Domain name change
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What would be involved in changing the domain name of the forums?
I've had to do this many times in the past and most times, it's been an absolute nightmare.Nodebb seems so well designed that I'm hoping it's a relatively simple task.
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What would be involved in changing the domain name of the forums?
I've had to do this many times in the past and most times, it's been an absolute nightmare.Nodebb seems so well designed that I'm hoping it's a relatively simple task.
I don't think anything needs to be changed besides the URL in config.json
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What would be involved in changing the domain name of the forums?
I've had to do this many times in the past and most times, it's been an absolute nightmare.Nodebb seems so well designed that I'm hoping it's a relatively simple task.
Hi,
Really? So, nothing else, like pages saved in db that have the current domain name?
That would be super simple :).
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What would be involved in changing the domain name of the forums?
I've had to do this many times in the past and most times, it's been an absolute nightmare.Nodebb seems so well designed that I'm hoping it's a relatively simple task.
Pretty much what @PitaJ said, yes. Just update your DNS records so the new domain points to your NodeBB's IP (or reverse proxy), and update
config.jsonwith the new domain.Everything uses relative links, and
urlinconfig.jsonis only ever used in situations where we don't have any context as to what URL to use, such as email digests. -
What would be involved in changing the domain name of the forums?
I've had to do this many times in the past and most times, it's been an absolute nightmare.Nodebb seems so well designed that I'm hoping it's a relatively simple task.
We of course can't account for all plugins. Probably if your NodeBB is from the mid 2010s, then it is possible some assets could still be using absolute URLs... but since then, at least the main plugins all use relative URLs.
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What would be involved in changing the domain name of the forums?
I've had to do this many times in the past and most times, it's been an absolute nightmare.Nodebb seems so well designed that I'm hoping it's a relatively simple task.
Wonderful then. This is usually a job that ends up being a rabbit hole with a lot of other software.
Thanks. I'll give it a try.
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Pretty much what @PitaJ said, yes. Just update your DNS records so the new domain points to your NodeBB's IP (or reverse proxy), and update
config.jsonwith the new domain.Everything uses relative links, and
urlinconfig.jsonis only ever used in situations where we don't have any context as to what URL to use, such as email digests.Hi @julian@community.nodebb.org! Sorry to revive such an old thread. Is this still the case with nodebb 4 with ActivityPub? I vaguely remember that in other ActivityPub software it's somewhat problematic to change hostname.
