PHP Fatal error: require()

Self-Hosted | v4/Legacy
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Hi,

Just installed Invoice Ninja on Ubuntu 18 server with Apache and mySQL. The server is on the local network and I’m using its IP address rather than a domain name. Invoice Ninja installed via git clone. I configured everything according to the installation guide but I get a HTTP Error 500 when pointing my browser at invoiceninja/public/. My Apache error log shows :


Sat Feb 09 15:15:54.937553 2019] [php7:warn] [pid 23654] [client 192.168.2.101:59077] PHP Warning:  require(/var/www/html/invoiceninja/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/invoiceninja/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 20
[Sat Feb 09 15:15:54.937664 2019] [php7:error] [pid 23654] [client 192.168.2.101:59077] PHP Fatal error:  require(): Failed opening required '/var/www/html/invoiceninja/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/html/invoiceninja/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 20

Having read some other posts on the forum I think there might be something wrong with my virtual hosts file but I’m not that familiar with how they work. Here it is :


<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin admin@elocalhost
   ServerAlias 192.168.2.113
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/invoiceninja/public

     <Directory /var/www/html/invoiceninja/public>
        Options +FollowSymlinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
     </Directory>

     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Can anyone make any suggestions?

Kind regards

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If you’re using git you need to run composer install.

This step isn’t need if you use the self host zip.

3

Thanks Hillel,

I managed to miss that step step when following the instructions in the detailed guide. I’ve now run composer install but have come up against another problem. I now get a 404 error when navigating to invoiceninja/public/ :

The requested URL /invoiceninja/public/setup was not found on this server.

Any ideas?

On another note, what is the download url for the latest version that I can use with wget on my server?

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If you’re seeing a 404 it could be a web server misconfiguration.

The latest version can be downloaded at https://download.invoiceninja.com

5

Thanks,

The only configuration changes I have made to Apache is adding the virtual hosts file as above. Is’s a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 18.04 otherwise.

If I go to I 192.168.2.113/ I just get the Apache Ubuntu default page. This implies that my virtual hosts file is not configured properly. Shouldn’t it be directing me to the invoiceninja setup page?

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If you’re using a virtual host you should map the web root to the /public folder which would make the URL /invoiceninja/setup

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OK, thanks. Is it necessary to use a virtual hosts file? There is going to be nothing else on this server.

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I think it’s possible without it but I think it’s considered the best practice

9

Managed to get it working, I set my virtual hosts file to simply :

<Directory /var/www/html/ninja/public>
    Options +FollowSymlinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

I know this is not the ideal solution but I don’t know a lot about setting up web servers properly. At least I can try out InvoiceNinjna now. It’s looking great so far, keep up the hard work, developers!

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Glad to hear it’s working!