Hi,
I’ve followed the instructions to install Rocket Chat: https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/rocket-chat
It worked fine while I was trying to connect directly via the IP.
Then I’ve set up a subdomain and generated an SSL certificate with the command:
rocketchatctl configure --lets-encrypt --root-url=https://chat.yourcompany.com --letsencrypt-email=admin@yourcompany.com
But now it doesn’t work anymore, and the page only displays “Bad Gateway”.
I think I’ve done things correctly with the subdomain: an A record and NTS records sending to DigitalOcean.
I have no idea what could be wrong, I’m new to Rocket Chat and DigitalOcean.
Any help is welcome, thanks!
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Hi @leodavesne,
I’ve tried setting up a new Rocket Chat Droplet from the Marketplace and I ran the rocketchatctl command to issue an SSL certificate for my domain. This all worked as expected.
Have you tried checking the status of your Rocket Chat service to see if it is up and running:
sudo systemctl status rocketchat.service
If it is not running try to start it:
sudo systemctl start rocketchat.service
Let me know how it goes! Regards, Bobby
Running sudo systemctl status rocketchat.service returns
● rocketchat.service - The Rocket.Chat server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rocketchat.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2020-03-14 19:08:49 UTC; 1min 12s ago Process: 1320 ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /opt/Rocket.Chat/main.js (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 1320 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Mar 14 19:08:49 chat systemd[1]: Started The Rocket.Chat server. Mar 14 19:08:49 chat rocketchat[1320]: Meteor requires Node v12.0.0 or later. Mar 14 19:08:49 chat systemd[1]: rocketchat.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Mar 14 19:08:49 chat systemd[1]: rocketchat.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
I solved the issue by reinstalling nginx.
First check if nginx is present;
sudo ufw app list
If it’s not listed then install;
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx
This worked for me. I don’t know what brought up the error though.
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