My Mautic version is: 5.1.0
My PHP version is: 8.1
My Database type and version is: mariaDB
Your problem
My problem is: I had a prefect run to install the Mautic v5 following the TuT by @joeyk a big thanks and shout-out to him.
I ran into a few issues, which I want to highlight a few tips for others how may face similar issues.
sudo apt install composer failed due to error of timezone.
Steps I have tried to fix the problem:
I would like to share the steps I followed to resolve some issues I encountered while setting up Mautic V5. These steps were primarily based on the excellent guidance provided by @joeyk the TuT Blog and in various posts on the forum.
1. Tweaking PHP Settings:
I followed the PHP setup instructions provided in the tutorial, and additionally adjusted the date.timezone setting in the loaded php.ini file:
php -i | grep php.ini
This returned:
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc/php/8.1/cli
Loaded Configuration File => /etc/php/8.1/cli/php.ini
I then modified the date.timezone directive as needed and restarted the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Next, I installed Composer without any issues this time by running:
sudo apt install composer
2. Email Setup (Step 4):
Rather than continuing with Step 4 in the tutorial, I followed @joeyk’s latest blog Mautic v5 Everything About Email Setup on email setup for Mautic V5. I installed the etailors_amazon_ses plugin by manually uploading the necessary files to the AmazonSesBundle directory, as instructed.
3. Enabling SFTP for File Uploads:
To upload the required files, I had to enable SFTP on my server. This was done by modifying the SSH configuration:
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
I found the line:
PermitRootLogin no
and changed it to
PermitRootLogin yes
After making this change, I restarted the SSH service:
sudo service ssh restart
4. Handling Site URL and Cache Issues:
In previous installations of Mautic V4, I had switched the “Site URL” from http to https. However, if you have changed the URL to https and then clear the cache with:
sudo -u www-data php bin/console cache:clear
You might encounter an issue where the cache doesn’t rebuild properly.??? to webpage does not load “to many redirects” To resolve this, I had to manually edit the config/local.php file and revert the URL to http:
$parameters = array(
'site_url' => 'http://mymautic.mydomain.com',
);
After this, I restarted the VM and ran the cache clear command again:
sudo -u www-data php bin/console cache:clear
In one of his posts, @joeyk suggested adding the following line to the index.php file to avoid redirect loops, though I have not yet confirmed if this step is necessary in my setup:
<?php
$_SERVER['HTTPS'] = 'on';
Thanks once again to @joeyk for the valuable posts and tutorials. Without your guidance, I would have faced significant challenges in getting Mautic V4 and V5 running successfully.
I hope this summary helps anyone encountering similar issues.
Best Regards,
Srikanth Kamath