WP install not writing to DB

  • Resolved sjondoe

    (@sjondoe)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    Trying to install WP on my Centos 7 64 bit LEMP server, but I just can’t get it done. Here’s what I’ve tried today:

    1) untarred the latest version of wp into webroot: https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
    2) filled in my correct db credentials @ wp-admin/setup-config.php
    3) Now I’m receiving a “ERROR: “Table Prefix” must not be empty.”
    4) When I look into my wp database, no tables were written to it
    5) Manually created and filled in the wp-config.php file
    6) Refreshed the webpage and I get the message:

    The file 'wp-config.php' already exists. If you need to reset any of the configuration items in this file, please delete it first. You may try installing now.

    7) Clicking on installing now
    8) I’m @ step two of the installation procedure; I’m filling in all fields with a username like ‘sjondoe’.. now i get the following error:

    Please provide a valid username.

    9) I’m now stuck! I’m out of troubleshoots. Tried googling for answers, but none that could solve my issues.

    Oh yeah, I’ve forgot to mention that before I tried to install worpress, I configured my nginx config accordingly for a ‘single blog’:
    https://codex.wordpress.org/Nginx

    Who can help my towards the right direction?

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  • sffandom

    (@sffandom)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Did you create the user in the database and assign all permissions to it?

    Thread Starter sjondoe

    (@sjondoe)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Yes I did and it has all permissions. Just verified it again to be sure nothing has changed.

    Extra info:
    I’ve ran a wp blog in the same setup before I did a clean install. I’m using my existing wp database. I just emptied it and ran a clean wp install.

    So nothing has changed, except for Centos 7 being updated and having SSLv3 disabled on the server

    Thread Starter sjondoe

    (@sjondoe)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Update:
    New test domain, new user with all DB persmissions on new database, same configs as first post, with an older wp (4.1) install. Exact the same results.

    Running other software on the same server without any issues.

    Thread Starter sjondoe

    (@sjondoe)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Correction:

    Let me rephrase that!
    Other ‘existing’ CMS’s and software are running normally, but installing another CMS also fails on this server.

    I think it’s a server problem and not a wp problem.

    Closing down this issue 🙂

    Thread Starter sjondoe

    (@sjondoe)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Solution:

    It was a nginx misconfiguration: I’ve set a duplicate PHP-FPM socket (only one I forgot to edit when I copied the nginx conf file ) & wrong PHP upstream setting.

    Wp install complete!

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