500 Internal Error #150

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-04T17:17:30+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:17:30 +03:00

Originally created by @nowke on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016).

I have installed according to the Docs.

When I access the domain (through IP), I am redirected to /login and getting 500 Server Error. I set the debug to True but no laravel.log is generated.

After inspecting /opt/lampp/logs/php_error_log, it's the problem in opening laravel.log (Permission Error, attached php_error_log.txt)

Permission for BookStack (which is in /home/ubuntu/BookStack)

drwxr-xr-x 12 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Aug 21 09:31 BookStack

File /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf

  DocumentRoot "/home/ubuntu/BookStack/public"
  <Directory "/home/Ubuntu/BookStack">
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes
     AllowOverride All
     order allow,deny
     Require all granted
     Allow from all
  </Directory>

php_error_log.txt

Originally created by @nowke on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016). I have installed according to the Docs. When I access the domain (through IP), I am redirected to `/login` and getting `500 Server Error`. I set the debug to `True` but no `laravel.log` is generated. After inspecting `/opt/lampp/logs/php_error_log`, it's the problem in opening `laravel.log` (Permission Error, attached `php_error_log.txt`) Permission for `BookStack` (which is in `/home/ubuntu/BookStack`) ``` drwxr-xr-x 12 ubuntu ubuntu 4096 Aug 21 09:31 BookStack ``` File **`/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf`** ``` DocumentRoot "/home/ubuntu/BookStack/public" <Directory "/home/Ubuntu/BookStack"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes AllowOverride All order allow,deny Require all granted Allow from all </Directory> ``` [php_error_log.txt](https://github.com/ssddanbrown/BookStack/files/428774/php_error_log.txt)

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2026-02-04 17:17:35 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:17:43 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016):

Hi @nowke,
Do you know what user and group your lampp setup runs as? Does the webserver have write permissions for the required folders?

You need to ensure the storage, bootstrap/cache, storage & public/uploads folders are all writable by the webserver.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016): Hi @nowke, Do you know what user and group your lampp setup runs as? Does the webserver have write permissions for the required folders? You need to ensure the `storage`, `bootstrap/cache`, `storage` & `public/uploads` folders are all writable by the webserver.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:17:55 +03:00

@nowke commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016):

Hi,

User and Group for lampp

  <IfModule unixd_module>
   User daemon
   Group daemon
  </IfModule>

I tried changing the ownership of BookStack to www-data and root. I am unable to figure out the exact permissions to be set.

Steps I followed

Clone BookStack in Home directory (`/home/ubuntu/BookStack')
Installed Xampp through executable in /opt/lampp
Changed the DocumentRoot to /home/ubuntu/BookStack/public in the configuration file and added whole BookStack directory to be accessible by the server
Migrated the Database Successfully (MySQL)

I need to host in the root itself (currently just IP). Now how do I go about the permissions? (might be simple, I am unable to figure out)

@nowke commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016): Hi, ### User and Group for lampp ``` <IfModule unixd_module> User daemon Group daemon </IfModule> ``` I tried changing the ownership of `BookStack` to `www-data` and `root`. I am unable to figure out the exact permissions to be set. Steps I followed - Clone `BookStack` in Home directory (`/home/ubuntu/BookStack') - Installed **Xampp** through executable in `/opt/lampp` - Changed the `DocumentRoot` to `/home/ubuntu/BookStack/public` in the configuration file and added whole `BookStack` directory to be accessible by the server - Migrated the Database Successfully (MySQL) I need to host in the root itself (currently just IP). Now how do I go about the permissions? (might be simple, I am unable to figure out)

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:18:01 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016):

@nowke From the above info it looks like you apache is running as daemon. You can try the following commands (From you BookStack install folder):

chown -R daemon:daemon public/uploads bootstrap/cache storage
chmod -R 775 public/uploads bootstrap/cache storage

You may have to run with sudo in front of them.

Just something to note, since it looks like you're using lampp on ubuntu, On linux you usually just install the each of the LAMPP components manually via the command line rather than using Xampp since all the components in Xampp will be available in your operating system's package manager. If you wanted to go down this route instead there are plenty of guide out there, The digital ocean guides are usually pretty good.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016): @nowke From the above info it looks like you apache is running as daemon. You can try the following commands (From you BookStack install folder): ``` bash chown -R daemon:daemon public/uploads bootstrap/cache storage chmod -R 775 public/uploads bootstrap/cache storage ``` You may have to run with `sudo` in front of them. Just something to note, since it looks like you're using lampp on ubuntu, On linux you usually just install the each of the LAMPP components manually via the command line rather than using Xampp since all the components in Xampp will be available in your operating system's package manager. If you wanted to go down this route instead there are plenty of guide out there, The [digital ocean guides](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04) are usually pretty good.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 17:18:08 +03:00

@nowke commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016):

Hi,

Great! Thanks for the input. It worked!

I just needed this application to be hosted separately for our documentations (hence one time installation & not much maintenance). So didn't consider installing as components.

Closing issue

@nowke commented on GitHub (Aug 21, 2016): Hi, Great! Thanks for the input. It worked! I just needed this application to be hosted separately for our documentations (hence one time installation & not much maintenance). So didn't consider installing as components. Closing issue

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