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Nextcloud version (eg, 20.0.5): 20.0.14
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 20.04): Solaris 11.4 (x86)
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): 2.4.51
PHP version (eg, 7.4): 7.4.23
The issue you are facing:
Trying to move beyond NC20. SInce upgrading to PHP8 I am seeing errors with occ commands about utf8mb3
Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): Y
Steps to replicate it:
- Run a scan (php occ music:scan
The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:
Error core Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\DriverException: An exception occurred while executing 'SELECT `uid`, `displayname` FROM `oc_users` `u` LEFT JOIN `oc_preferences` `p` ON (`userid` = `uid`) AND (`appid` = 'settings') AND (`configkey` = 'email') WHERE (`uid` COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci LIKE ?) OR (`displayname` COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci LIKE ?) OR (`configvalue` COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci LIKE ?) ORDER BY `uid_lower` ASC LIMIT 500 OFFSET 500' with params ["%%", "%%", "%%"]: SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1253 COLLATION 'utf8mb4_general_ci' is not valid for CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb3'
The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):
<?php
$CONFIG = array (
'passwordsalt' => 'XXXXXXXXXX',
'secret' => 'XXXXXXXXXXX',
'trusted_domains' =>
array (
0 => 'localhost',
1 => '192.168.0.166',
2 => '192.168.0.166:643',
3 => 'ytc-cloud:643',
4 => 'ytc1-cloud.dyndns.org:643',
5 => 'ytc1.dyndns.org:643',
6 => 'ytc-cloud:80',
),
'datadirectory' => '/nextcloud/server/nextcloud/data',
'overwrite.cli.url' => 'http://localhost',
'dbtype' => 'mysql',
'version' => '20.0.14.2',
'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
'dbhost' => 'localhost',
'dbport' => '',
'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
'dbuser' => 'oc_admin',
'dbpassword' => 'XXXXXXXXX',
'logtimezone' => 'UTC',
'installed' => true,
'instanceid' => 'oc798ms43svp',
'loglevel' => 0,
'mail_from_address' => 'bruce',
'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_domain' => 'ytc1.co.uk',
'auth.bruteforce.protection.enabled' => false,
'theme' => '',
'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
'maintenance' => false,
'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
'mail_smtpsecure' => 'tls',
'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
'mail_smtphost' => 'mail.maui.co.uk',
'mail_smtpport' => '587',
'mail_smtpname' => 'XXXXXXX',
'mail_smtppassword' => 'XXXXXX',
'music.lastfm_api_key' => '5b185aea65ea445ffd1cb301543e9a46',
);
The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:
[Wed Feb 09 17:11:03.936245 2022] [mpm_event:notice] [pid 7583:tid 1] AH00489: Apache/2.4.51 (Unix) PHP/7.4.23 OpenSSL/1.0.2za configured -- resuming normal operations
[Wed Feb 09 17:11:03.936456 2022] [core:notice] [pid 7583:tid 1] AH00094: Command line: '/usr/apache2/2.4/bin/httpd'
[Thu Feb 10 10:38:59.931337 2022] [php7:error] [pid 7587:tid 12] [client 82.47.37.5:63934] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Doctrine\\DBAL\\DBALException: Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory in /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php:72\nStack trace:\n#0 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php(1449): OC\\DB\\Connection->connect()\n#1 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php(892): Doctrine\\DBAL\\Connection->getWrappedConnection()\n#2 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php(202): Doctrine\\DBAL\\Connection->executeQuery()\n#3 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Query/QueryBuilder.php(206): OC\\DB\\Connection->executeQuery()\n#4 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.php(248): Doctrine\\DBAL\\Query\\QueryBuilder->execute()\n#5 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppConfig.php(345): OC\\DB\\QueryBuilder\\QueryBuilder->execute()\n#6 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppConfig.php(110): OC\\AppConfig->loadConfigValues()\n#7 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/priv in /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php on line 72