weird issues, htaccess without effect, wget not working, fcgi errors

I installed a server with Ubuntu LTS using a perfect server guide from this site.
I run a phpBB on it.

All runs normally, until today I tried to modify its htaccess file to gain direct access to a subdirectory where my AWstats live, but to no avail. Instead a rabbit hole opened up.

I tried various variations, among which

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/stats/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /stats/index.php [QSA,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/stats
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ app.php [QSA,L]

but all gets routed to symphony anyway and a route not found error is displayed.

so I started checking configurations, apache directives, etc. AllowOverride All is enabled, all seems normal.

the website runs (fine) on PHP-FPM, so I tried to switch to fastFCGI and error 500 appears. weird.

I try to check different things, but I have no clue what is wrong.

I tried to run Till's test script as described, but the command only produced an empty file, so I downloaded it manually and ran it.

results and logs attached

 

thank you, I will try that.

The guide was either
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial...l-pureftpd-bind-postfix-doveot-and-ispconfig/
or
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial...l-pureftpd-bind-postfix-doveot-and-ispconfig/
+ upgrade

difficult to say, as the dates have gone missing everywhere

 

any idea why fastFCGI doen't work though ?

 

yes, so much is certain!

any idea why fastCGI doesn't work ?

 

I put that in the Apache Directives in the "options" tab for the domain, but sadly, that didn't do the trick.

 

what could I do to fix the issues ?

 

Some Symphony / Laravel code simply does not work well with fastCGI.
There is still lots of code that won't work with anything above PHP 7.3.
There are good quides here how to install additional PHP versions for ISPConfig.
I always install PHP 7.3 just in case...
https://www.howtoforge.com/ispconfig-php-ubuntu

Try to reset file permissions for cache and / or use older PHP version.
sudo chmod -R o+w var/cache/

 

You can also use terminal and try composer update on the /web directory but remember to take backup first.
It should give you something like this:

Code:

root@sami:/var/www/dev.mattila.eu/web# composer update
Do not run Composer as root/super user! See https://getcomposer.org/root for details
Continue as root/super user [yes]? yes
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies
Lock file operations: 0 installs, 15 updates, 0 removals
  - Upgrading filp/whoops (2.15.3 => 2.15.4)
  - Upgrading graham-campbell/result-type (v1.1.1 => v1.1.2)
  - Upgrading laravel/serializable-closure (v1.3.2 => v1.3.3)
  - Upgrading phpoption/phpoption (1.9.1 => 1.9.2)
  - Upgrading ramsey/uuid (4.7.4 => 4.7.5)
  - Upgrading symfony/console (v5.4.28 => v5.4.31)
  - Upgrading symfony/deprecation-contracts (v3.3.0 => v3.4.0)
  - Upgrading symfony/event-dispatcher-contracts (v3.3.0 => v3.4.0)
  - Upgrading symfony/http-foundation (v5.4.30 => v5.4.31)
  - Upgrading symfony/http-kernel (v5.4.30 => v5.4.31)
  - Upgrading symfony/string (v6.3.5 => v6.3.8)
  - Upgrading symfony/translation-contracts (v3.3.0 => v3.4.0)
  - Upgrading symfony/yaml (v6.3.7 => v6.3.8)
  - Upgrading theseer/tokenizer (1.2.1 => 1.2.2)
  - Upgrading vlucas/phpdotenv (v5.5.0 => v5.6.0)
Writing lock file
Installing dependencies from lock file (including require-dev)
Package operations: 0 installs, 15 updates, 0 removals
  - Downloading symfony/string (v6.3.8)
  - Downloading symfony/console (v5.4.31)
  - Downloading phpoption/phpoption (1.9.2)
  - Downloading graham-campbell/result-type (v1.1.2)
  - Downloading vlucas/phpdotenv (v5.6.0)
  - Downloading symfony/http-foundation (v5.4.31)
  - Downloading symfony/http-kernel (v5.4.31)
  - Downloading ramsey/uuid (4.7.5)
  - Downloading symfony/translation-contracts (v3.4.0)
  - Downloading laravel/serializable-closure (v1.3.3)
  - Downloading symfony/yaml (v6.3.8)
  - Downloading filp/whoops (2.15.4)
  - Downloading theseer/tokenizer (1.2.2)
  - Upgrading symfony/string (v6.3.5 => v6.3.8): Extracting archive
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  - Upgrading phpoption/phpoption (1.9.1 => 1.9.2): Extracting archive
  - Upgrading graham-campbell/result-type (v1.1.1 => v1.1.2): Extracting archive
  - Upgrading vlucas/phpdotenv (v5.5.0 => v5.6.0): Extracting archive
  - Upgrading symfony/http-foundation (v5.4.30 => v5.4.31): Extracting archive
  - Upgrading symfony/event-dispatcher-contracts (v3.3.0 => v3.4.0): Extracting archive
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  - Upgrading symfony/translation-contracts (v3.3.0 => v3.4.0): Extracting archive
  - Upgrading laravel/serializable-closure (v1.3.2 => v1.3.3): Extracting archive
  - Upgrading symfony/yaml (v6.3.7 => v6.3.8): Extracting archive
  - Upgrading filp/whoops (2.15.3 => 2.15.4): Extracting archive
  - Upgrading theseer/tokenizer (1.2.1 => 1.2.2): Extracting archive
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Package swiftmailer/swiftmailer is abandoned, you should avoid using it. Use symfony/mailer instead.
Generating optimized autoload files
> Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump
> @php artisan package:discover --ansi
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root@sami:/var/www/dev.mattila.eu/web# 

 

Thank you SamTzu for these insights.
So FCGI might not have a problem after all.

What about the .htaccess issue ?

I'm familiar with composer, I use it for my Drupal sites - just upgraded to Drupal 10.1.6 with 90 modules... success after 3 hours of tinkering with dev and beta versions, patches! yay