Setup.php does't run on new install of Open EMR on CentOS 8

Management and Administration
#1

I am trying to install Open EMR 5.0.2 on a new install of CentOS 8. MariaDB installed and configured. Apache responds to an internet log on, as does the PHP info page. Open EMR downloaded. When I try to log on to localhost/openemr I get a blank page with localhost/openemr/setup.php?site=default in the search bar. Can anyone help with this?

#2

Welcome @angus,

Sorry you’re having trouble getting up and running. Can you check your PHP log files and see if there’s any specific error messages that may help diagnose this?

#3

/var/log/php-fpm/www-error.log
[24-Feb-2020 20:27:07 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Interface ‘JsonSerializable’ not found in /var/www/html/openemr/vendor/tightenco/collect/src/Collect/Support/Collection.php on line 19
[24-Feb-2020 20:27:10 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Interface ‘JsonSerializable’ not found in /var/www/html/openemr/vendor/tightenco/collect/src/Collect/Support/Collection.php on line 19

#4

Command:

sudo dnf install php-json

and restart server.

Command:

sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

#5

Thanks Luis. I installed php-json and then several other dependencies and managed to run the login script. However, after all looked good and install script ran, on loging in I got “Site ID is missing from session data!”

#6

Hi Angus.
Here are solutions regarding that

#7

Hi Luis. I saw this post but being a complete nube, I didn’t know how how to access the Security tab in globals.

#8

So. Could you make it work?

#9

No. I wasn’t able to follow these instructions because I don’t know how to access the “Security tab in globals”. The PHP log is as follows if that helps.
/var/log/php-fpm/www-error.log
[26-Feb-2020 17:18:44 UTC] PHP Warning: session_start(): open(/var/lib/php/session/sess_ayXQF9r,MH1dWVZwND0mjVbiBCNJa05159jnVI6WJECCeukW, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /var/www/html/openemr/src/Common/Session/SessionUtil.php on line 78
[26-Feb-2020 17:18:44 UTC] PHP Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: files (path: /var/lib/php/session) in /var/www/html/openemr/src/Common/Session/SessionUtil.php on line 78

#10

You have downloaded the latest version ?.
Has the last patch been applied? https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Patches
Please clear your browser’s cache and try again
regards

#11

Thank you for your help and advice. I have downloaded and installed patches as suggested. Deleted browser’s caches. I still get the same “Site ID is missing from session data!” message.
Best wishes

#12

Same error message error on the php log

#13

I wasn’t able to address the issue of the settings in the security tab in globals. Could you tell me how to do this?

#14

hi @angus , I’d be willing to bet that CentOS has some super security setting or module installed in it’s OS that is not allowing apache/php access to the php session directory at /var/lib/php/session/

(if you are unable to write/store sessions then php’s world will crumble)

#15

Hi. Can anyone help me with how to edit the settings for the session under “Security tab in globals”? This is the one piece of help I haven’t been able to follow.

#16

@brady.miller should i try reproducing it?

#17

Yes fine. Let me know how it goes.

#18

In Openemr as Administrator: Administration/Globals/Security.
In the database (using phpmyadmin, HeidiSQL or other). Database openemr-> globals Table

#19

Is that logged on to openemr as administrator? Problem is I can’t log on.

#20

@im-Amitto , That would be great if you are able to test on CentOS 8. This sounds more like a php/apache permission issue that will break all php software that requires sessions.