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The Basics
- Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
- 31.0.4.1
- Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
- Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
- Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
- Apache 2.4.52
- Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
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- PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
- 8.3
- Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
- yes
- When did this problem seem to first start?
- after update ubuntu server
- Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
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- Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
- no
Summary of the issue you are facing:
After update && upgrade of ubuntu server my nextcloud instance is no more accessible. Neither through internet connection nor locally. When trying to reach the login page by internet the connection is timing out. Trying to establish the connection locally an internal server error is thrown.
Apache2 log shows no errors.
occ is not working either. It throws an unhandled exception:
Doctrine\DBAL\Exception: Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in the driver: could not find driver in /var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php:237
Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):
- Try to access login page or
- try any occ command
Log entries
Nextcloud
Please provide the log entries from your Nextcloud log that are generated during the time of problem (via the Copy raw option from Administration settings->Logging screen or from your nextcloud.log located in your data directory). Feel free to use a pastebin/gist service if necessary.
{"reqId":"b6RbL9x1IYydeLcydMhP","level":3,"time":"2025-04-26T20:40:01+02:00","remoteAddr":"","user":false,"app":"cron","method":"","url":"--","message":"Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in the driver: could not find driver","userAgent":"--","version":"31.0.4.1","exception":{"Exception":"Doctrine\\DBAL\\Exception","Message":"Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in the driver: could not find driver","Code":0,"Trace":[{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/src/Connection.php","line":458,"function":"connect","class":"OC\\DB\\Connection","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/src/Connection.php","line":416,"function":"getDatabasePlatformVersion","class":"Doctrine\\DBAL\\Connection","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/src/Connection.php","line":323,"function":"detectDatabasePlatform","class":"Doctrine\\DBAL\\Connection","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php","line":903,"function":"getDatabasePlatform","class":"Doctrine\\DBAL\\Connection","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/ConnectionAdapter.php","line":235,"function":"getDatabaseProvider","class":"OC\\DB\\Connection","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php","line":96,"function":"getDatabaseProvider","class":"OC\\DB\\ConnectionAdapter","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/AppConfig.php","line":1226,"function":"expr","class":"OC\\DB\\QueryBuilder\\QueryBuilder","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/AppConfig.php","line":243,"function":"loadConfig","class":"OC\\AppConfig","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/AppConfig.php","line":1366,"function":"searchValues","class":"OC\\AppConfig","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/App/AppManager.php","line":136,"function":"getValues","class":"OC\\AppConfig","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/App/AppManager.php","line":157,"function":"getInstalledAppsValues","class":"OC\\App\\AppManager","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/legacy/OC_App.php","line":188,"function":"getInstalledApps","class":"OC\\App\\AppManager","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Bootstrap/Coordinator.php","line":48,"function":"getEnabledApps","class":"OC_App","type":"::"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/base.php","line":675,"function":"runInitialRegistration","class":"OC\\AppFramework\\Bootstrap\\Coordinator","type":"->"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/base.php","line":1156,"function":"init","class":"OC","type":"::"},{"file":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/cron.php","line":24,"args":["/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/base.php"],"function":"require_once"}],"File":"/var/www/html/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php","Line":237,"message":"Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in the driver: could not find driver","exception":{},"CustomMessage":"Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in the driver: could not find driver"}}
Web Browser
If the problem is related to the Web interface, open your browser inspector Console and Network tabs while refreshing (reloading) and reproducing the problem. Provide any relevant output/errors here that appear.
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Web server / Reverse Proxy
The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:
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Configuration
Nextcloud
The output of occ config:list system or similar is best, but, if not possible, the contents of your config.php file from /path/to/nextcloud is fine (make sure to remove any identifiable information!):
<?php
$CONFIG = array (
'instanceid' => 'sectret',
'passwordsalt' => 'secret',
'secret' => 'secret',
'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'memcache.distributed' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'redis' =>
array (
'host' => '127.0.0.1',
'port' => 6379,
'timeout' => 0.5,
'dbindex' => 1,
),
'trusted_domains' =>
array (
0 => 'secret',
1 => 'secret.de/nextcloud',
2 => '192.168.0.250',
),
'trusted_proxies' =>
array (
0 => '192.168.0.250',
1 => '127.0.0.1',
2 => '::1',
3 => '192.168.0.1',
4 => 'secret',
5 => 'secret',
6 => 'secret',
),
'enabledPreviewProviders' =>
array (
0 => 'OC\\Preview\\PNG',
1 => 'OC\\Preview\\JPEG',
2 => 'OC\\Preview\\GIF',
3 => 'OC\\Preview\\BMP',
4 => 'OC\\Preview\\XBitmap',
5 => 'OC\\Preview\\Movie',
6 => 'OC\\Preview\\PDF',
7 => 'OC\\Preview\\MP3',
8 => 'OC\\Preview\\TXT',
9 => 'OC\\Preview\\MarkDown',
),
'datadirectory' => '/media/Nextcloud/data',
'dbtype' => 'mysql',
'version' => '31.0.4.1',
'overwrite.cli.url' => 'secret',
'overwritehost' => 'secret',
'overwriteprotocol' => 'https',
'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
'dbhost' => 'localhost',
'dbport' => '',
'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
'dbuser' => 'secret',
'dbpassword' => 'secret',
'installed' => true,
'maintenance' => true,
'mail_from_address' => 'secret',
'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_domain' => 'secret',
'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
'mail_smtpname' => 'secret',
'mail_smtppassword' => 'secret',
'mail_smtpsecure' => 'tls',
'mail_smtphost' => 'secret',
'mail_smtpport' => '25',
'theme' => '',
'loglevel' => 2,
'default_phone_region' => 'DE',
'maintenance_window_start' => 1,
'log_type' => 'file',
'logtimezone' => 'Europe/Berlin',
'logfile' => '/var/log/nextcloud.log',
'syslog_tag' => 'Nextcloud',
);
Apps
The output of occ app:list (if possible).
Tips for increasing the likelihood of a response
- Use the
preformatted textformatting option in the editor for all log entries and configuration output. - If screenshots are useful, feel free to include them.
- If possible, also include key error output in text form so it can be searched for.
- Try to edit log output only minimally (if at all) so that it can be ran through analyzers / formatters by those trying to help you.
