Issues with console commands, dashboard access... Ubuntu 18.04 Nginx

amramos

I installed Automad yesterday but am having issues accessing the dashboard functions, editing files or running the console php automad commands. I have reinstalled, read docs, scoured internet, etc. but I'm not a developer and am probably missing something obvious - and will surely make the problem bigger by messing with things. I really hope someone here can help, and appreciate any advice regardless of outcome.

System details: Nginx, Ubuntu 18.04, php 7.2. Domain is my forum username .com.

I'll add my error codes in the next comment for formatting purposes, so see below for those. And thank you!

amramos

Nginx Error Logs:

Nginx Error Codes:

nginx error log:
[error] 9603#9603: *20 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Warning:  Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/automad/core/config.php on line 64" while reading response header from upstream, client: <myip>, server: <mysite>.com, request: "GET /dashboard?context=system_settings HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock:", host: "www.<mysite>.com", referrer: "https://www.<mysite>.com/dashboard"

Chrome console logs:

libs.min.js:4 POST https://www.<mysite>.com/dashboard?ajax=status 404 (Not Found) send @ libs.min.js:4 ajax @ libs.min.js:4 n.(anonymous function) @ libs.min.js:4 (anonymous) @ automad.min.js:72 each @ libs.min.js:2 each @ libs.min.js:2 get @ automad.min.js:72 (anonymous) @ automad.min.js:72 i @ libs.min.js:2 fireWith @ libs.min.js:2 ready @ libs.min.js:2 J @ libs.min.js:2 
libs.min.js:4 POST https://www.<mysite>.com/dashboard?ajax=autocomplete 404 (Not Found) send @ libs.min.js:4 ajax @ libs.min.js:4 n.(anonymous function) @ libs.min.js:4 (anonymous) @ automad.min.js:38 dispatch @ libs.min.js:3 r.handle @ libs.min.js:3 trigger @ libs.min.js:4 triggerHandler @ libs.min.js:4 ready @ libs.min.js:2 J @ libs.min.js:23
libs.min.js:4 POST https://www.<mysite>.com/dashboard?ajax=status 404 (Not Found)

Access.log

03/Feb/2019:15:18:31 +0000 "GET ?/robots.txt" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 25.040 2048 119.81%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "GET ?/dashboard" 200 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 12.618 2048 79.25%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "POST ?/dashboard?ajax=statusajax=status" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 34.510 2048 86.93%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "POST ?/dashboard?ajax=statusajax=status" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 63.450 2048 47.28%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "POST ?/dashboard?ajax=statusajax=status" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 64.329 2048 62.18%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "POST ?/dashboard?ajax=autocompleteajax=autocomplete" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 62.049 2048 48.35%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "POST ?/dashboard?ajax=statusajax=status" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 32.880 2048 91.24%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "POST ?/dashboard?ajax=statusajax=status" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 32.880 2048 91.24%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "POST ?/dashboard?ajax=statusajax=status" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 60.543 2048 49.55%
03/Feb/2019:15:18:33 +0000 "POST ?/dashboard?ajax=statusajax=status" 404 /var/www/html/<mysite>.com/index.php 58.847 2048 50.98%
03/Feb/2019:15:19:44 +0000 "GET " 200 /var/www/html/amramos<mysite>.com/index.php 1.128 2048 886.52%

mad

Hi, it looks like there is a problem with reading the config. Could you please check if you have a file called config.json in the config directory and its content is valid JSON syntax?

amramos

I do, these are the contents (I modified the cache and debug for troubleshooting):

{                                                                                             
"AM_ALLOWED_FILE_TYPES": "dmg, iso, rar, tar, zip, aiff, m4a, mp3, ogg, wav, ai, dxf, eps$
"AM_CACHE_ENABLED": false,                                                                
"AM_CACHE_LIFETIME": 43200,                                                               
"AM_CACHE_MONITOR_DELAY": 120,                                                            
"AM_DEBUG_ENABLED": true,

}

The permissions owner is www-data:www-data, permissions are 755. It's located in /var/www/html/<mysite>.com which is where my Nginx config file points to

mad

Ok good. Thanks for checking. However there is something strange in the first line. The string value has no closing double quote and therefore the config can’t be parsed as valid JSON.

amramos

It was a false lead - the file does have the ", at the end but I'm using an app called Termius to connect to my instance and the line was cut off so the end didn't get copied.

I really appreciate your help, btw! I am really hoping to get Automad to work for me because it's got the functions I need, without extra bloat, and it's just absolutely gorgeous. You've done a magnificent job.

mad

Thank you so much! ?

amramos

So no go on getting it to work, unfortunately, even on a fresh spin - until I just switched servers from Nginx to Apache2. Now it seems to be working fine.

So at least I know Nginx was the problem and can troubleshoot from there, or just stick with Apache.

Thanks for your help again!