CMSMS 2.0+ will not install (ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS)

[donorg]

I never had any problems installing the older versions of (super great) CMSMS. Now I would like to check out 2.0+ but I can't get it installed.

My problems looks like the problem in this thread:
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopi ... 84&t=73366

Apache ERRORLOG says:
AH00124: Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error.

When I start phar package I get: ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS in my browser.
When I install the expanded version I get a blanc page at Step 6. And the same error in the Apache ERRORLOG.

I've tried a lot:
- disable .htaccess in upper directory
- install on subdomain vs. main domain
- binary transfer
- installing all 2.0+ versions (phar & expanded) = all the same error
- php-logging = no result
- PHAR-test from the other post = won't work, I have phar.readonly=1

Phar info:
- phar.readonly = On
- phar.require_hash = On

Extra info:
- PHP Version = 5.5.31
- Server API = litespeed
- Server Software = Apache
- PHP Info = http://cms2.donausoft.nl/phpinfo.php

You can try the installers:
http://cms2.donausoft.nl/cmsms-2.0.1.1-install.php
http://cms2.donausoft.nl/cmsms-2.0.1.1-install/

I don't know what to do next, can somebody help me?

[amoest]

I have the same issue, and would very much like an answer.

[donorg]

In addition:
I can give FTP info if someone wants to look into it, that is no problem for me.

[jce76350]

Have you test the install with cmsms-2.1.1-install.expanded.zip ?

[donorg]

Have you test the install with cmsms-2.1.1-install.expanded.zip ?

Yes, I tried all 2+ versions. All expanded versions halts on step 6.

[velden]

http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/viewtopi ... 32#p324232

[donorg]

Thanks for your response. It seems I'm not the only one with this problem. Phar is kind a neat, but if it has implementation issues (say: won't work) on several shared hosting servers that is bad news.

See following PHP Bug for fpm-cgi:
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67587
- https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/712/files

Could this be the same problem for litespeed?
Just yesterday someone reported the following Bug:
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71465

Is there someone that succeeded installing CMSMS 2+ on litespeed SAPI?

[tristan]

Just a reply for the archives probably, had the same problem on a 1&1 hosting setup:

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Php Information:
phpversion: 5.6.19
md5_function: On (True)
json_function: On (True)
gd_version: 2
tempnam_function: On (True)
magic_quotes_runtime: Off (False)
E_ALL: 22517
E_STRICT: 0
E_DEPRECATED: 0
test_file_timedifference: No time difference found
test_db_timedifference: No time difference found
create_dir_and_file: 1
memory_limit: 120M
max_execution_time: 50000
register_globals: Off (False)
output_buffering: 0
disable_functions:
open_basedir:
test_remote_url: Success
file_uploads: On (True)
post_max_size: 8M
upload_max_filesize: 40M
session_save_path: /tmp (1777)
session_use_cookies: On (True)
xml_function: On (True)
xmlreader_class: On (True)
check_ini_set: On (True)
curl: On

Server Information:
Server Software: Apache
Server Api: cgi-fcgi
Server Os: Linux Linux info 3.0 #1337 SMP Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 CEST 2000 all GNU/Linux On Linux info 3.0 #1337 SMP Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 CEST 2000 all GNU/Linux
Server Db Type: MySQL (mysql)
Server Db Version: 5.1.73
Server Db Grants: Found a "GRANT ALL" statement that appears to be suitable

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phpinfo() phar:
Phar: PHP Archive support	enabled
Phar EXT version	2.0.2
Phar API version	1.1.1
SVN revision	$Id: 02776458f3b53f9c4694356ef19e77b32d03ecd3 $
Phar-based phar archives	enabled
Tar-based phar archives	enabled
ZIP-based phar archives	enabled
gzip compression	enabled
bzip2 compression	enabled
Native OpenSSL support	enabled
Phar based on pear/PHP_Archive, original concept by Davey Shafik.
Phar fully realized by Gregory Beaver and Marcus Boerger.
Portions of tar implementation Copyright (c) 2003-2009 Tim Kientzle.
Directive	Local Value	Master Value
phar.cache_list	no value	no value
phar.readonly	On	On
phar.require_hash	On	On

Expanded install from separate folder works fine.

[donorg]

@Tristan
Good for you, but my Server API "litespeed" is different from yours and will still give problems, even on Expanded install.

This is because of a PHP bug. I now see this is even mentioned in README-PHAR.TXT:

Q: I Get a redirection loop, what can I do?
A: Some hosting environments (nginx, and litespeed) particularly can cause redirection loops when executing even the simplest of phar archives. This is due to one or more bugs in php. Specifically: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71465 and https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67587 (though more may exist). For these environments we recommend that you use the expanded installer. Be sure you read it's README file in it's entirety.

[donorg]

Just today I found a solution/workaround for this problem, hooray!

Hopefully this can be of help for someone who also has problems installing CMSMS 2+ on a server with Litespeed Server API.

This is what I've done:

1. Set PHP to version 7.0
This is possible in my (and hopefully your) shared hosting.
In DirectAdmin go to "Select PHP version", choose 7.0 and click [Set as current].

In my DirectAdmin I can also turn on/off all sorts of extensions. If possible make sure "phar" is checked.

2. Install CMSMS 2.1.3 Expanded
Use the expanded package "cmsms-2.1.3-install.expanded.zip" and run it from a sub-directory "/cmsms_install" on your server, as described in the README.TXT.

3. Set PHP back to native version
Afterwards I changed the PHP version back to what it was ("native").
This is not needed, but in my case it did work without any problem.

[calguy1000]

This is probably related to different addons and/or configuration for your hosts PHP7 environment vs. other environments. You would have to compare the php_info() of both versions to see what may be effecting it.

BTW. CMSMS 2.1.3 works fine in PHP7. Though some third party modules may throw warnings/notices they can still work too.