docker compose - `Failed to lookup view! Did you run ./nodebb build?` error

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Even when i set (after looking at https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/master/install/docker/entrypoint.sh) :

environment:
            - NODE_ENV=production
            - START_BUILD=true
            - admin:username=admin
            - admin:password=yourSecurePassword
            - admin:password:confirm=yourSecurePassword
            - admin:[email protected]

I see build in docker log:

up to date, audited 894 packages in 2s

117 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

1 moderate severity vulnerability

Some issues need review, and may require choosing
a different dependency.

Run `npm audit` for details.
npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 10.9.2 -&gt; 11.2.0
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.2.0
npm notice To update run: npm install -g [email protected]
npm notice
DEBUG: PACKAGE_MANAGER: npm
DEBUG: CONFIG location: /opt/config/config.json
DEBUG: START_BUILD: true
cat: /opt/config/install_hash.md5: No such file or directory
Build before start is enabled. Building...
  started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.148Z [80/33] - info: [build] Building in parallel mode
2025-03-21T03:48:22.148Z [80/33] - info: [build]         plugin static dirs  build started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.149Z [80/33] - info: [build]          requirejs modules  build started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.149Z [80/33] - info: [build]           client js bundle  build started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.149Z [80/33] - info: [build]            admin js bundle  build started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.150Z [80/33] - info: [build]         client side styles  build started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.150Z [80/33] - info: [build] admin control panel styles  build started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.150Z [80/33] - info: [build]                  templates  build started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.150Z [80/33] - info: [build]                  languages  build started
2025-03-21T03:48:22.852Z [80/33] - info: [build]           client js bundle  build completed in 0.703sec
2025-03-21T03:48:22.893Z [80/33] - info: [build]            admin js bundle  build completed in 0.744sec
2025-03-21T03:48:23.308Z [80/33] - info: [build]         plugin static dirs  build completed in 1.16sec
WARNING: Importing mixins via the fontsource package is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. Please use the @fontsource-utils/scss package instead.
    @fontsource/inter/scss/mixins.scss 37:3       generator()
    @fontsource/inter/scss/mixins.scss 168:3      faces()
    ../../../../public/scss/admin/fonts.scss 7:1  @import
    admin/admin.scss 1:9                          @import
    - 11:9                                        root stylesheet

WARNING: Importing mixins via the fontsource package is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. Please use the @fontsource-utils/scss package instead.
    @fontsource/poppins/scss/mixins.scss 37:3      generator()
    @fontsource/poppins/scss/mixins.scss 168:3     faces()
    ../../../../public/scss/admin/fonts.scss 13:1  @import
    admin/admin.scss 1:9                           @import
    - 11:9                                         root stylesheet

2025-03-21T03:48:24.305Z [80/33] - warn: [meta/templates] Partial not loaded: partials/breadcrumbs.tpl
2025-03-21T03:48:24.305Z [80/33] - warn: [meta/templates] Partial not loaded: partials/breadcrumbs.tpl
2025-03-21T03:48:24.306Z [80/33] - warn: [meta/templates] Partial not loaded: partials/paginator.tpl
2025-03-21T03:48:25.333Z [80/33] - info: [build]                  languages  build completed in 3.183sec
2025-03-21T03:48:25.337Z [80/33] - info: [build]          requirejs modules  build completed in 3.188sec
2025-03-21T03:48:25.338Z [80/33] - info: [build] Bundling with Webpack.
2025-03-21T03:48:25.451Z [80/33] - warn: [meta/templates] Partial not loaded: partials/paginator.tpl

[G[1%] setup (before run)
[G[1%] setup (before run NodeEnvironmentPlugin)
[G[1%] setup (before run)
[G[2%] setup (run)
[G[4%] setup (normal module factory)
[G[5%] setup (context module factory)
[G[6%] setup (before compile)
[G[6%] setup (before compile ProgressPlugin)
[G[6%] setup (before compile)
[G[7%] setup (compile)
[G[7%] setup (compile ExternalsPlugin)
[G[7%] setup (compile)
[G[8%] setup (compilation)
[G[8%] setup (compilation ArrayPushCallbackChunkFormatPlugin)
[G[8%] setup (compilation JsonpChunkLoadingPlugin)
[G[8%] setup (compilation StartupChunkDependenciesPlugin)
[G[8%] setup (compilation ImportScriptsChunkLoadingPlugin)
...
...
[G[92%] sealing (asset processing)
[G[93%] sealing (after asset optimization)
[G[94%] sealing (after seal)
[GBuild finished at 03:48:30 by 0.000s
[GBuild finished at 03:48:30 by 0.000s
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[GBuild finished at 03:48:30 by 0.000s
[G282 assets
732 modules

ERROR in ./build/public/src/modules/topicThumbs.js 104:6-106:8
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'composer' in '/usr/src/app/build/public/src/modules'

webpack 5.98.0 compiled with 1 error in 4452 ms
2025-03-21T03:48:30.474Z [80/33] - info: [build] Asset compilation successful. Completed in 8.323sec.

&gt; [email protected] start
&gt; node loader.js --config=/opt/config/config.json --no-silent --no-daemon


NodeBB v4.2.0 Copyright (C) 2013-2025 NodeBB Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).

2025-03-21T03:48:30.918Z [80/248] - info: Initializing NodeBB v4.2.0 https://forum.com
2025-03-21T03:48:31.738Z [80/248] - info: [socket.io] Restricting access to origin: https://forum.com:*
2025-03-21T03:48:31.776Z [80/248] - info: [api] Adding 0 route(s) to `api/v3/plugins`
2025-03-21T03:48:31.787Z [80/248] - info: [router] Routes added
2025-03-21T03:48:31.791Z [80/248] - info: 🎉 NodeBB Ready
2025-03-21T03:48:31.792Z [80/248] - info: Using ports 80 and 443 is not recommend; use a proxy instead. See README.md
2025-03-21T03:48:31.793Z [80/248] - info: 📡 NodeBB is now listening on: 0.0.0.0:80
2025-03-21T03:48:31.793Z [80/248] - info: 🔗 Canonical URL: https://forum.com

But in the browser there is still error:

Internal server error.

Failed to lookup view! Did you run `./nodebb build`?

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Did you check if the built files are in /usr/src/app/build?

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@baris Yes

➜  devops git:(main) ✗ docker compose exec forum ls /usr/src/app/build
active_plugins.json  cache-buster  public
➜  devops git:(main) ✗ docker compose exec forum ls /usr/src/app/build/public
admin-rtl.css  admin.css  client-rtl.css  client.css  fontawesome  language  plugins  scripts-admin.js  scripts-client.js  src  templates
➜  devops git:(main) ✗

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What about the template files inside /usr/src/app/build/public/templates ? The error message you are seeing is caused when expressjs can't find the template file to render.

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@baris It looks like they are in place

➜  devops git:(main) ✗ docker compose exec forum ls /usr/src/app/build/public/templates
400.js   404.tpl  admin      confirm.js   ip-blacklist.js   outgoing.js     register.js           reset.tpl       tos.js
400.tpl  500.js   chat.js    confirm.tpl  ip-blacklist.tpl  outgoing.tpl    register.tpl          reset_code.js   tos.tpl
403.js   500.tpl  chat.tpl   emails       login.js          partials        registerComplete.js   reset_code.tpl  unsubscribe.js
403.tpl  503.js   chats.js   flags        login.tpl         post-queue.js   registerComplete.tpl  sitemap.js      unsubscribe.tpl
404.js   503.tpl  chats.tpl  install      modals            post-queue.tpl  reset.js              sitemap.tpl

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Ok so it looks like you are missing the templates from the theme, this can happen if you don't have a theme activated. For example I don't see the categories.tpl file in your output. Make sure nodebb-theme-harmony is activated before ./nodebb build is run.

ERROR in ./build/public/src/modules/topicThumbs.js 104:6-106:8
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'composer' in '/usr/src/app/build/public/src/modules'

Looks like nodebb-plugin-composer-default is also not activated.

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@baris Thanks that helps:

docker compose exec forum /usr/src/app/nodebb activate nodebb-plugin-composer-default --config /opt/config/config.json
docker compose exec forum /usr/src/app/nodebb activate nodebb-theme-harmony --config /opt/config/config.json

But this is a completely fresh install, shouldn't the forum boot from the as-is official docker image?

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@baris i can't login :think:

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There is no errors in the server log\browser devtools...

added 2 packages, and audited 894 packages in 1s

117 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

1 moderate severity vulnerability

Some issues need review, and may require choosing
a different dependency.

Run `npm audit` for details.
npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 10.9.2 -&gt; 11.2.0
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.2.0
npm notice To update run: npm install -g [email protected]
npm notice
DEBUG: PACKAGE_MANAGER: npm
DEBUG: CONFIG location: /opt/config/config.json
DEBUG: START_BUILD: false
No changes in package.json. Skipping build...

&gt; [email protected] start
&gt; node loader.js --config=/opt/config/config.json --no-silent --no-daemon


NodeBB v4.2.0 Copyright (C) 2013-2025 NodeBB Inc.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
For the full license, please visit: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).

2025-03-22T18:54:35.811Z [4567/56] - info: Initializing NodeBB v4.2.0 http://localhost:4567
2025-03-22T18:54:36.409Z [4567/56] - info: [socket.io] Restricting access to origin: http://localhost:*
2025-03-22T18:54:36.443Z [4567/56] - info: [api] Adding 0 route(s) to `api/v3/plugins`
2025-03-22T18:54:36.448Z [4567/56] - info: [router] Routes added
2025-03-22T18:54:36.455Z [4567/56] - info: 🎉 NodeBB Ready
2025-03-22T18:54:36.456Z [4567/56] - info: 🤝 Enabling 'trust proxy'
2025-03-22T18:54:36.457Z [4567/56] - info: 📡 NodeBB is now listening on: 0.0.0.0:4567
2025-03-22T18:54:36.457Z [4567/56] - info: 🔗 Canonical URL: http://localhost:4567

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When ./nodebb setup is executed it enables all the default plugins. Including harmony theme and composer default.
Not sure where that happens in the docker file :think:

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@baris Its actually in this bash file: https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/master/install/docker/entrypoint.sh

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https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/master/install/docker/entrypoint.sh#L186-L188
Should i manually set the env SETUP?
@baris Doesn't https://manage.nodebb.org uses container-based technology?

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@josef this is the part that should triggered the setup. We don't use docker on manage.nodebb.org.

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docker compose - `Failed to lookup view! Did you run ./nodebb build?` error