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NodeBB

NodeBB is a robust Node.js driven forum built on a redis database. It is powered by web sockets, and is compatible down to IE8.

Requirements

NodeBB requires a version of Node.js at least 0.8 or greater, and a Redis version 2.6 or greater.

Installation

First, we install our base software stack:

# apt-get install git nodejs redis-server npm build-essential imagemagick

If your package manager only installed a version of Node.js that is less than 0.8:

# add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

Next, clone this repository:

$ cd /path/to/nodebb/install/location
$ git clone git://github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB.git nodebb

Obtain all of the dependencies required by NodeBB:

$ cd nodebb
$ npm install

Initiate the setup script by running the app with the --setup flag:

$ node app --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.

$ node app

(Optional) Some server configurations may install the node binary as nodejs instead of node. You can re-map it (so as to not break compatibility with node-supervisor) by running the following command:

# update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 10