I develop modules for Magento as well as seven other leading e-commerce solutions. Every month, I check for new versions, upgrade, create fresh installs, and run through a series of tests to ensure version compatibility. I've had a few issues here and there, but I've always been able to troubleshoot in relatively short order.
I've spent the past three days trying to get Magento 2 up and running. First I tried on my local machine using MAMP (with compatible PHP and MySQL versions), then I configured an Ubuntu VM on Rackspace solely for Magento 2 testing. The setup wizard hangs on 'Magento_ReviewSampleData'. Installing via the command line completes without error, but the end result is the same:
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
I've gone through all the documentation and forums I can digest. Hopefully someone can help me out.
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Server: http://23.253.57.183/
PHP 5.6.16
MySQL 5.6.27 with all prerequisites and max_execution_time set to 18000
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I tried using the easy installation method: http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/install-gde/prereq/zip_install.html. Here are the exact steps I followed:
1. Download Magento Community Edition with sample data (Magento-CE-2.0.0_Samples.tar.bz2)
2. Upload .tar.bz2 file to my Ubuntu server.
3. Extract the contents to /var/www/magento2
4. Change to Magento installation directory (/var/www/magento2)
5. Set ownership
chown -R :www-data .
6. Set permissions
sudo find . -type d -exec chmod 770 {} \; && sudo find . -type f -exec chmod 660 {} \; && sudo chmod u+x bin/magento
7. Make the following directories writable:
- /var/www/html/app/etc
- /var/www/html/var
- /var/www/html/pub/media
- /var/www/html/pub/static
8. Copy the contents of magento2 to my web root (/var/www/html)
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Setup Wizard
=== Step 1: Readiness Check ===
At this point, I can visit http://23.253.57.183/ and am directed to the setup page. The readiness check passes.
=== Step 2: Add a Database ===
Database Server Host: 127.0.0.1 (I have also tried using localhost)
Database Server Username: mageuser (has full permissions on mage database)
Database Server Password: XXXX
Database Name: mage
Table Prefix: [blank]
=== Step 3: Web Configuration ===
Your Store Address: http://23.253.57.183
Magento Admin Address: http://23.253.57.183/admin
Advanced Options
[ ] Use HTTPS for Magento Storefront
[ ] Use HTTPS for Magento Admin
[X] Use Apache Web Server Rewrites
[X] I want to use my own encryption key ( XXXX )
Session Save: Files
=== Step 4: Customize Your Store ===
Default Time Zone: Mountain Standard Time (America/Phoenix)
Store Default Currency: US Dollar (USD)
Store Default Language: English (United States)
Advanced Modules Configuration
[X] Select All
=== Step 5: Create Admin Account ===
[All values completed]
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At this point, I get the red button to install. I click it.
The Console Log window on the page displays normal messages for each module. The progress bar advances until 91%, at which point it stalls at
Module 'Magento_ReviewSampleData':
Installing data..
In the javascript console, I see the following error:
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error)
http://23.253.57.183/setup/index.php/install/start
visiting this URL returns the following:
{"success":false}
Visiting the store URL(http://23.253.57.183/) displays the following:
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.
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I've also tried installing via the command line, using the following command:
bin/magento setup:install --backend-frontname="admin" --key="XXXX" --db-host="localhost" --db-name="mage" --db-user="mageuser" --db-password="XXXX" --base-url="http://23.253.57.183/" --admin-user="admin" --admin-password="XXXX" --admin-email="XXXX@gmail.com" --admin-firstname="Admin" --admin-lastname="Test" --use-sample-data
The process completes and the success message is displayed:
[Progress: 362 / 362]
[SUCCESS]: Magento installation complete.
[SUCCESS]: Magento Admin URI: /admin
However, visiting the URL displays a blank page.
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I have tried:
- ensuring php max_execution_time is set to 18000
- installing using a domain
- installing to a subfolder
And that's where I am.
Installing an off the shelf e-commerce solution shouldn't be this difficult. I cannot imagine how this version of Magento made it to beta status, much less release.
Someone please help.
