Installation Guide

Make sure you have installed Node.js, Redis / MangoDB and Nigix / IIS before installing the NodeBB.

Create a document root directory where NodeBB should locate in:

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/nodebb

Route to the document root directory:

cd /var/www/nodebb

Change ownership of the /var/www/nodebb directory to your_user. Replace your_user in the above command with your user.

sudo chown -R [your_user]:[your_user] /var/www/nodebb

Clone the latest NodeBB repository into document root folder:

git clone -b v1.15.x https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git .

Execute the setup script by running the app with the setup flag:

./nodebb setup

Input your answers to setup script, after NodeBB setup is completed, run ./nodebb start to manually start your NodeBB server:

./nodebb start

Congrats! You have successfully installed NodeBB. Now you can access your brand new forum in web browser.