Directus: Installation not possible

[MyneLife]

Bug Report

I'd like to try out Directus but I'm unable to get Directus up and running.

Steps to Reproduce

Follow the official installation instructions

1. Clone the git repo to /var/www/XXX/directus using git clone https://github.com/directus/directus.git (commit e49e5d28f4c4506f18567db613fb0d471d8df62c)
2. Apply required Apache settings (mod_rewrite, AllowOverride, redirect to /public)
3. Visit /admin

Expected Behavior

The configuration screen should show up.

Actual Behavior

Redirection to login screen without possibilty to start the configuration process.

Error in Apache log:

[Fri Sep 27 14:24:32.891821 2019] [php7:error] [pid 23581] [client XXX] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Directus\\Logger\\Exception\\InvalidLoggerConfigurationException: Invalid Configuration for logger "path" variable. in var/www/XXX/directus/src/core/Directus/Application/CoreServicesProvider.php:142
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/XXX/directus/vendor/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(118): Directus\\Application\\CoreServicesProvider->Directus\\Application\\{closure}(Object(Directus\\Application\\Container))
#1 /var/www/XXX/directus/src/core/Directus/Container/Container.php(27): Pimple\\Container->offsetGet('logger')
#2 /var/www/XXX/directus/src/core/Directus/Application/CoreServicesProvider.php(236): Directus\\Container\\Container->get('logger')
#3 [internal function]: Directus\\Application\\CoreServicesProvider->Directus\\Application\\{closure}(Object(Directus\\Exception\\NotInstalledException))
#4 /var/www/XXX/directus/src/core/Directus/Hook/Emitter.php(291): call_user_func_array(Object(Closure), Array)
#5 /var/www/XXX/directus/src/core/Directus/Hook/Emitter.php(1 in /var/www/XXX/directus/src/core/Directus/Application/CoreServicesProvider.php on line 142, referer: https://XXX/admin/

Other Context & Screenshots

I also tried configuring Directus with the provided scripts (as described here) but this leads to the same issue. Login is also not possible with the configured credentials. The DB connection works fine as the user table was changed during script execution.

Technical Details

• OS: Ubuntu 18.04
• Web Server: Apache 2.4.29
• PHP Version: 7.3.3
• Database: MySQL 5.7.27

[MyneLife]

Issue #2286 helped me to solve my issues. Why did not I find this issue earlier 😒 I did not meet two requirements:

1. The PHP module curl was missing. Install it using apt-get install php-curl.
2. I have AllowOverride enabled for all my virtual hosts, however my config was not sufficient for Directus. What I used so far in my apache.conf:

<Directory /var/www/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
</Directory>

What I added to my Directus virtual host config:

<Directory /var/www/XXX/directus>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
 </Directory>

There is a Medium post which is spot on. Maybe this helps someone else in future!

[raulferras]

I was having the same issue. In my case it was because directus was not in the root of the domain, but in a subfolder.