mkdir(): Permission denied", exception: "ErrorException",

I am working with the Vimeo API for upload videos directly from my server. Everything works fine on local development.

But on Production, It fails with a 500 error code, when I try to upload a video, here is the printed message on my network tab.

message: "mkdir(): Permission denied", exception: "ErrorException",…}
exception: "ErrorException"
file: "/var/www/stechmax.com/vendor/ankitpokhrel/tus-php/src/Cache/FileStore.php"
line: 88
message: "mkdir(): Permission denied"
trace: [{function: "handleError", class: "Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions", type: "->"},…]

I have tried

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/stechmax.com/public

Also to note, I can upload other files including photos.

Thanks for your help

Snapey

4 years ago

Level 122

it's failing trying to create a folder. your parent folder must have executable permission to create a new folder, eg 755 on the public folder

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successdav

4 years ago

Level 4

So please how do I go about trying to fix this?

Snapey

4 years ago

Level 122

what folder is your code trying to create?

successdav

4 years ago

Level 4

None. The code is not trying to create any folder. Here is the controller method

    public function store(Request $request, Course $course)
    {
        if (! auth()->user()->isAdmin()) {
            abort(403,'You do not have access to carry out this request');
        }

        $request->validate([
            'video' => 'required|mimetypes:video/avi,video/mpeg,video/mp4,video/quicktime'
        ]);

        $ext = $request->video->getClientOriginalExtension();
        $name = $course->slug .'.'.$ext;

        // Upload to Vimeo
        $videourl = $this->vimeo->upload(request()->file('video'), [
                'name' => $name,
                'privacy' => [
                    'view' => 'anybody'
                ],
            ]);

        // Get the Video Id from the response
        $videourl = explode('/',$videourl);
        $videoid = $videourl[2];

        // Update course video_path with vimeo id
        $course->update([
            'video_path' => $videoid,
        ]);
        
        return response($course->video_path, 204, []);
    }

It fails at the code block where it tries to upload to Vimeo. But then this error occurs only on the production server. On local development everything works fine

Andi1982

4 years ago

Level 2

did you find a solution for that? i have exactly same problem, also with vimeo upload

adilrehman

3 years ago

Level 1

Follow these steps then your error will be fixed. Go to the project folder

cd vendor
chmod -R 775 ankitpokhrel/
chown -R www-data ankitpokhrel/

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