Monica: RuntimeException ciphers

[pcegarra]

[RuntimeException]
The only supported ciphers are AES-128-CBC and AES-256-CBC with the correct key lengths.

Any idea?

[webdistortion]

Remove the predefined key in your .env file it's not long enough for Laravel

change it to :
APP_KEY=xlhF31NeOlibJcoOW9tvZg7TkHcAZI3a

Should get you up and running.

[djaiss]

Indeed. I've update the README to indicate that.

Actually you can run php artisan key:generate to create the right random key for you.

Feel free to close the issue once it's solved.

[kstrauser]

That doesn't work for me if APP_KEY is unset:

/var/www/monica # unset APP_KEY
/var/www/monica # php artisan key:generate


  [RuntimeException]
  The only supported ciphers are AES-128-CBC and AES-256-CBC with the correct key lengths.

[erdmenchen]

Insert a random 32 character long string as the app key. THEN run the artisan command key:generate to generate a valid new one.

[kstrauser]

Is there a reason to do that beyond just using the random 32 character long string you made?

[BranTurner]

@kstrauser No, any 32 char string will do! If php artisan key:generate isn't working, you can always try php artisan key:generate --show which will give you a string you can manually enter into the .env file.

[tetov]

Should this really be closed? I think there should be an update either to the README or .env.example should have 32 char string in APP_KEY.

[BranTurner]

@tetov I agree a 32 char key should be included in .env.example, I think the error might confuse a lot of people who aren't familiar with Laravel.

[djaiss]

This is now included as part of .env.example.

https://github.com/monicahq/monica/blob/master/.env.example