How to setup quickly?

Setup a mongodb instance

docker run --name bbmongo -d -p 27011:27017 -v /your/data/path:/data/db mongo --auth
# -v is only available on Linux

# add initial users, you can follow the instruction here: https://docs.nodebb.org/installing/os/ubuntu/#configure-mongodb
docker exec -it bbmongo mongo admin

Config nodebb server

Just fill the nodebb.env file with your information

Build nodebb docker image

docker build -t mynodebb .

Run nodebb container

docker run --name mybb -d -p 2333:2333 --link bbmongo --env-file ./nodebb.env mynodebb

Store config.json on host

docker run --name mybb -d -p 2333:2333 -v /path/to/conf:/root/conf --link bbmongo --env-file ./nodebb.env mynodebb