Webmin / virtualmin breaking web app rendering

Hi, my virtualmin / webmin based debian server (Dedicated) continues to break rendering of most web apps installed through webmin / virtualmin.

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version Debian Linux 12 amd64
Virtualmin version 7.30.8 Pro

nowhere near enough information
for example
what apps ?
what webserver ?
are these apps php based or something else

Hi, my apologies and currently trying CMS made simple and the rendering breaks and its PHP based and running stock webmin Apache

Webmin/Virtualmin have nothing to do with running web apps. They are not your web server and are not in the path of execution of any kind of web application code. You can literally stop Webmin/Virtualmin and your web applications will continue to function.

There’s no such thing as a Webmin Apache. Virtualmin works with the Apache package provided by your OS.

You’ll need to look at the error logs for the problem domain, as well as the application server logs (if it’s PHP, you’d look at the FPM logs), for clues.

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A snapshot of my fpm logs -

[17-Apr-2025 02:13:29 America/New_York] PHP Deprecated:  Using unregistered function "count" in a template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use Smarty::registerPlugin to explicitly register a custom modifier. in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/lib/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 649
[17-Apr-2025 02:13:29 America/New_York] PHP Deprecated:  Using unregistered function "count" in a template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use Smarty::registerPlugin to explicitly register a custom modifier. in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/lib/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 649
[17-Apr-2025 02:13:22 America/New_York] PHP Deprecated:  Using unregistered function "count" in a template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use Smarty::registerPlugin to explicitly register a custom modifier. in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/lib/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 649
[17-Apr-2025 02:13:22 America/New_York] PHP Deprecated:  Using unregistered function "count" in a template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use Smarty::registerPlugin to explicitly register a custom modifier. in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/lib/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 649
[17-Apr-2025 01:54:49 America/New_York] PHP Deprecated:  Using unregistered function "implode" in a template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use Smarty::registerPlugin to explicitly register a custom modifier. in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/lib/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 649
[17-Apr-2025 01:54:49 America/New_York] PHP Deprecated:  Using unregistered function "count" in a template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use Smarty::registerPlugin to explicitly register a custom modifier. in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/lib/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 649
[17-Apr-2025 01:54:49 America/New_York] PHP Deprecated:  Using unregistered function "implode" in a template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use Smarty::registerPlugin to explicitly register a custom modifier. in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/lib/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 649
[17-Apr-2025 01:54:49 America/New_York] PHP Deprecated:  Using unregistered function "count" in a template is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use Smarty::registerPlugin to explicitly register a custom modifier. in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/lib/smarty/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatecompilerbase.php on line 649
  thrown in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/Requests/src/Requests.php on line 635
#3 {main}
#2 /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-admin/setup-config.php(33): require('...')
#1 /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-settings.php(229): require('...')
#0 /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php(14): WpOrg\Requests\Requests::set_certificate_path()
Stack trace:
[17-Apr-2025 05:12:01 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "WpOrg\Requests\Utility\InputValidator" not found in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/Requests/src/Requests.php:635
[17-Apr-2025 05:03:31 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 05:03:31 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-cron.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 05:02:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/option.php): Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 8
[17-Apr-2025 05:02:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/option.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 8
[17-Apr-2025 05:02:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-config.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-load.php on line 47
[17-Apr-2025 05:02:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-blog-header.php): Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php on line 17
[17-Apr-2025 05:02:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-blog-header.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php on line 17
[17-Apr-2025 05:01:05 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/option.php): Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 8
[17-Apr-2025 05:01:05 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/option.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 8
[17-Apr-2025 05:01:05 UTC] PHP Warning:  file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-config.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-load.php on line 47
[17-Apr-2025 05:01:05 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-blog-header.php): Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php on line 17
[17-Apr-2025 05:01:05 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-blog-header.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php on line 17
[17-Apr-2025 04:59:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/option.php): Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 8
[17-Apr-2025 04:59:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/option.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 8
[17-Apr-2025 04:59:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-config.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-load.php on line 47
[17-Apr-2025 04:59:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-blog-header.php): Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php on line 17
[17-Apr-2025 04:59:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  require(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-blog-header.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in /home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php on line 17
[17-Apr-2025 04:58:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:58:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-cron.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:55:09 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:55:09 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:54:16 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:54:16 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:53:14 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:53:14 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:52:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:52:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/wp-cron.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:52:57 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[17-Apr-2025 04:52:57 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/index.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 21:58:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 21:58:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 21:58:42 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 21:58:42 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 21:58:41 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 21:58:41 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 21:58:39 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 21:58:39 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 18:07:44 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 18:07:44 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 18:07:42 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 18:07:42 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 18:07:40 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 18:07:40 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 18:07:38 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 18:07:38 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 16:39:48 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[16-Apr-2025 16:39:48 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 19:54:19 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 19:54:19 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 19:54:17 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 19:54:17 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 19:54:16 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 19:54:16 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 19:54:14 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 19:54:14 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 07:19:39 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 07:19:39 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 07:19:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 07:19:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 07:19:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 07:19:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 07:19:32 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[15-Apr-2025 07:19:32 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 20:01:26 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 20:01:26 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 20:01:24 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 20:01:24 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 20:01:23 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 20:01:23 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 20:01:21 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 20:01:21 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 07:34:12 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[14-Apr-2025 07:34:12 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 11:23:46 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 11:23:46 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 10:32:57 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 10:32:57 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 10:32:55 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 10:32:55 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 10:32:53 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 10:32:53 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 10:32:51 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: Failed to open stream: Operation not permitted in Unknown on line 0
[13-Apr-2025 10:32:51 UTC] PHP Warning:  PHP Request Startup: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/home/dcovertcomputers/public_html/forms/newsletter.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/www/wwwroot/www.dcovertcomputers.com/:/tmp/) in Unknown on line 0

wp-load.php is part of wordpress, this looks like a bad install , if installed correctly you should see


how did you install cms made simple ?

right through the app installer, fresh install with nothing in the root folder

Seems pretty clear. Your configuration is bogus. You need to update your configuration to use reasonable paths for the new system. You probably also don’t need open_basedir at all (but I guess it’ll work if it’s configured correctly for the new system). I’m guessing this originated on a system using mod_php where security measures like that are mandatory (but still insufficient, because mod_php can never be secure).

Where you’ve configured that, I don’t know. Could be in php.ini for the domain. I’m not sure if you can configure that in .htaccess on a system that’s using PHP-FPM, but it’s worth a look, probably.

You had to have copied that PHP configuration from somewhere. That can’t possibly be a fresh install.

If you don’t know where you’ve configured that, you should grep -R '/www/wwwroot/' in this domain home directory and/or in /etc.

You probably ought to start with a fresh php.ini and configuration and not try to copy a bunch of random stuff from an old system that was wholly unlike a Virtualmin system (we never put anything in /www, that won’t even exist on a freshly installed supported OS).

does root folder mean /home/user/public_html or somewhere else ?

I never touched php.ini other than to up the memory usage and upload limit a bit

root domain folder, i.e domain folder/public_html

You have configured PHP somewhere. I’ve told you how to find where you’ve configured it.

That configuration definitely did not come from Virtualmin.

Ok did a completely fresh install and now its not even installing / downloading the necessary files for CMS made simple

That would be a network issue, we download the CMS Made Simple files from their download servers, which we have no control over. But, the specific error you get may be useful in troubleshooting it.

I’m currently able to reach their download server, though, and download the current version, so it may be specific to your server.

The installer URL resolves to http://s3.amazonaws.com/cmsms/downloads/15179/cmsms-2.2.21-install.zip which works for me. Are you able to download that to your server directly using something like wget or curl -O?

not quite sure what you mean, but did you follow @joe 's advice ? it would appear that php configuration is wrong (and maybe your apache configuration is wrong also) what concerened my from your log extract is it’s trying to execute a wordpress file
and you are looking at the correct domains log output ?

Just out of interest have you configured your PHP modules/extensions?

This might be an issue with the smarty template system?

We know what it was. No need to guess. The logs told us.