| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| OS type and version | Ubuntu Linux 20.04.5 |
| Webmin version | 2.013 |
| Virtualmin version | 7.5 Pro |
| Related packages | Joomla 4.27 |
I am posting this in case other people are having the same problems that I was having. It took me a while to find the solution but now they are solved.
I was able to install Joomla version 3 and 4 on my website and it was basically working except for 2 problems.
- recaphta would not work correctly–while it displayed the checkbox–it would not verify but just timed out
- The system could not detect if there were updates to Joomla (ver 4.26 to 4.27) or detect and install updates to Joomla extensions.
- Upgrade from version 3.10 to version 4.26 did not complete even though it appeared to work when I loaded up the site after the upgrade.
I think all these are related and had to do with system http requests. The PHP module Curl was not loaded on my system. Once I loaded the PHP-CURL module all the above problems were fixed.
The command to add this module, if you are using PHP 8.0 is
apt-get install php8.0-curl
I hope this helps someone as I was working on trying to solve these problems for 2 weeks.
Regards,
Michael