Issues with the ubuntu 16.04 installer script #539

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-04T20:52:24+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 20:52:24 +03:00

Originally created by @spacekookie on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018).

I'm having some issues installing bookstack on Ubuntu 16.04. I should mention that it is an Ubuntu 16.04 lxc container, running an nginx on the host doing ssl termination and then proxy-ing everything into the container.

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BookStack Version: v0.19.0
PHP Version: 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
MySQL Version: mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.20

Current Behavior

After the setup two errors occur

Parts of the login page (https://wiki.spacekookie.de), namely the logo, are sent over http which makes browsers paranoid
The user (admin@admin.com, password) combination doesn't let me log-into my wiki to change settings either

According to the setup script the installation was however successful. So...not really sure what to do here.
I don't really think this has anything to do with running Bookstack inside a container but I thought I'd just mention it.

Steps to Reproduce

Inside a fresh lxc Ubuntu 16.04 container download the installer script
Run the installer script
Go to the installed website

Originally created by @spacekookie on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018). I'm having some issues installing bookstack on Ubuntu 16.04. I should mention that it is an Ubuntu 16.04 `lxc` container, running an nginx on the host doing ssl termination and then proxy-ing everything into the container. ### For Bug Reports * BookStack Version: v0.19.0 * PHP Version: 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 * MySQL Version: mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.20 ##### Current Behavior After the setup two errors occur 1. Parts of the login page (https://wiki.spacekookie.de), namely the logo, are sent over http which makes browsers paranoid 2. The user (admin@admin.com, password) combination doesn't let me log-into my wiki to change settings either According to the setup script the installation was however successful. So...not really sure what to do here. I don't really think this has anything to do with running Bookstack inside a container but I thought I'd just mention it. ##### Steps to Reproduce 1. Inside a fresh lxc Ubuntu 16.04 container download the installer script 2. Run the installer script 3. Go to the installed website

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2026-02-04 20:52:26 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 20:52:29 +03:00

@spacekookie commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018):

What do you mean by that? What site? In what way?

@spacekookie commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018): What do you mean by that? What site? In what way?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 20:52:41 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018):

Hi @spacekookie, Sorry to hear you are having issues. Just tested it and I think issue 2 is directly related to issue 1. The login request simply redirects to the https versions of the page (But does not submit the data). Once issue 1 is sorted issue 2 should also be fixed.

In regards to issue 1, This will be due to proxies and how the framework responds to proxies.
To start off, Try setting APP_URL=https://wiki.spacekookie.de in your .env file as that should force the base url of all urls generated by the system.

Let me know how that goes.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018): Hi @spacekookie, Sorry to hear you are having issues. Just tested it and I think issue 2 is directly related to issue 1. The login request simply redirects to the https versions of the page (But does not submit the data). Once issue 1 is sorted issue 2 should also be fixed. In regards to issue 1, This will be due to proxies and how the framework responds to proxies. To start off, Try setting `APP_URL=https://wiki.spacekookie.de` in your `.env` file as that should force the base url of all urls generated by the system. Let me know how that goes.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 20:52:47 +03:00

@spacekookie commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018):

@ssddanbrown Awesome, yes thank you! I was searching for a file like that but was looking at the .php files for configuration (not a PHP dev 😝). This works now, I can log-in and Firefox is happy too.

Thank you for the quick support and for writing such a sexy looking piece of wiki software ❤️

@spacekookie commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018): @ssddanbrown Awesome, yes thank you! I was searching for a file like that but was looking at the .php files for configuration (not a PHP dev 😝). This works now, I can log-in and Firefox is happy too. Thank you for the quick support and for writing such a sexy looking piece of wiki software ❤️

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 20:52:54 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018):

Awesome, Happy to hear that sorted it

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jan 7, 2018): Awesome, Happy to hear that sorted it

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Reference: starred/BookStack#539