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Too many redirects error during setup
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Hello, I am having difficulties with the new Vanilla installation as I get the too many redirects error after extracting the zip file and trying to proceed with the script setup.
Here is the content of the .htaccess file:
# Original # If you modify this file then change the above line to: # Modified <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On # Certain hosts may require the following line. # If vanilla is in a subfolder then you need to specify it after the /. # (ex. You put Vanilla in /forum so change the next line to: RewriteBase /forum) RewriteBase /vanilla_man RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^p=/?([^&]+)(&([^?]+))?$ RewriteRule ^index\.php %1?%3 [E=X_REWRITE:1,L] # The basic rewrite rule. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,E=X_REWRITE:1,E=X_PATH_INFO:/$1,L] # Add the proper X_REWRITE server variable for rewritten requests. RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_X_REWRITE} .+ RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_X_PATH_INFO} (.+) RewriteRule ^index\.php - [QSA,E=X_REWRITE:1,E=!REDIRECT_X_REWRITE,E=X_PATH_INFO:%1,E=!REDIRECT_X_PATH_INFO,L] # 301 redirect urls that start with index.php #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} GET [NC] #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*?)/index\.php(.*)$ #RewriteRule ^index\.php /%1%2 [QSA,R,L] </IfModule> <IfModule mod_headers.c> <FilesMatch "(?<!embed)\.(css|js|woff|ttf|eot|svg|png|gif|jpeg|jpg|ico|swf)$"> Header set Cache-Control "max-age=315360000" Header set Expires "31 December 2037 23:59:59 GMT" </FilesMatch> </IfModule>Also, the access logs:
Please advise on how to resolve the problem and install the application's new version.
Best Regards,
Svetlio
https://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/244367/#Comment_244367
if you have other software installed. try zipping it up and removing it - to see if it interferes
try a different host. different OS, different webserver if possible.
at the very least you want to provide your version number of php, your OS operating system, your webserver type.
for a test:
see if you can install with the version 2.2 .htaccess - modify it to your forum, if you use apache or some webserver that actually uses .htaccess
https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/blob/Vanilla_2.2/.htaccess
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Thank you!
The installation works with the 2.2 version's .htaccess file.
Regarding the server, the OS is CentOS release 6.5, the default PHP version is 5.6, but multiple PHP versions including PHP 7 are supported. The server works with nginx as a reverse proxy and caching solution in front of Apache.
so is the problem solved, and does your vanilla 2.3 forum work properly now with the older .htaccess
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Found this thread and also have problems with installation. Tried the old .htaccess for fun and now I can see the installation "panel". Mustn't that indicate there's something wrong in the download package then or?