Before installation. The requested URL was not found on this server.

ash3T

I use digital ocean LAMP, and have checked this post. https://discuss.flarum.org/d/1869-solving-404-not-found-issues-on-apache

However, my case is I haven't finished installing flarum yet. I can visit the ip, and visit the index page in /var/www/html.

Then I installed flarum in the same folder /var/www/html, tried to visit ip/flarum/public, hoping to finish the installation. I got stuck here every time with the same issue. No matter I am using the digital ocean LAMP or running a Virutalmin myself. 😅

By the way,

More background:

Module rewrite is enabled
I downgraded php 8 to 7.4(have check with php -v), there is a phpinfo() page. However, I cannot access it from ip/info.php and when ls /var/www/html, I cannot find the info.php
I can access this sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini
I run sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/domain.conf [the following codes, updated after Katos's reply, I add html before flarum] to change domain.com to localhost

UseCanonicalName On
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
ServerAlias localhost
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/flarum/public
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
<Directory "/var/www/html">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

I did systemctl restart apache2 after making all the changes.

Then check my configuration file against any syntax errors, it returns with:
Syntax OK

Yet, I believe the first step of download flarum from composer is completed. In the terminal, it says

- Downloading flarum/flarum (v1.0.0)
  - Installing flarum/flarum (v1.0.0): Extracting archive
Created project in /var/www/html/flarum
....
  - Installing flarum/tags (v1.0.3): Extracting archive
53 package suggestions were added by new dependencies, use `composer suggest` to see details.
Generating autoload files
70 packages you are using are looking for funding.
Use the `composer fund` command to find out more!

I really need some help here.

katos

ash3T Hey @ash3T !

Looking at this, it seems as though you've not got the public directory.

Can you please go to /var/www/html/flarum and type ls -la and submit a screenshot of the results here please? 🙂

ash3T

katos
Thanks.

Here is what I got:

/var/www/html/flarum$ ls -la

total 364
drwxr-xr-x  5 root     root       4096 Sep  5 14:09 .
drwxrwxr-x  3 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:09 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root        361 Sep  5 14:09 .editorconfig
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root       1764 Sep  5 14:09 .nginx.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root       1757 Sep  5 14:09 CHANGELOG.md
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root       1168 Sep  5 14:09 LICENSE
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root       2665 Sep  5 14:09 README.md
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root       1225 Sep  5 14:09 composer.json
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root     311825 Sep  5 14:09 composer.lock
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root        265 Sep  5 14:09 extend.php
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root        634 Sep  5 14:09 flarum
drwxr-xr-x  3 root     root       4096 Sep  5 14:09 public
-rw-r--r--  1 root     root       1800 Sep  5 14:09 site.php
drwxr-xr-x 10 root     root       4096 Sep  5 14:09 storage
drwxr-xr-x 39 root     root       4096 Sep  5 14:10 vendor

Then I use sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/flarum

ls -l /var/www/html/flarum

total 348
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   1757 Sep  5 14:09 CHANGELOG.md
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   1168 Sep  5 14:09 LICENSE
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   2665 Sep  5 14:09 README.md
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   1225 Sep  5 14:09 composer.json
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data 311825 Sep  5 14:09 composer.lock
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    265 Sep  5 14:09 extend.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    634 Sep  5 14:09 flarum
drwxr-xr-x  3 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:09 public
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   1800 Sep  5 14:09 site.php
drwxrwxr-x 10 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:09 storage
drwxr-xr-x 39 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:10 vendor

So the Folder Ownership is dealt with, and the installation can go through.

ash3T

ash3T The installation went through. Yeah! 😄

Anyone who have encounter the same issue, feel free to try the above configuration in my posts. Those worked for me.

By the way, can anyone please check to see if the these permissions are correct?

-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   1757 Sep  5 14:09 CHANGELOG.md
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   1168 Sep  5 14:09 LICENSE
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   2665 Sep  5 14:09 README.md
-rwxr-xr-x  1 hrjh     hrjh       5541 Sep  5 18:35 composer.json
-rw-r--r--  1 hrjh     hrjh     604902 Sep  5 18:35 composer.lock
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    618 Sep  5 18:04 config.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    265 Sep  5 14:09 extend.php
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data    634 Sep  5 14:09 flarum
drwxr-xr-x  3 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:09 public
-rw-r--r--  1 www-data www-data   1800 Sep  5 14:09 site.php
drwxrwxr-x 10 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:09 storage
drwxr-xr-x 71 hrjh     hrjh       4096 Sep  5 18:35 vendor

do I need to change this?

drwxrwxr-x 10 www-data www-data 4096 Sep 5 14:09 storage

Because it says:

php flarum cache:clear
Clearing the cache...
Could not clear contents of `storage/cache`. Please adjust file permissions and try again. This can frequently be fixed by clearing cache via the `Tools` dropdown on the Administration Dashboard page.

Do I need to adjust the permission?

katos

ash3T Those permissions don't look right, and the mix of hrjh and www-data seems strange.
Make sure that your CHMod and CHOwn match the docs:

chmod 775 -R /var/www/html/flarum

and

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/flarum

ash3T

katos Thank you.

I did what you suggest, with the following

sudo chmod 775 -R /var/www/html/flarum
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/flarum

and it becomes like this:

drwxrwxr-x  5 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 18:04 .
drwxrwxr-x  3 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:09 ..
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data    361 Sep  5 14:09 .editorconfig
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data   1764 Sep  5 14:09 .nginx.conf
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data   1757 Sep  5 14:09 CHANGELOG.md
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data   1168 Sep  5 14:09 LICENSE
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data   2665 Sep  5 14:09 README.md
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data   5541 Sep  5 18:35 composer.json
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data 604902 Sep  5 18:35 composer.lock
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data    618 Sep  5 18:04 config.php
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data    265 Sep  5 14:09 extend.php
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data    634 Sep  5 14:09 flarum
drwxrwxr-x  3 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:09 public
-rwxrwxr-x  1 www-data www-data   1800 Sep  5 14:09 site.php
drwxrwxr-x 10 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 14:09 storage
drwxrwxr-x 71 www-data www-data   4096 Sep  5 18:35 vendor

However, I tested by install fof/upload,
composer require fof/upload
it says:
./composer.json is not writable.

What I understand is that

drwxr-xr-x (755) -- Everyone can read the directory, but its contents can only be changed by the user.

Please correct me if I am wrong. Is it just that I will need to add my SSH login user to the www-datagroup, in order to install extension?

katos

ash3T yes, or use sudo to elevate your privileges :-)