Jean-Philippe Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Our website astrosurf.us is a backup/miror copy of astrosurf.com (our public site) Both sites are installed on two totally identical dedicated servers (same hardware and software configurations). Our goal is to test the upgrade from the version we are currently using (V 4.2.8) to version 4.7.9 . astrosurf.us was built as follows: - Full copy of the astrosurf.com/web folder to astrosurf.us/web with the same access rights for files and directories - Copy and restore the last MySQL database - Update of the conf_global.php file - Clean the cache We had already done this operation in the past, but this time, everything works correctly for blogs, clubs, ... , but forums are not accessible anymore. Look like a problem of friendly URL (?) ... But I do not find solution ... At this time, for purpose tests, the 2 websites are publicly reachable. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Did you upload an updated .htaccess file? Most FTP programs miss that file since it’s only an extension. You can download it from the ACP by searching “htaccess”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Philippe Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 Yes .htaccess file is the same on the two servers (the mirror site is synchronized with rsync). Finally, contrary to what I said in the original post, it doesn't work for blogs or clubs either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Philippe Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 If I disable friendly URLs, site works fine ... If I enable friendly URLs, site does not work ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Did you make sure the new host meets all the system requirements? In looking at your new site, htaccess is not working. http://www.astrosurf.com/forum/3-astronomie-générale/ http://www.astrosurf.us/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&controller=forums&id=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim M Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 If .htaccess is present, it sounds like the servers are not identical as the only thing that would impede that would be URL rewrites not enabled or another rewrite is causing an issue. When clicking around on your test URL a bit, I am being brought to your Live URL so I am thinking that there is a rewrite which may be impeding this. I would suggest removing any custom rewrites other than what is in the download for ACP -> System -> Search Engine Optimization -> Rewrite URLs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 You might want to check if the new server is allowing mod_rewrite. If not, it won't follow htaccess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Philippe Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said: Did you make sure the new host meets all the system requirements Yes, the two servers are identical (same harware/software). 10 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said: htaccess is not working ? ... htaccess is running and identical in the two servers. But friendly URLs does not work on astrosurf.us ! ... And if I desactivade "Friendly URLs" ("Search Engine Optimization" on ACP), site works fine ... 12 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said: You might want to check if the new server is allowing mod_rewrite mod_rewrite is running ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Philippe Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 17 minutes ago, Jim M said: I would suggest removing any custom rewrites other than what is in the download for ACP -> System -> Search Engine Optimization -> Rewrite URLs? I replaced the .htaccess file with a .htaccess file that contains what is in the download for ACP -> System -> Search Engine Optimization -> Rewrite URLs ... But still the same problem 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 1 minute ago, Jean-Philippe said: I replaced the .htaccess file with a .htaccess file that contains what is in the download for ACP -> System -> Search Engine Optimization -> Rewrite URLs ... But still the same problem 😞 Even though it's on the same physical server, the Apache configs and directives might be different. It's a server issue to to get rewrites working. So you (or your hosting provider) would need to troubleshoot why it's not working. IPS cannot do this for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Philippe Posted April 13, 2023 Author Share Posted April 13, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said: Even though it's on the same physical server, the Apache configs and directives might be different. It's a server issue to to get rewrites working. Both servers were configured at the same time and before updating the database on the test server this morning, it was working correctly, that's what I can't figure out 😞 Edited April 13, 2023 by Jean-Philippe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I would suggest setting up some rewrites outside of IPB on that domain and see if it works there. I'm betting you're going to find they don't work. It's most likely going to be an issue inside of your Apache httpd.conf for the site. If I was a betting man, I would put my money there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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