ISPConfig: Homepage: "Latest news" empty

After my mistake of not upgrading my distribution before upgrading ISPConfig, I did notice that the pane "latest news" is empty on ISPConfig's Homepage.
I suspect it has something to do with PHP, but I am not sure.
This evening I did upgrade to ISPConfig 3.1.15 on Buster 10.1. Everything seems to work fine; although I had to fix some lines in some of the config files (as I did not yet take the time to create a template for these services).
I was hoping that the latest news would show again after running through ISPConfig's update process - but it's still empty.
I am not sure where to start. I am hoping someone has some ideas. Thanks.

 

I did take a look and under "System" > "Interface" > "Misc" the following fields are set to "https://www.ispconfig.org/atom":

• Dashboard atom feed URL (admin)
  
• Dashboard atom feed URL (reseller)
  
• Dashboard atom feed URL (client)

Are these the mentioned news feeds? Thanks.

 

I don't believe it is being blocked by the firewall.

Code:

root@s1:/tmp# wget https://www.ispconfig.org/feed/atom/
--2019-09-29 20:04:58--  https://www.ispconfig.org/feed/atom/
Resolving www.ispconfig.org (www.ispconfig.org)... 2606:4700:20::6818:44, 2606:4700:20::6818:144, 104.24.1.68, ...
Connecting to www.ispconfig.org (www.ispconfig.org)|2606:4700:20::6818:44|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/atom+xml]
Saving to: ‘index.html’

index.html              [ <=>                ]  11.90K  --.-KB/s    in 0s     

2019-09-29 20:04:59 (25.7 MB/s) - ‘index.html’ saved [12185]

root@s1:/tmp# head index.html
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
    xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0"
    xml:lang="en-US"
    xml:base="https://www.ispconfig.org/wp-atom.php"
    >
    <title type="text">ISPConfig</title>
    <subtitle type="text">Hosting Control Panel</subtitle>

    <updated>2019-09-04T13:48:22Z</updated>
root@s1:/tmp#

 

Could it be that there's an issue here:

Code:

root@s1:/tmp# wget https://www.ispconfig.org/wp-atom.php
--2019-10-03 21:42:26--  https://www.ispconfig.org/wp-atom.php
Resolving www.ispconfig.org (www.ispconfig.org)... 2606:4700:20::6818:44, 2606:4700:20::6818:144, 104.24.1.68, ...
Connecting to www.ispconfig.org (www.ispconfig.org)|2606:4700:20::6818:44|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2019-10-03 21:42:26 ERROR 404: Not Found.

 

Yeah... I am aware of that. But still doesn't seem to work. Is there a way to debug this easily? Thanks.

 

I noticed the following in the Apache error log. Could this have anything to do with the latest news listing?

Code:

[Wed Oct 30 00:00:08.553996 2019] [core:notice] [pid 29128] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/sbin/apache2'
[Wed Oct 30 00:00:08.560321 2019] [mpm_prefork:warn] [pid 29128] AH00167: long lost child came home! (pid 22305)
[Wed Oct 30 12:09:38.372637 2019] [fcgid:warn] [pid 13719] [client 83.136.194.213:54643] mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Notice: A feed could not be found at https://www.ispconfig.org/atom. A feed with an invalid mime type may fall victim to this error, or SimplePie was unable to auto-discover it.. Use force_feed() if you are certain this URL is a real feed. in /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/lib/classes/simplepie.inc.php on line 1728, referer: https://s1.gigabitjes.nl:8080/index.php

 

Alright. Could this have anything to do with PHP Curl? I did notice the following message when I navigate to "Sites" > "Update packagelist" and then click the button "Update Packagelist":

Code:

1. The PHP CURL extension is not available.

I am just guessing as I don't have a clue where to look with regards to have PHP to access the URL.

 

What show

Code:

apt-cache policy php-curl php7.3-curl
cat /etc/debian_version

 

[EDIT2]
The issue has been resolved.
After installing the missing packages (please see "EDIT1") I did change the PHP settings under "System" > "Server config" : {site} :: [Web] + [Fast CGI].
After a logout and login the latest news feed returned. Hooray!
It's just me updating stuff the wrong way But fixing it with your help Thanks again for your help and good quality documentation I did learn a lot about breaking stuff myself and how to fix it again from you guys
[/EDIT2]

[EDIT1]
My system was updated from Stretch to Buster some time ago. I did take a look at https://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-debian-10-buster-apache-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3-1/ and I did notice some missing packages. I added these and now the problem with curl has been resolved.
The issue with the empty "Latest news" box is still there. I am not sure how to troubleshoot this further.
[/EDIT1]

Hi Taleman. Thanks for your reply.

Code:

root@s1:/# php -version
PHP 7.3.11-1~deb10u1 (cli) (built: Oct 26 2019 14:14:18) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.3.11, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.3.11-1~deb10u1, Copyright (c) 1999-2018, by Zend Technologies
root@s1:/# apt-cache policy php-curl php7.3-curl
php-curl:
  Installed: 2:7.3+69
  Candidate: 2:7.3+69
  Version table:
 *** 2:7.3+69 500
        500 http://mirror.transip.net/debian/debian buster/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
php7.3-curl:
  Installed: 7.3.11-1~deb10u1
  Candidate: 7.3.11-1~deb10u1
  Version table:
 *** 7.3.11-1~deb10u1 500
        500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     7.3.4-2 500
        500 http://mirror.transip.net/debian/debian buster/main amd64 Packages

Code:

root@s1:/# cat /etc/debian_version
10.1

 

Your question is buried in the same quote block as the text you refer to.

Are you sure you followed all the steps and configurations in Perfect Server Guide for Debian 10?
Have you forced reconfigure services with

Code:

 ispconfig_update.sh --force

and answered yes when the script asks about reconfigure services?