Can't get Vanilla installed or updated. Version 2021.009 Please help me install!
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I tried to install the 2021 base. All I get is a 500 error. I don't know how to hook up the installation to the MySQL database I created for it. The installation instructions are too vague. They should be very clear every step of the way. I don't really know my server details, but I am on PixelHost and use Direct Admin. I think it's an apache server, but I am not sure. It's a so-called "unlimited" wordpress hosting package. PixelHost is located in Australia and support reply time is very slow--the worst thing about this host. I run on PHP version 8.1. Can someone please help me install the 2021 base successfully then upgrade to the May 15 2023 version 008? Is this upgrade possible from version 2021.009? Please PM me if you can help. Thanks!
-Celia
This is from the wordpress site health info about the server:
Server architecture Linux 4.18.0-372.19.1.el8_6.x86_64 x86_64
Web server LiteSpeed
PHP version8.1.18 (Supports 64bit values)
PHP SAPI litespeed
PHP max input variables 7000
PHP time limit 300
PHP memory limit 192M
PHP memory limit (only for admin screens) 256M
Max input time240
Upload max filesize1G
PHP post max size64M
cURL version7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1kIs
SUHOSIN installed? No
Is the Imagick library available? Yes
Are pretty permalinks supported?Yes.
htaccess rules Custom rules have been added to your .htaccess file.
Database
Database
Extension mysqliServer version10.4.28-MariaDBClient versionmysqlnd 8.1.18
Database hostlocalhost:/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
Table prefixcjjphd
_Database charsetutf8mb4
Database collationutf8mb4_unicode_520_ci
Max allowed packet size 268435456
Max connections number 300
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Does all this info help?
Comments
Have you tried with this?
https://open.vanillaforums.com/discussion/39298/vanilla-2023-008-open-source-release
This might help
https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/157-self-hosting-basics
Same 500 error. How do you connect to the MySQL database? What exactly am I doing wrong? My hosting support stopped answering me on May 26th. I don't know why. Is there an auto-installer that actually works?
-Celia
You have to config db in conf/conf.php
(Do not make changes in config-defaults.php)
$Configuration['Database']['Host'] = 'dbhost';$Configuration['Database']['Name'] = 'dbname';$Configuration['Database']['User'] = 'dbuser';$Configuration['Database']['Password'] = '';Vanilla will ask for this info during its setup installation
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Wordpress should have Softaculous, that have always worked for me (it is some years since I have setup a forum though)
https://www.softaculous.com/apps/blogs/WordPress
This will create and setup db and db user and config vanilla to that.
Thanks. I'll try the conf.php.
Still the same error 500.
This page isn’t working
judithevabarsi.com is currently unable to handle this request.HTTP ERROR 500
https://judithevabarsi.com/forum/index.php
Like I wanted in the first post, can anyone install this for me? Please??? This is difficult.
Now the screen says:
Something has gone wrong.
We've run into a problem and are unable to handle this request right now.
Please check back in a little while.