Installation issue

[RonaldvanMeer]

I've clean installed Firefly-iii on 2 different machines.
1 virtual
1 dedicated

both with the same setup:
Debian (latest version 8.2)
Apache2 (latest version)
MySQL (latest version)
PHP5 (latest version) (including dependant modules)
Composer (latest version)
phpmyadmin (latest version -> runs correctly)
I followed the Installation manual.
All went well until i Try to open FireFly-iii via web on another machine.

I get a 404 as result.
In the apache log files I can pin-point the problem. Lavarel cannot create / open the log file inside the "storage" folder. => Strange due to the fact I followed the 'chmod'-command like provided in the installation manual.
I figured, lets try some else -> 'chmod 777 -R /var/www/firefly-iii/storage' this has no effect.
then 'chmod 777 -R /var/www/firefly-iii' this also has no effect
lastly i tried 'chmod 777 -R /var/www' no effect either.

I'm running low on ideas how to set correct settings chmod & apache2 conf to get the system working... Can you give me some directions where to look / try some other things?

[PeterFour]

I remember having trouble with the storage folder and to setup Permission I used those command :

HTTPDUSER=`ps axo user,comm | grep -E '[a]pache|[h]ttpd|[_]www|[w]ww-data|[n]ginx' | grep -v root | head -1 | cut -d\  -f1`
sudo setfacl -R -m u:"$HTTPDUSER":rwX -m u:`whoami`:rwX storage
sudo setfacl -dR -m u:"$HTTPDUSER":rwX -m u:`whoami`:rwX storage

[JC5]

I know, it's annoying. I haven't set it up correctly myself, I must admit.

If chmod -R 777 has no effect then something else is going on. Make sure that the user that's running Apache (usually www-data, I think) is also the owner of www.

[RonaldvanMeer]

Dear all ;)

@PeterFour i've tried your commands, it did not work.
@JC5 if done chown -R www-data on the root folder of firefly-iii

my settings:
/var/www/firefly-iii/

Apache2 => /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/firefly-iii.conf

'
Alias /firefly-iii /var/www/firefly-iii/public
<Directory /var/www/firefly-iii/public>
Options FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.php

AssignUserId www-data www-data '

i've tried with and without the mpm_itk_module, both no result...
Any other ideas?
can you tell me your setup? (os, www server etc)

[incomer]

I've got the exact problem too.

This is the error in my log:
[Mon Nov 23 22:09:32.208315 2015] [:error] [pid 6463] [client 192.168.xx.xx:36488] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'UnexpectedValueException' with message 'The stream or file "/var/www/fireflies2/storage/logs/laravel-2015-11-23.log$
[Mon Nov 23 22:13:16.496068 2015] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid 6458] AH00169: caught SIGTERM, shutting down

[JC5]

Could you post the rest of the sentence? After the $, there should be more text.

[incomer]

There is no extra information stored in the error.log, i have copied the whole error.

I get now a page, but the page says "Whoops, looks like something went wrong."

[JC5]

It's just that the line should NOT end with a $. There should be more. Do a cat <logfilename>.

Open .env and change debug=false to debug=true.

[RonaldvanMeer]

I've done some thing else.
Instead of the default /var/www folder i've now used a USB drive and mapped Apache2 to serve firefly-iii from there.
i got the following lavarel error:

[2015-11-26 17:24:42] production.ERROR: exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry 'owner' for key 'roles_name_unique'' in /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:381
Stack trace:
0 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(381): PDOStatement->execute(Array)
1 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(629): Illuminate\Database\Connection->Illuminate\Database{closure}(Object(Illuminate\Database\MySqlConnection), 'insert into ro...', Array) 2 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(596): Illuminate\Database\Connection->runQueryCallback('insert intoro...', Array, Object(Closure))
3 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(382): Illuminate\Database\Connection->run('insert into ro...', Array, Object(Closure)) 4 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(338): Illuminate\Database\Connection->statement('insert intoro...', Array)
5 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Processors/Processor.php(32): Illuminate\Database\Connection->insert('insert into ro...', Array) 6 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php(1756): Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\Processor->processInsertGetId(Object(Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder), 'insert intoro...', Array, 'id')
7 [internal function]: Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder->insertGetId(Array, 'id')
8 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php(941): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
9 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(10081): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder->__call('insertGetId', Array)
10 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(10081): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder->insertGetId(Array, 'id')
11 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(10070): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model->insertAndSetId(Object(Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder), Array)
12 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(10027): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model->performInsert(Object(Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder), Array)
13 /media/usb/wwwroot/database/seeds/PermissionSeeder.php(17): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model->save()
14 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Seeder.php(42): PermissionSeeder->run()
15 /media/usb/wwwroot/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php(23): Illuminate\Database\Seeder->call('PermissionSeede...')
16 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Console/Seeds/SeedCommand.php(61): DatabaseSeeder->run()
17 [internal function]: Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\SeedCommand->fire()
18 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(966): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
19 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(150): Illuminate\Container\Container->call(Array)
20 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(259): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput), Object(Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle))
21 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(136): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput), Object(Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle))
22 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(166): Illuminate\Console\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput), Object(Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle))
23 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Console/Migrations/MigrateCommand.php(87): Illuminate\Console\Command->call('db:seed', Array)
24 [internal function]: Illuminate\Database\Console\Migrations\MigrateCommand->fire()
25 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(966): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
26 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(150): Illuminate\Container\Container->call(Array)
27 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(259): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
28 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(136): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
29 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(878): Illuminate\Console\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
30 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(195): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand(Object(Illuminate\Database\Console\Migrations\MigrateCommand), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
31 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(126): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
32 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(100): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
33 /media/usb/wwwroot/artisan(36): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
34 {main}

Next exception 'Illuminate\Database\QueryException' with message 'SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry 'owner' for key 'roles_name_unique' (SQL: insert into roles (name, display_name, description, updated_at, created_at) values (owner, Site Owner, User runs this instance of FF3, 2015-11-26 17:24:42, 2015-11-26 17:24:42))' in /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:636
Stack trace:
0 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(596): Illuminate\Database\Connection->runQueryCallback('insert into ro...', Array, Object(Closure)) 1 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(382): Illuminate\Database\Connection->run('insert intoro...', Array, Object(Closure))
2 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php(338): Illuminate\Database\Connection->statement('insert into ro...', Array) 3 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Processors/Processor.php(32): Illuminate\Database\Connection->insert('insert intoro...', Array)
4 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php(1756): Illuminate\Database\Query\Processors\Processor->processInsertGetId(Object(Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder), 'insert into `ro...', Array, 'id')
5 [internal function]: Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder->insertGetId(Array, 'id')
6 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Builder.php(941): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
7 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(10081): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder->__call('insertGetId', Array)
8 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(10081): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder->insertGetId(Array, 'id')
9 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(10070): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model->insertAndSetId(Object(Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder), Array)
10 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(10027): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model->performInsert(Object(Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder), Array)
11 /media/usb/wwwroot/database/seeds/PermissionSeeder.php(17): Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model->save()
12 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Seeder.php(42): PermissionSeeder->run()
13 /media/usb/wwwroot/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php(23): Illuminate\Database\Seeder->call('PermissionSeede...')
14 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Console/Seeds/SeedCommand.php(61): DatabaseSeeder->run()
15 [internal function]: Illuminate\Database\Console\Seeds\SeedCommand->fire()
16 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(966): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
17 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(150): Illuminate\Container\Container->call(Array)
18 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(259): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput), Object(Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle))
19 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(136): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput), Object(Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle))
20 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(166): Illuminate\Console\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput), Object(Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle))
21 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Console/Migrations/MigrateCommand.php(87): Illuminate\Console\Command->call('db:seed', Array)
22 [internal function]: Illuminate\Database\Console\Migrations\MigrateCommand->fire()
23 /media/usb/wwwroot/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php(966): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
24 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(150): Illuminate\Container\Container->call(Array)
25 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(259): Illuminate\Console\Command->execute(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#26 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Console/Command.php(136): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
27 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(878): Illuminate\Console\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
28 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(195): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand(Object(Illuminate\Database\Console\Migrations\MigrateCommand), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
29 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(126): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
30 /media/usb/wwwroot/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(100): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
31 /media/usb/wwwroot/artisan(36): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
32 {main}

not sure if this helps...
If i look inside the table, no data is present. I'm kind of puzzled now.

my .env:
APP_ENV=production
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_KEY=SomeRandomStringOf32CharsExactly

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=firefly-test
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=MightyPassword

CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file

EMAIL_SMTP=smtp.gmail.com
EMAIL_DRIVER=smtp
EMAIL_USERNAME=MyGmailAddress@gmail.com
EMAIL_PASSWORD=OtherMightyPasswordForGmailAccount
ANALYTICS_ID=
EMAIL_PRETEND=false
RUNCLEANUP=false
SITE_OWNER=MyGmailAddress@gmail.com

SENDGRID_USERNAME=
SENDGRID_PASSWORD=

**
Access log:
192.168.1.101 - - [26/Nov/2015:18:47:55 +0100] "GET /firefly-iii/auth/login HTTP/1.1" 404 516 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2490.86 Safari/537.36"
192.168.1.101 - - [26/Nov/2015:18:47:56 +0100] "GET /firefly-iii/auth/login HTTP/1.1" 404 515 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2490.86 Safari/537.36"
192.168.1.101 - - [26/Nov/2015:18:47:57 +0100] "GET /firefly-iii/auth/login HTTP/1.1" 404 515 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2490.86 Safari/537.36"
192.168.1.101 - - [26/Nov/2015:18:49:44 +0100] "GET /firefly-iii HTTP/1.1" 301 590 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2490.86 Safari/537.36"
192.168.1.101 - - [26/Nov/2015:18:49:44 +0100] "GET /firefly-iii/ HTTP/1.1" 302 1444 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2490.86 Safari/537.36"
192.168.1.101 - - [26/Nov/2015:18:49:44 +0100] "GET /firefly-iii/auth/login HTTP/1.1" 404 515 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2490.86 Safari/537.36"
192.168.1.101 - - [26/Nov/2015:18:49:45 +0100] "GET /firefly-iii/auth/login HTTP/1.1" 404 515 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/46.0.2490.86 Safari/537.36"

[PeterFour]

I think a database wipe is needed before, but I'm no Laravel expert so I don't know when the first Insert is being made

[JC5]

Yes. I suspect that a new migration ran while old data was still there.

Is it working at the moment?

[RonaldvanMeer]

I think I have "fixed" this issue.
The problem suspect is that when git is creating the firefly-iii directory on check out the permissions aren't correctly set.

after running the following commands (from within the firefly-iii root):
"chown /var/www/firefly-iii -R www-data ."
"chmod g+w Storage"

firefly worked as a charm.

[JC5]

I'll put it in the installation guide!

[ianxzone]

i try to chmod 775 not working but for this
"chmod g+w Storage" its working