Zero downtime deployment - symbolic link not working

Level 39

Hi @torriv

Have a look to this https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/storage-link-returning-404-on-production

Level 3

That didn't work. Should i put it in the htaccess file in the root or the one inside public folder?

Level 39

That

What ?

Why do you want to modify your .htccess?

Please share :

server error logs
ls -la public

Level 3

ls -la public:

drwxr-xr-x  4 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw 4096 Feb 17 05:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 14 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw 4096 Feb 17 03:59 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw  603 Feb 18 09:29 .htaccess
drwxr-xr-x  2 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw 4096 Feb 17 03:59 css
-rw-r--r--  1 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw    0 Feb 17 03:59 favicon.ico
-rw-r--r--  1 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw 1731 Feb 17 03:59 index.php
drwxr-xr-x  2 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw 4096 Feb 17 03:59 js
-rw-r--r--  1 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw   71 Feb 17 03:59 mix-manifest.json
-rw-r--r--  1 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw   24 Feb 17 03:59 robots.txt
lrwxrwxrwx  1 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw   26 Feb 17 05:19 storage -> current/storage/app/public
-rw-r--r--  1 u495-ruggxp3xpugw u495-ruggxp3xpugw 1194 Feb 17 03:59 web.config

server error logs:

2021-02-18 09:28:51 UTC [apache][core:error] [pid 23434] AH00037: Symbolic link not allowed or link target not accessible: /home/usernamehere/www/support1.riveraconsulting.no/public_html/current/public/storage, referer: https://support1.riveraconsulting.no/admin/dashboard

Level 39

Same pb as the link posted, same solution put .htaccess in the root directory.

That said the pb is that apache user (standard www-data) has not the rights to access your file.

To see this, ssh to your server , su www-data , cd ...

To change : change owner or group access and make apache in the user group.

Level 3

so, you mean, put the htaccess that now is in public folder, into root folder?

right now i have this htaccess file under public_html folder:


<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^support1.riveraconsulting.no$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^https://support1.riveraconsulting.no$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^current/public/
RewriteRule (.*) /current/public/ [L]
</IfModule>

and this in under public folder:


<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Send Requests To Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Level 39

As written in the link I send, you have only to add SymLinksIfOwnerMatch in your .htaccess root, try it (don't forget to restart apache) and if not work, add also in your public .htaccess

As written in the link too, It's not my prefer solution I have better to work with the standard owner or at least change group access.

Level 3

well, that was my first respond to you. it doesn't work. (put the code in both htaccess files)

i also don't have access to restart any server, this is on siteground's servers. (shared hosting)

bare in mind that i also have another Laravel project on siteground, and it works fine. but there i don't have zero downtime deployment.