Internal Server error, how to read logs?

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I just started using nextcloud, or at least tried to use it.

I installed nextcloud via setup-nextcloud.php, created an admin user and added my MySQL database.

Right after that I get an internal server error.

I have no idea why or how to solve it.

I have some logs, but no human can read them. So I searched for it and apparently there is a logreader. But how am I supposed to use it when I canā€™t even access the nextcloud at all to get to the logreader?

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Try looking in the home for nextcloud yourpath/nextcloud/data/nextcloud.log or your data folder/nextcloud.log And welcome to this forum.

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Thanks!
But as I said, I already got the log and there is stuff in it. But I canā€˜t read it because itā€˜s weird formatted.

Iā€˜ve read that I need the Nextcloud Log Reader for that. But how can I access the Log Reader, when I have no access to my Nextcloud at all, due to the internal server error?

Did nobody thought about that scenario? That you probably need the read/ understand the log when you have no access to the nextcloud?

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Oh sorry I miss read your message then sorry, I know I hate how it is formatted and the nextcloud log reader is in nextcloud, after you install, somebody correct me if I am wrong.

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Hi @jonalange

You could use https://lnav.org/ to view the log file. It does some reformating and syntax highlighting and donseā€™t do line breaks. So it should be at least a little more readable than with cat or less. lnav is included in the package repositorys of most popular linux distros.

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I am not the one who asked the question tagging @jonalange

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Ah yes. Youā€™re right, of course. I changed my post.

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On ā€œInternal Server Errorā€ please first check the log files in /var/log/nginx or /var/log/apache2

There should be mentioned, why the webserver could not answer the request.
Annother error may be caused by mis-confugured settings in config.php, for example ā€œtrusted domainsā€.
Is mysql server running?