Inability to change php script execution mode?

[ethanbw3003]

Hi, I’ve been stuck ont his error for about a day now, and solutions found online haven’t been available (most of them are just so outdated that any code files for workarounds are no longer available)
Every time i go to install a web application, i receive the error:
’ Fatal Error!
Failed to install web app : This web app cannot be installed, as no compatible PHP versions were found’

I have been trying to enable the PHP on my sites to try and fix this, but i have no option to enable php-fpm (or php full stop). How do i fix this? attached image.

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	ubuntu linux 20.04.6
Virtualmin version	7.30.3
Webmin version	2.202

[ID10T]

Is the web server enabled for this domain? Look in the Edit Virtual Server tab. You may have had too restrictive package setup? This seems to have been a default in all of mine and PHP was just ‘there’.

[Ilia]

@ethanbw3003

I have been trying to enable the PHP on my sites to try and fix this, but i have no option to enable php-fpm (or php full stop). How do i fix this? attached image.

Do you have the php-fpm package installed? How did you install Virtualmin? Did you use the virtualmin-install.sh script?

What is the output of virtualmin check-config command?

[ID10T]

@ethanbw3003

OS type and version ubuntu linux 20.04.6

How long has Virtualmin been on this system?

[ethanbw3003]

thank you so much! solved with manual install of php-fpm.

[Joe]

You should have installed Virtualmin using the install script from Downloading and Installing | Virtualmin — Open Source Web Hosting Control Panel

Installing Virtualmin manually without using our installer is a terrible idea, especially if you’re not super familiar with Virtualmin and all of the services it manages.