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I ran into the following issues when installing the Beta:
1. When I tried the PHAR installer, I got the following error message - 2. When I tried the "expanded installer", I got the following error message - and nothing else.

I did read the install 2.0 guidelines elsewhere in the Forum and checked the version of PHP on the server (5.6), but not able to make any further headway installing the Beta. FWIW I have installed 1.13 and below successfully on the very same server, so I'm assuming the server configuration is not the culprit.

Any advice/tips would be very welcome.

Thanks,
Sanjay

Follow-up:

I notice that the URL changes when using the PHAR install method. For instance I start with

http://<domain>/cmsms2/cmsms-2.0-rc1-install.php

and the URL changes to

http://<domain>/cmsms2/cmsms-2.0-rc1-install.php/index.php

Of course this may be normal behavior (I'm not familiar with PHAR) but wanted to put that out there in case that was significant.

Also confirmed the following:

• - No .htaccess file
  - Tried with debug=1, same result
  - Transferred everything binary

Thanks.

This is correct behavior when using a phar file.

Also, we do not install a .htaccess file by default. a 'sample' one is distributed in the doc folder.

@calguy: Understood and thanks for the clarification. My original installation problem still stands, so any advice/ideas in that regard are much appreciated.

wrt the redirect loop or the other errors... make sure you don't have a .htaccess file in a parent directory that is setting rewrite rules that may interfere with stuff.

Other than that, without diving into the source on your host, I have no clue.

Follow-up:

I tried the installation on a fresh subdomain with no potential for htaccess files in parent directories. No luck - still have Redirect errors with PHAR file and the "Access Denied" message with the unpacked installer.

On a related note, here is a link to phpinfo for that server: http://cmsms2.cherubala.com/info.php

If anyone is available to help out, I'm happy to open up access to the install location either by FTP or SSH.

TIA!

You should have log_errors ON
Enable PHP error_log in the php.ini or your server control panel settings. The error log might give you some helpful information.

is your apache sapi actually cgi-fpm or something like that? are you using nginx or apache?

if it is cgi-fpm there may be an issue with a bug in php that can only be fixed by upgrading the servers that actually generate the phar.

@JohnnyB: Great suggestion. I did add a php.ini to enable error reporting and logging, but nothing was reported.

@calguy1000: I am using a shared server on 1&1, so I don't have the direct answer to your question. I think it is an apache server, but they could have swapped it anytime during their "upgrades". I will check with their support (wish me luck!) and hopefully get an answer. On a related note - I've not really had any issues with their service except for this one - for instance 1.13 installs and work great.

The system information page on any cmsms install on the same server will tell you that information.

Look for: server_api and server_software.

@calguy1000: Thanks for the tip. Here's what I see:

Server API (server_api): cgi-fcgi
Server Software (server_software): apache
Server Operating System (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

Also all the configurable options in the PHP Information section are green across the board.

Are any of these the culprit?

Thanks,
Sanjay

Nope.. looks like I'm gonna have to dive in there.
Please email me the URL, database and ssh info for login if you don't mind.

I will try to take a look later today.
I will first start with the expanded installer. as that is easier to debug.

I don't see anything in your phpinfo, but this: http://cmsms2.cherubala.com/cmsms-2.0-rc1-install.php causing a redirect loop and redirecting to http://cmsms2.cherubala.com/cmsms-2.0-r ... /index.php could be corrupt uploaded files, but seems to be a server setup issue.

Although, it is listed in your phpinfo, ask tech support if they support Phar and if it is set up correctly.

Okay. I tested his site and found out that the phar issue is indeed a system issue.
I validated it with a very trivial phar file. I have encouraged @spcherub to nag 1&1 about it.

I also tested with the latest and greatest (yesterday) expanded zip and that appeared to work as far as I could get given the information I had.

For laughs and giggles, if anybody is experiencing this redirect issue... I've attached the source for the sample phar file to this post.

Thanks @calguy1000 for spending the time to debug the install. I'm excited to evaluate and learn 2.0 now that I have a working installation.