Nextcloud on Ubuntu server - php question

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Hello all,

I am asking some help on the forum regarding the video and tutorial named “Build an Awesome Nextcloud Server (Updated for Ubuntu 22.04!)”.

I installed Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS on an old machine planning to install my own “Nextcloud instance”. As I already solved several issues in the past with the help of Jay’s video, I try to keep the pace.

During the process I already add a few concern with apache2 that I had to install and reinstall several times but I finally succeeded.

My main concern occured after the modifications of the php.ini file. I checked this section of the videos several times and I still do not see where I did something wrong. Basically, before updating the php.ini, I had the apache2 default page when writing the ip address of the server in the bar. After updating the php.ini and rebooting the server, I had the message error attached and I do not see what to change.

<?php
/**
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016, ownCloud, Inc.
 *
 * @author Christoph Wurst <christoph@winzerhof-wurst.at>
 * @author Joas Schilling <coding@schilljs.com>
 * @author Jörn Friedrich Dreyer <jfd@butonic.de>
 * @author Lukas Reschke <lukas@statuscode.ch>
 * @author Morris Jobke <hey@morrisjobke.de>
 * @author Robin Appelman <robin@icewind.nl>
 * @author Roeland Jago Douma <roeland@famdouma.nl>
 * @author Sergio Bertolín <sbertolin@solidgear.es>
 * @author Thomas Müller <thomas.mueller@tmit.eu>
 * @author Vincent Petry <vincent@nextcloud.com>
 *
 * @license AGPL-3.0
 *
 * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 *
 */
require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/versioncheck.php';

try {
	require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/base.php';

	OC::handleRequest();
} catch (\OC\ServiceUnavailableException $ex) {
	\OC::$server->getLogger()->logException($ex, ['app' => 'index']);

	//show the user a detailed error page
	OC_Template::printExceptionErrorPage($ex, 503);
} catch (\OCP\HintException $ex) {
	try {
		OC_Template::printErrorPage($ex->getMessage(), $ex->getHint(), 503);
	} catch (Exception $ex2) {
		try {
			\OC::$server->getLogger()->logException($ex, ['app' => 'index']);
			\OC::$server->getLogger()->logException($ex2, ['app' => 'index']);
		} catch (Throwable $e) {
			// no way to log it properly - but to avoid a white page of death we try harder and ignore this one here
		}

		//show the user a detailed error page
		OC_Template::printExceptionErrorPage($ex, 500);
	}
} catch (\OC\User\LoginException $ex) {
	$request = \OC::$server->getRequest();
	/**
	 * Routes with the @CORS annotation and other API endpoints should
	 * not return a webpage, so we only print the error page when html is accepted,
	 * otherwise we reply with a JSON array like the SecurityMiddleware would do.
	 */
	if (stripos($request->getHeader('Accept'), 'html') === false) {
		http_response_code(401);
		header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8');
		echo json_encode(['message' => $ex->getMessage()]);
		exit();
	}
	OC_Template::printErrorPage($ex->getMessage(), $ex->getMessage(), 401);
} catch (Exception $ex) {
	\OC::$server->getLogger()->logException($ex, ['app' => 'index']);

	//show the user a detailed error page
	OC_Template::printExceptionErrorPage($ex, 500);
} catch (Error $ex) {
	try {
		\OC::$server->getLogger()->logException($ex, ['app' => 'index']);
	} catch (Error $e) {
		http_response_code(500);
		header('Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8');
		print("Internal Server Error\n\n");
		print("The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.\n");
		print("Please contact the server administrator if this error reappears multiple times, please include the technical details below in your report.\n");
		print("More details can be found in the webserver log.\n");

		throw $ex;
	}
	OC_Template::printExceptionErrorPage($ex, 500);
}

My first thought was about a potential updated version of the php but I saw in the forum that version 8.1 is a rather recent version.

At that point, really was working really easily because this is my first server and I am learning all of this. May be it is a detail but before setting the php.ini, I was even able to see the login screen of Nextcloud.

Do you have any idea or suggestion to me in order to help me finding the root cause and undestand what is laying behind?

Thanks a lot and I wish you a nice day.

Kind regards,

AN