Upgrade from Debian 10 to Debian 11 Apache PHP mismatch

Hi,
I have updated my Debian 10 to Debian 11 by following the instuctions on How to Upgrade from Debian 10 to Debian 11. During the upgrade, I chose to accept the new jk-init.ini. After the reboot, I tried to run ISPConfig but it failed. When I checked the logs, I saw that Apache2 was not starting because it was still looking for PHP 7.3 libraries. and afterwards started with Update the ISPConfig Perfect Server from Debian 10 to Debian 11 . When I came to step '5. Update paths to use PHP 7.4 as default PHP version', I could not run ISPConfig. When I checked the logs, I realized that the Apache2 version 2.4.61 was still looking for older PHP version and failing. Have I done something obvious in Upgrade from Debian 10 to Debian 11? Thanks in advice for any ideas!
Regards.

 

Thanks a lot for your reply!
Do you mean the Step '4. Run a force update of ISPConfig' in Update the ISPConfig Perfect Server from Debian 10, ? If so, I have run
ispconfig_update.sh --force .
regards.

 

What do you mean by run ISPConfig?
I too had problems with PHP when upgrading Debian 10 to 11. But I did manage to solve them in December.
You should do https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/please-read-before-posting.58408/ to rule out the usual suspects.

 

My apologies!

Code:

##### SERVER #####
IP-address (as per hostname): ***.***.***.***
[WARN] could not determine server's ip address by ifconfig
[INFO] OS version is Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
[INFO] uptime:  18:04:27 up  3:26,  1 user,  load average: 0.73, 0.28, 0.10
[INFO] memory:
               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           3.8Gi       2.7Gi       254Mi        69Mi       928Mi       895Mi
Swap:          974Mi       386Mi       588Mi
 
[INFO] systemd failed services status:
  UNIT            LOAD   ACTIVE SUB    DESCRIPTION
● amavis.service  loaded failed failed Interface between MTA and virus scanner/content filters
● apache2.service loaded failed failed The Apache HTTP Server

LOAD   = Reflects whether the unit definition was properly loaded.
ACTIVE = The high-level unit activation state, i.e. generalization of SUB.
SUB    = The low-level unit activation state, values depend on unit type.
2 loaded units listed.

[INFO] ISPConfig is installed.

##### ISPCONFIG #####
ISPConfig version is 3.2.12p1
##### VERSION CHECK #####
[INFO] php (cli) version is 7.4.33
[INFO] php-cgi (used for cgi php in default vhost!) is version 7.4.33

##### PORT CHECK #####

[WARN] Port 8080 (ISPConfig) seems NOT to be listening
[WARN] Port 8081 (ISPConfig Apps) seems NOT to be listening
[WARN] Port 80 (Webserver) seems NOT to be listening
[WARN] Port 443 (Webserver SSL) seems NOT to be listening

##### MAIL SERVER CHECK #####

##### RUNNING SERVER PROCESSES #####

[WARN] I could not determine which web server is running.
[INFO] I found the following mail server(s):
        Postfix (PID 1026)
[INFO] I found the following pop3 server(s):

...skipping 1 line
[INFO] I found the following imap server(s):
        Dovecot (PID 694)
[INFO] I found the following ftp server(s):
        PureFTP (PID 818)

##### LISTENING PORTS #####
(only           ()
Local           (Address)
[localhost]:631         (561/cupsd)
[anywhere]:25           (1026/master)
[localhost]:953         (565/named)
[anywhere]:993          (694/dovecot)
[anywhere]:995          (694/dovecot)
[localhost]:10023               (663/postgrey)
[localhost]:10025               (1026/master)
[localhost]:3306                (159215/mariadbd)
[localhost]:10027               (1026/master)
[anywhere]:587          (1026/master)
[localhost]:11211               (564/memcached)
[anywhere]:110          (694/dovecot)
[anywhere]:143          (694/dovecot)
[anywhere]:465          (1026/master)
***.***.***.***:53              (565/named)
[anywhere]:21           (818/pure-ftpd)
[localhost]:53          (565/named)
[anywhere]:22           (681/sshd:)
*:*:*:*::*:631          (561/cupsd)
*:*:*:*::*:25           (1026/master)
*:*:*:*::*:953          (565/named)
*:*:*:*::*:993          (694/dovecot)
*:*:*:*::*:995          (694/dovecot)
*:*:*:*::*:10023                (663/postgrey)
*:*:*:*::*:587          (1026/master)
[localhost]10           (694/dovecot)
[localhost]43           (694/dovecot)
*:*:*:*::*:465          (1026/master)
[localhost]716          (1422/kdeconnectd)
*:*:*:*::*:21           (818/pure-ftpd)
*:*:*:*::*:53           (565/named)
*:*:*:*::**:*:*:*::*53          (565/named)
*:*:*:*::*:22           (681/sshd:)

##### IPTABLES #####

...skipping 1 line
acme.sh is installed in /root/.acme.sh/acme.sh

regards.

 

Thank you for your reply.
I do not think that my problem is related to ISPConfig. I think I have an Apache2 problem due to Debian-10 to 11 upgrade. When I typed localhost://8080 in the browser, I get blank screen with "Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080". I think it does so because Apache2 does not start. When I check the logs, I see that Apache2 is looking for old version of PHP:
When I restart Apache2 on command line, the journalctl output has:

Code:

Aug 29 17:58:01 myHost CRON[169227]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 29 17:58:01 myHost CRON[169226]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by (uid=0)
Aug 29 17:58:01 myHost CRON[169229]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh 2>&1 | while read line; do echo `/bin/date` "$line" >> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log; done)
Aug 29 17:58:01 myHost CRON[169230]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/cron.sh 2>&1 | while read line; do echo `/bin/date` "$line" >> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log; done)
Aug 29 17:58:01 myHost apachectl[169231]: apache2: Syntax error on line 146 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax error on line 3 of /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php7.3.load: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp7.3.so into server: /us>
Aug 29 17:58:01 myHost apachectl[169224]: Action 'start' failed.
Aug 29 17:58:01 myHost apachectl[169224]: The Apache error log may have more information.
Aug 29 17:58:01 myHost systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

This was also the situation after the first step: Upgrade from Debian 10 to Debian 11 . What happened is, during the execution of full upgrade (apt-get full-upgrade -y) step, the Screen Saver has crushed on me. I followed the instructions to unlock it. When I unlocked it, I entered the command apt-get full-upgrade -y again. But it complained that there was already a process running. I was not sure if it was really running in the background or hanging. After a while, I killed it and reissued apt-get full-upgrade -y. It seemed to complete normally. I wonder if something went wrong there.

regards.

 

Indeed! Now I know!
It worked.
Thank you very much!
regards.

 

Thank you!

 

I need help please too, apache isnt working.

Code:

░░ A unidade apache2.service está sendo iniciada.
fev 14 19:35:39 vps1 apachectl[21607]: [Fri Feb 14 19:35:39.606543 2025] [so:warn] [pid 21607:tid 21607] AH01574: module php7_module is already loaded, skipping
fev 14 19:35:39 vps1 apachectl[21607]: AH00548: NameVirtualHost has no effect and will be removed in the next release /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-ispconfig.vhost:7
fev 14 19:35:39 vps1 apachectl[21607]: AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/var/www/clients/client1/web5/web] does not exist
fev 14 19:35:39 vps1 apachectl[21607]: AH00543: apache2: bad user name web5
fev 14 19:35:39 vps1 apachectl[21604]: Action 'start' failed.
fev 14 19:35:39 vps1 apachectl[21604]: The Apache error log may have more information.
fev 14 19:35:39 vps1 systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

Thanks

 

it tells you why it isn't working:

AH00112: Warning: DocumentRoot [/var/www/clients/client1/web5/web] does not exist
AH00543: apache2: bad user name web5

 

Hi Till
Thank you, I couldn't find the error, but you found it easily, thank you very much.
Everything is working again.

 

Not everything is perfect.
Now that I'm calmer, I'm testing everything and I saw that Roundcube also broke.
And I don't even know where to start.
Can you help me with this one too?
When I go to the browser, this message appears.

Code:

Unsupported PHP version. Required PHP >= 5.4 and < 8.0. You might need to manually install the phpX.Y package (for X.Y < 8.0) as well as phpX.Y-{cli,intl,json,mbstring}.

Thank you

 

Yes

 

Till
I have already done all these configurations according to the post https://www.howtoforge.com/update-t...pdate-paths-to-use-php-as-default-php-version.
See the results

Code:

Existem 8 escolhas para a alternativa php (disponibiliza /usr/bin/php).

  Selecção   Caminho          Prioridade Estado
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/bin/php8.4   84        modo automático
  1            /usr/bin/php7.0   70        modo manual
  2            /usr/bin/php7.3   73        modo manual
* 3            /usr/bin/php7.4   74        modo manual
  4            /usr/bin/php8.0   80        modo manual
  5            /usr/bin/php8.1   81        modo manual
  6            /usr/bin/php8.2   82        modo manual
  7            /usr/bin/php8.3   83        modo manual
  8            /usr/bin/php8.4   84        modo manual

Existem 5 escolhas para a alternativa php-cgi (disponibiliza /usr/bin/php-cgi).

  Selecção   Caminho              Prioridade Estado
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/bin/php-cgi8.1   81        modo automático
  1            /usr/bin/php-cgi7.0   70        modo manual
  2            /usr/bin/php-cgi7.3   73        modo manual
* 3            /usr/bin/php-cgi7.4   74        modo manual
  4            /usr/bin/php-cgi8.0   80        modo manual
  5            /usr/bin/php-cgi8.1   81        modo manual

Pressione <enter> para manter a escolha actual[*], ou digite o número da selecção:


  Selecção   Caminho                   Prioridade Estado
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock   81        modo automático
  1            /run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock   70        modo manual
  2            /run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock   73        modo manual
* 3            /run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock   74        modo manual
  4            /run/php/php8.0-fpm.sock   80        modo manual
  5            /run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock   81        modo manual

Pressione <enter> para manter a escolha actual[*], ou digite o número da selecção:

Thank you