Testing server upgrade; weird results

cmwetherell

I'm using currently using Amazon Lightsail LAMP instance with 2 GB RAM.

As my site grows, and I hope it continues to grow, I want to know how easy it will be to do a server upgrade in the future.

Lightsail allows me to take "Snapshots" and then create a new (larger) instance from the snapshot.

It seemingly worked pretty well. I was even able to SSH to the folder Flarum is installed in and successfully install a new extension.

When I go to the new IP where the mirror of my site is hosted (on the larger machine), the results are quite interesting:

I see all the posts that were there before, but none of them load if I click on them. Error is "Oops! Something went wrong. Please reload the page and try again."
None of the icons work: Imgur
I can't log in with my admin account.
I can't make a new account - "Oops! ..." error again.

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but my PHP config files have https://siteurl.com, but I am accessing the mirror from a new public IP address that points to the new Lightsail instance. Also, the IP I am accessing the mirror'ed forum on is not secure (SSL), whereas the real version of the site is.

Really don't even know where to start here. Any tips appreciated.

luceos

cmwetherell if you enable debug you'll see a backtrack instead of an oops error. Alternatively you can check the storage/logs directory for related errors in the logs.

clarkwinkelmann

cmwetherell Flarum only works from the URL defined in config.php. If you have a temporary test server, you should also create its own temporary config.php with the correct URL.

I'm not sure whether it's the cause of your error, but things like social login, icons and API requests might not work when accessed via the wrong URL.

cmwetherell

luceos thanks, will try that tomorrow