I am using CentOS 6.7 and I'm trying to get Magento installed on the server. All the software is the correct versions for Magento to run.
During set-up, I have followed Magento's instructions here:
http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/install-gde/prereq/apache-user.html
The web host user and group is "nobody", so I used that in place of "apache". However, when I tried these:
http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/install-gde/prereq/file-system-perms.html
The user I created for Magento is not permitted to run those commands.
I attempted installation anyway, it somewhat works, but new files created with Magento do not have the correct permissions. Running the Magento cleanup tool, it fixes the permissions for new files, but it would be an extremely slow process and magento is constantly creating new files.
Is there something I missed, or could there be something else causing these issues?
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Trying to upgrade from 1.3.2.4 to 1.4.
I set up MAMP and created an empty database into which I imported the exported database from the online site (done via phpMyAdmin from the cpanel of the site).
Copied 1.4 files into htdocs and got the installation screens.
After entering the details for the imported database, the process crashed and I got a blank screen.
I've tried changing the base url string in the core_config_data table and redone the whole process but to no avail.
I've also tried setting up a clean install of 1.4 and using the database repair tool to perhaps bring the old database up to spec but that didn't work either.
I basically need a proper way to upgrade this site to the latest version (1.8.1) but I thought I'd start with 1.4 first. At the very least I'd like to have a database that can work in a fresh 1.8.1 install.
You need to find out what the error is before you can begin to fix it. The blank screen means that you are not getting those errors. It may be a simple timeout. What is in your php.ini for error reporting and timeouts?
With your 'MAMP' you can try a vanilla Magento install and see if that works. Try 1.3.2 with the demo data in the db first. Then point it at your copy of the live db and see if it still works or if it dies due to some module dependencies.
That should get you to the starting point. As for where you are now, check the apache log files to see if the error - maybe just a timeout - is in there.
On upgrade Magento does loads of stuff, as per the upgrade scripts with each module. This is database intensive stuff and by doing a dry run on a vanilla database you can see what you are up against.
Hope that helps.
So I have been given the task of upgrading one of our companies' old websites that is based on 1.5 to something newer (because a second site of ours on the same version just got hacked).
I know some php and some other web stuff, but I'd never used Joomla.
I have setup a lamp server on a local VM (ubuntu) for me to test it all out on, then upload the upgraded version as is suggested. My problem now is that I know the permissions are not correct because when I tried installing Akeeba Backup, it kept throwing errors such as "could not copy to /var/www/components and /var/www/administrator etc. I went in and chmod'd those 2 (and then the rest of www because of more errors) to 757 (from 755 for the most part) - which i know at that point might as well be 777. Then when I've tried to use Kickstart to restore from the JPA file I have, it just right away throws an error "could not create j_backup/ folder".
I know this slackening of all permissions on the root folder is wrong, but it was the only way to get it to 'work', which it's not even now, so my question is what did I do wrong in the setup and how do i fix it? I'm not great with Linux, but I'm thinking I have to make PHP owner of www? is that right? or terrible practice?
The other issue I see now is that I just installed the latest php and everything and I see Akeepa says not to use php 5.4... not sure how much of a problem that's going to be....
Some direction would be great because I'm more than a little lost.
Thanks!
This is certainly a headache. Most often, as you stated, the issue is the ownership of the files on your server. Files uploaded via FTP will be owned by your FTP user and may not be editable by the Apache/PHP user. Similarly, files created by installing extensions in Joomla! will be owned by the Apache/PHP user and your FTP user will not be able to modify them. Here is an article discussing the problem with a couple of possible solutions:
http://docs.joomla.org/Why_can%27t_you_install_any_extensions%3F#File_ownership_advice_from_ianmac
In the past, I have used an Apache Module called suPHP (http://www.suphp.org/Home.html) to solve this problem and keep it from reoccurring. suPHP executes PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners.
As for file permissions other than ownership, please refer to the Joomla! documentation for the correct settings: http://docs.joomla.org/Verifying_permissions. One quick way to handle this (if you can install extensions after correcting the ownership issue) is to use the AdminTools extension (http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/site-protection/14087). One of its tools ‘fixes’ the file permissions on your server by resetting them to the Joomla! default.
Good luck!
I have a brand new installation of Magento CE 1.7.0.2 on my local machine, and cannot get any extensions to load. They install properly in the Magento Connect Manager and appear in the list as installed, but there is no effect in the admin interface.
I have successfully installed Magento and these extensions before, so I'm not a complete noob. The extensions I'm trying to get working are these (both theoretically compatible with 1.7):
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/customer-experience/internationalization-localization/magento-community-modules-french-france-language-pack.html
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/oscommerce-migration-tool.html
What should happen with these extensions is:
The admin interface should be in French (remains in English despite switching back and forth to French / other languages)
There should be a "oscommerce" menu item under System > Import/Export (not there)
What I've tried (many times and in every possible combination):
Logging out and back in
Flushing all caches
Deleting all cookies, exiting the browser, restarting apache, restarting the machine
Reinstalling/Uninstalling both extensions
Reinstalling Magento with a clean database and clean filesystem
I've followed the installation instructions to a tee. Magento is in developer mode ("SetEnv MAGE_IS_DEVELOPER_MODE 1" and "php_flag display_errors On" in .htaccess). There are no relevant errors in the logs and no PHP errors. The www user (under which runs the apache process) has full write permissions to the entire directory (also tried just /var, /app/etc and /)
Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong???
Do a chmod -R 777 on the root of your magento installation to test if the moduls start to work then.
I have a Joomla site running on a windows machine. The site was at 1.6 when some update requests came in. I decided to update the site, but the automated process didn't work, so I started FTPing the files up there manually.
I followed the instructions for the manual upgrade at http://docs.joomla.org/Upgrading_1.6.5_to_1.7 once I got the site to 1.6.5, but my problems had already started before that.
Now when I go to mysite.com/administrator most images are not there and when I try to log in I get kicked up to my site root rather than the /administrator folder. I took the opportunity to look at the code and none of the image src attributes or the form action attributes include "/administrator".
Soooo I need a little advice as to why this is happening. I would rather not have to restore from my backup and start over at 1.6. I was kinda hoping for this to be my first Joomla 3 site. Thanks in advance.
You said that you had trouble with updating Joomla via the admin panel, however did you check if the folders were writable? Site -> System Information -> Directory Permissions Always check this page once you have installed Joomla as it is the reason why a lot of people are unable to install updates or normal extensions.
You then mentioned that you had to upload the files manually via the FTP, however this is not requires. All that is required it to upload the update.zip to the foot of your Joomla site and unzip it.
As for a proper answer, May I suggest that you first update to the Latest version of the 1.6 series (1.6.6), then you download a fresh copy of Joomla 1.6.6, unzip the "administrator" folder, zip that folder, upload via the FTP to your Joomla root folder, then extract it. This will override all the default administrator files.
In the end I had this client move their Joomla install off Windows and onto a Linux machine. Things were just getting worse with the install and I threw in the towel. Thanks to Lodder for trying to help.
This can happen if you are using the JSecure plugin. It requires a token in the URL to enter the admin panel, for example:
http://www.yoursite.com/administrator?token
Explanation:
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?p=2198164
I was able to fix this by removing the value that I had in the $live_site variable in the configuration.php file. I am also running this on a Windows server.
I am creating a website based on Joomla! for my german friend who has a hosting in strato.de
I encountered many problems with installing Joomla on this hosting. After uploading Joomla 1.5.23 files on their server and trying to install Joomla, I got anerror:
Warning: file_put_contents(.../configuration.php) [function.file-put-contents]:
failed to open stream:
Permission denied in /.../installation/installer/models/model.php on line 850
After this, I created manually configuration.php and filled it with database data (passwords etc).
Joomla seemed to be installed, but when I tried to install any extension, I can't do it since it shows only errors like:
Cound not create directory
Component install: failed to create directory
Of course I tried to change directory permissions to 777 but it didn't help, always the same problem and no availability to install any component. The php info shows it's a SunOs on the server and i think something is wrong with owner of the files.
I also tried to install Joomla via strato own installator, but it gives the same errors.
I contacted strato de help office, but they answer was "we do not offer any technical / scripting support for either of the 3rd party CMS's".
Could someone help me please with that?
Has anyone succeed with installing Joomla and components on this hosting?
I would appreciate any help.
First, you should never set the permissions to anything to 777, that's a big security risk.
Next, chances are that the server is not configured properly to run Joomla without any problems. Joomla works a lot better when PHP is run in CGI mode rather than when it is run as an Apache module. Most likely the server you are on is running PHP as an Apache module, which causes a lot of issues.
You can get around a lot of the issues by turning on the FTP layer, but there are some things to check first -
Make sure that both the log and tmp directories exist in the root.
Check the directory permissions by logging in to the admin then Help > System Info > Directory Permissions (you should see the tmp and log directories here as well). Files should be 644, directories should be 755.
Turn on the FTP layer by going to Site > Global Configuration > Server > FTP Settings
If it still gives you errors, I would suggest moving to a better hosting company. Rochen Host has a data center in the UK and they handle all of the official Joomla websites. I use them and they are great. Everything works without any issues.