Ive tried installing this thing 10 times today and keep getting 500 errors

[Stage4000]

Ive successfully installed this on a different machine, not sure why im getting so many issues with this install on a different machine but its been an all day affair at this point. This is my log from the latest attempt at installing today.

[Fri Jul 30 21:12:33.513343 2021] [php:warn] [pid 9122] [client ---------:51476] PHP Warning: Undefined variable $connection in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/install/step2.php on line 90, referer: https://panel.stage4000.com/install/
[Fri Jul 30 21:12:33.513402 2021] [php:warn] [pid 9122] [client ----------:51476] PHP Warning: Undefined variable $connection in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/install/step2.php on line 91, referer: https://panel.stage4000.com/install/
[Fri Jul 30 21:13:39.085893 2021] [php:warn] [pid 9120] [client --------:52140] PHP Warning: Undefined variable $KEY3 in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/install/install.php on line 33, referer: https://panel.stage4000.com/install/step3.php
[Fri Jul 30 21:13:39.085942 2021] [php:warn] [pid 9120] [client --------:52140] PHP Warning: Undefined variable $KEY4 in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/install/install.php on line 33, referer: https://panel.stage4000.com/install/step3.php
[Fri Jul 30 21:13:39.235686 2021] [php:warn] [pid 9120] [client ------------:52140] PHP Warning: Undefined variable $KEY3 in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/install/install.php on line 33, referer: https://panel.stage4000.com/install/step3.php
[Fri Jul 30 21:13:39.235700 2021] [php:warn] [pid 9120] [client ---------:52140] PHP Warning: Undefined variable $KEY4 in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/install/install.php on line 33, referer: https://panel.stage4000.com/install/step3.php
[Fri Jul 30 21:14:13.923849 2021] [php:error] [pid 12182] [client ------------:52526] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: mysqli object is already closed in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php:49\nStack trace:\n#0 /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php(49): mysqli_query()\n#1 /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/login.php(27): require('...')\n#2 {main}\n thrown in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php on line 49, referer: https://panel.stage4000.com/install/complete.html
[Fri Jul 30 21:14:15.345941 2021] [php:error] [pid 9119] [client ------------:52552] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: mysqli object is already closed in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php:49\nStack trace:\n#0 /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php(49): mysqli_query()\n#1 /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/login.php(27): require('...')\n#2 {main}\n thrown in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php on line 49, referer: https://panel.stage4000.com/install/complete.html
[Fri Jul 30 21:14:17.837572 2021] [php:error] [pid 9121] [client ------------:52564] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: mysqli object is already closed in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php:49\nStack trace:\n#0 /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php(49): mysqli_query()\n#1 /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/index.php(28): require('...')\n#2 {main}\n thrown in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php on line 49
[Fri Jul 30 21:14:18.188656 2021] [php:error] [pid 9122] [client -----------------:52570] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: mysqli object is already closed in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php:49\nStack trace:\n#0 /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php(49): mysqli_query()\n#1 /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/index.php(28): require('...')\n#2 {main}\n thrown in /home/admin/web/panel.stage4000.com/public_html/includes/includes.php on line 49

[cdgco]

What version of PHP are you using and are you using PHP or PHP-FPM? The first thing I would try is to change the line $configstyle = '1'; to $configstyle = '2'; in includes/includes.php (line 36) to see if that makes a difference. I don't think I made any bug fixes that relate to this issue, but you could try using the devinstall command to get the latest version with unreleased bug fixes: bash <(curl -s https://cdgco.github.io/devinstall)

[Stage4000]

Its a fresh vesta install with vesta-php (no FPM to my knowledge), I did try configstyle change on one install and it didnt seem to help anything guess ill try devinstall now

[cdgco]

Are you using PHP 5, 7 or 8 / can you run the debug command bash <(curl -s https://cdgco.github.io/debug)?

[Stage4000]

max_execution_time 30
max_input_time 60
memory_limit 128M
error_reporting E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT
display_errors Off
post_max_size 8M
upload_max_filesize 2M
config_path /etc/php.ini
CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)
WEB Server: httpd:8080 (apache)
SSL Support: mod_ssl:8443
Proxy Server: nginx:80
Proxy SSL: nginx:443
Web Stats: webalizer, awstats
FTP Server: vsftpd
Mail Server: exim + dovecot + clamav + spamassassin
Database: mysql
DNS server: named
CRON: crond
Firewall: iptables+ fail2ban
Backups: local
Disk Quota: no
Softaculous: yes
Mail SSL: admin:stage4000.com
Vesta SSL: admin:panel.stage4000.com
Version: 0.9.8
NAME STATE CPU MEM UPTIME

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httpd running 0 83 34
nginx running 0 13 34
named running 0 311 34
exim running 0 1 50
dovecot running 0 0 50
clamd running 0.4 1258 50
spamassassin running 0.9 5025 50
mariadb running 0 1089 50
vsftpd running 0 1 8
crond running 0 1 50
iptables running 0 0 0
fail2ban stopped 0 0 0

PHP 8.0.9

[Stage4000]

and still 500s on devinstall

[cdgco]

Alright, that's what I was worrying about. This error is related to PHP 8 which is not currently supported. I don't plan on adding new features to this project as I am shifting toward HestiaCP and don't have much time to work on things right now, so I will likely not be updating to PHP 8. If you want to get it working I would recommend rolling back to PHP 7 or installing MultiPHP for VestaCP (https://forum.vestacp.com/viewtopic.php?t=12737) so that you can put this domain on a specific PHP version.

[Stage4000]

Thats odd that 2 different vesta installs gave me 2 different PHP versions only 1 day apart.

[Stage4000]

I might just go with Hestia, the only reason ive stayed with Vesta so long is because theres just better documentation available for it than hestia.

[cdgco]

It must just be the latest version. Vesta hasn't released an update since January of last year. I wouldn't recommend using it anymore due to security holes and lack of updates which is why I am switching to HestiaCP which includes MutiPHP by default.

[cdgco]

Vesta does have much better documentation, but from what I've found, almost everything works the exact same in Hestia including API calls.

[Stage4000]

I also like the idea of working with ubuntu again, im much more familiar with it than centos, and if you have tried using vesta on ubuntu lately its not great.

[cdgco]

I haven't done a VestaCP install in a while but I typically use Debian as I run into issues with existing applications when trying to install VestaCP on Ubuntu.

[Stage4000]

I hope hestia is a little more friendly to ubuntu?

[cdgco]

I can't remember if I ran into any issues with the install, but I believe it was more friendy. I currently have 2 Ubuntu servers running HestiaCP.

[Stage4000]

Thanks, you can close this at your convenience. Any further tickets can be opened in the other repo.