OSCommerce 4 installation Centos 7 - Unpacking Installation Fees

[spoma]

I have a recently built Centos 7 system that I am trying to install OSCommerce 4 on it.  I am failing the first check where it is trying to Unpack Installation Files because it's saying the 'Directory Writable' field is failing.  

Apache is using /var/www/html and this is where I have placed the index.php and the folder application_files_do_not_unzip.zip

I have  made the html folder 777 and the owner is apache

I looked through the index.php file (i'm not a PHP programmer) and it looks like the checkWritable function is what is failing me.  From what I can see it's trying to create a tmp folder and a file in there to decide on whether it returns true or false.  With my permissions I can't see why it would fail.  Is it the /var/www/html folder that it is looking at?  

• $folder = INSTALL_ROOT . DIRECTOR_SEPARATOR . 'tmp' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;

Any help with pointing me in the right direction is appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

[osCommerce-Official]

@pandreicould you please comment? 

[spoma]

All

I managed to figure this out.  The SELinux was blocking the apache from communicating with /var/www/html. 

Thanks

Mark

[spoma]

I was able to complete the install and all looked successful.  I see the front entry page and I'm able to click on each of the areas except for Admin.  When i click on admin it brings me to a page not found error.  Is there something specific that needs to be done for the admin area to work?

Thanks

[osCommerce-Official]

@pandrei could you please check? 

[pandrei]

6 hours ago, spoma said:

I was able to complete the install and all looked successful.  I see the front entry page and I'm able to click on each of the areas except for Admin.  When i click on admin it brings me to a page not found error.  Is there something specific that needs to be done for the admin area to work?

The Apache configuration must include module mod_rewrite with Override all option. Please check this page https://wiki.oscommerce.com/index.php?title=Installing_osCommerce_4_on_Dedicated_Server,_Cloud_Server_or_VPS

How to check if mod_rewrite is working well on your server:

1. Open your website admin directory, create a php file mod_rewrite.php:

2. Add the following line of code to it:
<?php echo "Mod_rewrite is activated!";

3. Create .htaccess file (rename the original file to .htacess_original if you have it):

4. Add the following content to the file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^.*$ mod_rewrite.php

5. Open your site. If you see a message “Mod_rewrite is activated!”, it is enabled on your server. If you see anything else - mod_rewrite is disabled.

6. Make sure to delete the .htaccess file you created and rename the original file back        

[spoma]

@pandreiThanks for the response and sorry I was so slow on responding.  I have checked mod_rewrite the way you suggested and it seems to be working.   I saw mod_rewrite is activated in my browser.

 

[pandrei]

6 hours ago, spoma said:

@pandreiThanks for the response and sorry I was so slow on responding.  I have checked mod_rewrite the way you suggested and it seems to be working.   I saw mod_rewrite is activated in my browser.

Could you provide some screenshots? Page not found error, admin folder with test files, the page with message “Mod_rewrite is activated!”

[spoma]

@pandreiThanks for the help.  I think this is everything that you wanted to see.  Let me know if there is any additional information needed.  Thanks.

[pandrei]

1 hour ago, spoma said:

@pandreiThanks for the help.  I think this is everything that you wanted to see.  Let me know if there is any additional information needed.  Thanks.

Thanks for the screenshots.

To check mod_rewrite you have to use this link: https://localhost/admin/

What do you see when you open it?

[spoma]

@pandreiIf I use https://localhost/admin/ as the URL then I get the same Not Found page that I get when I click on the admin link.  It brings me to https://localhost/admin/login and I get Not Found The requested uRL /admin/login was not found on this server

I did check with httpd -M and I do see rewrite_module (shared) in the ouput

Edited February 8, 2023 by spoma

[spoma]

OK.  I was able to get this piece working.  I updated the httpd.conf and set AllowOverride All for /var/www/html/

now when I go to https://localhost/admin/ I see Mod_rewrite is activated

So, then I tried removing mod_rewrite.php and going back to the original .htaccess file.  I am now brought to a login screen for admin

I will work with this a little more later on tonight.  Thanks for the assistance.

Edited February 8, 2023 by spoma