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The following installation guide is optimised for Ubuntu LTS versions, and will install NodeBB with MongoDB as the data store. Currently at the time of writing, the latest available Ubuntu LTS version is 14.04.
First, install the LTS version of Node.js (v4.2 Argon):
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash -
Next, we’ll install the dependencies required by NodeBB
$ sudo apt-get install -y git nodejs mongodb build-essential
If you want to use Redis or another database instead of MongoDB please look at the Configuring Databases section.
Next, clone NodeBB into your desired location. If you don’t know where, your home directory is acceptable:
$ cd ~ # Optional
$ git clone -b v0.9.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git nodebb
Obtain all of the dependencies required by NodeBB:
$ cd nodebb
$ npm install --production
Start the NodeBB Web Installer, and continue setup at http://127.0.0.1:4567, and select “MongoDB” as your database type.
$ npm start
Alternatively: Initiate the setup script by running the app with the setup
flag:
$ ./nodebb setup
The default settings are for a local server running on the default port, with a redis store on the same machine/port.
Lastly, we run the forum.
$ ./nodebb start
NodeBB can also be started with helper programs, such as forever
. Take a look at the options here.
If you receive an error stating Error: Cannot find module '../build/Release/magic'
, run npm i mmmagic
and continue as before.