closes #6502, also fixed issue with type: 'literal' in config.json

install/web.js

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ function welcome(req, res) {
 	var defaults = require('./data/defaults');
 
 	res.render('install/index', {
+		url: nconf.get('url') || (req.protocol + '://' + req.get('host')),
+		skipGeneralSetup: !!nconf.get('url'),
 		databases: databases,
 		skipDatabaseSetup: !!nconf.get('database'),
 		error: !!res.locals.error,

src/install.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var async = require('async');
 var fs = require('fs');
+var url = require('url');
 var path = require('path');
 var prompt = require('prompt');
 var winston = require('winston');
@@ -16,9 +17,7 @@ questions.main = [
 		name: 'url',
 		description: 'URL used to access this NodeBB',
 		default:
-			nconf.get('url') ||
-			(nconf.get('base_url') ? (nconf.get('base_url') + (nconf.get('use_port') ? ':' + nconf.get('port') : '')) : null) ||	// backwards compatibility (remove for v0.7.0)
-			'http://localhost:4567',
+			nconf.get('url') || 'http://localhost:4567',
 		pattern: /^http(?:s)?:\/\//,
 		message: 'Base URL must begin with \'http://\' or \'https://\'',
 	},
@@ -162,7 +161,6 @@ function completeConfigSetup(config, next) {
 		config.package_manager = nconf.get('package_manager');
 	}
 
-	nconf.overrides(config);
 	async.waterfall([
 		function (next) {
 			require('./database').init(next);
@@ -171,6 +169,22 @@ function completeConfigSetup(config, next) {
 			require('./database').createIndices(next);
 		},
 		function (next) {
+			// Sanity-check/fix url/port
+			if (!/^http(?:s)?:\/\//.test(config.url)) {
+				config.url = 'http://' + config.url;
+			}
+			var urlObj = url.parse(config.url);
+			if (urlObj.port) {
+				config.port = urlObj.port;
+			}
+			urlObj.pathname = null;
+			urlObj.path = null;
+
+			config.url = url.format(urlObj);
+
+			// ref: https://github.com/indexzero/nconf/issues/300
+			delete config.type;
+
 			install.save(config, next);
 		},
 	], next);

src/views/install/index.tpl

@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@
 			You are just a few steps away from launching your own NodeBB forum!
 		</p>
 		<form id="install" action="/" method="post">
+			<!-- IF !skipGeneralSetup -->
+			<div class="general">
+				<p>
+					<h1><small>General Instance Setup</small></h1>
+					<hr />
+				</p>
+
+				<div class="row input-row">
+					<div class="col-sm-7 col-xs-12 input-field">
+						<label for="url">Web Address (URL)</label>
+						<input type="text" class="form-control" name="url" value="<!-- IF url -->{url}<!-- ENDIF url -->" placeholder="http://localhost:4567" />
+					</div>
+					<div class="col-sm-5 help-text" data-help="This is the address that resolves to your NodeBB forum. If no port is specified, <code>4567</code> will be used."></div>
+				</div>
+			</div>
+			<!-- END -->
 			<div class="admin">
 				<p>
 					<h1><small>Create an Administrator account</small></h1>