admin:password:confirm": "qswaefrd", "admin:email": "[email protected]" }

Its working with this config.

Sometime i got "command createIndexes requires authentication" even I'm passing correct credentials.

I found a solution.

Its working with this command:

./nodebb setup '{ "url": "http://localhost:4568", "secret": "27b3b80b-5bcb-4bcb-bd81-da24bbfd7bzz", "database": "mongo", "mongo": { "host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "27017", "username": "bXSJ3bA23V9uX7ZD", "password": "3qQ5NRsxwaHk8DIt", "database": "nodebb2", "uri": "" }, "port": "4568", "admin:username": "admin", "admin:password": "qswaefrd", "admin:password:confirm": "qswaefrd", "admin:email": "[email protected]" }'

2024-04-17T07:09:34.846Z [85865] - info: [install/checkSetupFlagEnv] checking env vars for setup info...
2024-04-17T07:09:34.847Z [85865] - error: [install/checkSetupFlagEnv] required values are missing for automated setup:
2024-04-17T07:09:34.847Z [85865] - error: admin:username
2024-04-17T07:09:34.848Z [85865] - error: admin:password
2024-04-17T07:09:34.848Z [85865] - error: admin:password:confirm
2024-04-17T07:09:34.848Z [85865] - error: admin:email

Then how can i create automated script that's deploy NodeBB in Single Click?

{
    "url": "http://localhost:4568",
    "secret": "27b3b80b-5bcb-4bcb-bd81-da24bbfd7bzz",
    "database": "mongo",
    "mongo": {
        "host": "127.0.0.1",
        "port": "27017",
        "username": "BX5x92b9Di5UdhUz",
        "password": "cuqppzQXMiDOV6uE",
        "database": "nodebb",
        "uri": ""
    },
    "port": "4568"
}

How can i define admin credentials into config.json?

i want to setup nodebb via config.json

But there is a no example for admin configuration like username password email

I'm going to setup automated Nodebb on Different Server. I need example of config.json.