Migrate to New Server

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Hello,
I am attempting to migrate to a new server.
I currently have version 3.3.12 with PHP 7.4.
I am attempting to migrate to a new server with PHP 8.3.
I backed up the database through mysqldump and then transferred the dump to the new server and imported. The new database is using the same username and password.
I then performed an rsync of the Xibo files and my content from the old server to the new server. Finally, I uploaded the new version, 4.10. When that is all done and I attempt to visit the main page it just me: Unexpected Error, please contact support.

I have gone through web logs, php logs, and I am not seeing anything of use to help diagnose.

With that said, am I missing a step somewhere? Thank you for any advice/help that is sent my way! :slight_smile:

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I had a suspicion that this was a permission issue. I chmod the entire xibo directory to 777 and the issue went away. Obviously this is not a recommended solution, was just used to see if permissions were indeed the issue. From another post about an older version of Xibo, this is what is recommended:

So your webserver user needs read access to the whole directory tree. It needs write access to the /cache and /library directory, assuming you’re using the default locations.

You definitely don’t want anything chmod 777. That makes everything including files executable. Files should be chmod 644, directories chmod 755