I am running Virtualmin 6.08, Webmin 1.941 and Usermin 1.791 on Debian Linux 8 running on a VPS with OVH.
I have been experimenting with both the Installatron plugin and the Wordpress script with both the base server and a new virtual server. To get Installatron to work I had to downgrade my PHP version from 7.4 to 7.2. The script works on the base server and I have installed Wordpress instances to both the top level (for the main server) and to public_html (a test instance). The virtual server also appears to have set up properly using the domain name I chose but when I try to install a Wordpress instance to this server get the following error.
PHP module mysqli is required … … could not find domain’s php.ini file
When I look at the PHP options, I think the Apache server is using version 5. Virtualmin for both the main server and the virtual server shows as 7.2. To find the valid file for the current use I used:
When I look at the file manager under /etc/php i can see that versions 7.0 and 7.10 have both cgi and cli folders, each with a php.ini file. However, versions 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 only contain a cli folder with the php.ini file in it.
How do I redirect the install script to locate the php.ini file and how do I install the PHP module mysqli that appears to be missing?
How do I redirect the install script to locate the php.ini file?
Those are controlled by a handler in Apache configuration. Virtualmin has a page, called PHP Versions, located at Server Configuration, where you can choose which PHP to use with current virtual-server.
You should have it set as current version in PHP Versions page. Additionally, I will point out again, that you would need to patch mentioned above file, to make PHP 7.4 detectable by Virtualmin with version 6.08 and below. Upcoming 6.09 will have this working out of the box.
I had already set it to 7.2 in the PHP versions page as the default thanks.
I cannot see any mention of the patch which I assume will allow me to leave PHP at 7.4 and work with the script? Could you send the information to me so I can sort it please?
Not sure of the difference between FPM or (F)CGId but I checked and it is set to (F)CGId.
I looked everywhere and searched the net but cannot find a reference to where the Server Template is located. Could you let me know so I can check that as well please? Once that is done I will try again.
I seem to be getting somewhere. I was using the wrong owner (user) and when I changed to the owner of the virtual server, I have been able to install things. I also misunderstood how to set up separate servers and was using a new virtual server instance each time. I am now creating a sub-server and installing the script to that. However, I am still encountering problems with Installatron and wondered if you could help there? It now seems to work as I can see the relvant added domain but eventually it returns this error:
Error
mysql database connection failed:
host = localhost
database = wp1
username = wp1.xorex.perignac
password = HIDDEN
prefix = wp_
errstr = Could not connect to localhost using the username wp1.xorex.perignac and password HIDDEN (mysqli) – [1045] Access denied for user ‘wp1.xorex.perignac’@‘localhost’ (using password: YES)
What if you don’t change the user, can Virtualmin login to database then? If so, and you rename the user afterwards, does it fail? There were few bugs reported in this regard.
Can you login to MySQL using console with given credentials?
Not sure as I do not how to do that (log in to mysql using console [ssh connection I assume?])
If I change to my user (admin level) and try to build, it does not see the domain. So I need to use the xorex user account to get Installatron to work. Perhaps xorex has insufficient permissions to create the databases?
I can login with root but not with my credentials or the credentials for site admin user xerox.
Tried with wp1.xorex.perignac but that also could not log in although I assumed it had inherited the password from xorex which may not be right. In the Installatron settings I made xorex the database user and set the password accordingly.
I just want to thank you for your patience and help. I ended up importing the wordpress instance I had generated through virtualmin into Installatron but realised actually, there is nothing in Installatron that is not in virtualmin once you get to know it other than a pretty interface. So, I have decided now I know what I am doing to just rely on Virtualmin and try to build my knowledge as I go.
So with my main server up and running and the subserver also up and running I am turning to my email problems. I will end this post (not sure how to close it off) and submit a new one on the mail server issues.
