node-forum

node-forum is a robust nodejs driven forum built on a redis database. It is powered by web sockets, and is compatible down to IE8.

Installation

First step is to obtain all of the dependencies requires by node-forum:

$ npm install

(Optional) Next, we install redis. If you already have redis installed, you can skip this step.

# apt-get install redis

Now we ensure that the configuration files are properly set up. node-forum runs on port 4567 by default. The client side config can be set up thusly:

$ cp public/config.default.json public/config.json

Ensure that /public/config.json points to the publically accessible IP/hostname of your forum.

Lastly, we run the forum.

$ node app

Server Configuration

The server configuration file (located at /config.js) contains default options required for the running of node-forum. The following options are available:

Option	Description
port	(Default: 4567) The default port that node-forum runs on
mailer	(Default: {     host: 'localhost',     port: '25',     from: 'mailer@localhost.lan' }) Settings for the outgoing mailer (for emails involving user registration/password resets)

Client Configuration

As the client will utilise web sockets to connect to the server, you'll need to customise the client configuration file (located at /public/config.json) to point to your server's publically accessible IP. The port will be identical to the port specified in the server-side configuration (defaulted to 4567).