Getting Errors when cloning Strapi from Github

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System Information
  • Strapi Version: 4.1.2
  • Operating System: MacOS 11.6.3
  • Database:
  • Node Version: 14.17.5
  • NPM Version: 6.14.14
  • Yarn Version: 1.22.17

I cloned a strapi project from a colleague’s github repository, then ran npm install (this seemed to go fine), then tried to run npm run develop and go the following error(s):

2022-03-22 15:23:23.455] debug: :no_entry: Server wasn’t able to start properly.
[2022-03-22 15:23:23.456] error: Middleware “strapi::session”: App keys are required. Please set app.keys in config/server.js (ex: keys: [‘myKeyA’, ‘myKeyB’])
Error: Middleware “strapi::session”: App keys are required. Please set app.keys in config/server.js (ex: keys: [‘myKeyA’, ‘myKeyB’])

etc. etc.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! my-project@0.1.0 start: strapi start
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the my-project@0.1.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

I have googled and searched and done everything I can think of. I deleted the node-modules and started over, I cleared the caches and started over. I’m new to Strapi and kind of at a loss of what else to try. Help?

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check your node.js version, only LTS versions are supported (v12 and v14)

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my node version is 14.17.5

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The second line is giving you the error. You need to add app keys in the the config/server.js file like so:
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I believe these keys can be any random characters.

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OK - that seems to have worked. It made me create a new username and password, but it looks like it is showing me the correct info. Just waiting for my colleague to confirm that it is indeed correct. Thank you!

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Happy to help!

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That was definitely it - we are up and running for collaboration now - yay! Thank you, again!

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