Updating htaccess per install instructions fails with traceback

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Nextcloud version: 12.0.3.3
Operating system and version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Apache version: 2.4.18
PHP version: PHP 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

The issue I am facing:
Running the .htaccess update command per the Installation on Linux doc results in a traceback. I’m not sure if it matters, but before this started happening, I tried changing the pretty url configuration from what I had initially set it up as to something different.

root@nextcloud:/var/www/nextcloud# sudo -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ maintenance:update:htaccess
An unhandled exception has been thrown:
Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException: Failed to connect to the database: An exception occured in driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory in /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php:61
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php(429): OC\DB\Connection->connect()
#1 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php(389): Doctrine\DBAL\Connection->getDatabasePlatformVersion()
#2 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php(328): Doctrine\DBAL\Connection->detectDatabasePlatform()
#3 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php(623): Doctrine\DBAL\Connection->getDatabasePlatform()
#4 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php(148): Doctrine\DBAL\Connection->setTransactionIsolation(2)
#5 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/DriverManager.php(172): OC\DB\Connection->__construct(Array, Object(Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOMySql\Driver), Object(Doctrine\DBAL\Configuration), Object(Doctrine\Common\EventManager))
#6 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/ConnectionFactory.php(150): Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager::getConnection(Array, Object(Doctrine\DBAL\Configuration), Object(Doctrine\Common\EventManager))
#7 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(588): OC\DB\ConnectionFactory->getConnection('mysql', Array)
#8 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(113): OC\Server->OC\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#9 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('OCP\\IDBConnecti...')
#10 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('OCP\\IDBConnecti...')
#11 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(163): OC\ServerContainer->query('OCP\\IDBConnecti...')
#12 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(109): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->OC\AppFramework\Utility\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#13 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('DatabaseConnect...')
#14 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('DatabaseConnect...')
#15 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(1345): OC\ServerContainer->query('DatabaseConnect...')
#16 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(309): OC\Server->getDatabaseConnection()
#17 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(113): OC\Server->OC\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#18 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('OC\\Authenticati...')
#19 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('OC\\Authenticati...')
#20 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(313): OC\ServerContainer->query('OC\\Authenticati...')
#21 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(113): OC\Server->OC\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#22 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('OC\\Authenticati...')
#23 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('OC\\Authenticati...')
#24 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(163): OC\ServerContainer->query('OC\\Authenticati...')
#25 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(109): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->OC\AppFramework\Utility\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#26 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('OC\\Authenticati...')
#27 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('OC\\Authenticati...')
#28 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(329): OC\ServerContainer->query('OC\\Authenticati...')
#29 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(113): OC\Server->OC\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#30 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('OCP\\IUserSessio...')
#31 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('OCP\\IUserSessio...')
#32 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(163): OC\ServerContainer->query('OCP\\IUserSessio...')
#33 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(109): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->OC\AppFramework\Utility\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#34 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('UserSession')
#35 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('UserSession')
#36 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(1213): OC\ServerContainer->query('UserSession')
#37 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(648): OC\Server->getUserSession()
#38 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(113): OC\Server->OC\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#39 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('OC\\App\\AppManag...')
#40 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('OC\\App\\AppManag...')
#41 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(163): OC\ServerContainer->query('OC\\App\\AppManag...')
#42 /var/www/nextcloud/3rdparty/pimple/pimple/src/Pimple/Container.php(109): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->OC\AppFramework\Utility\{closure}(Object(OC\Server))
#43 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/AppFramework/Utility/SimpleContainer.php(115): Pimple\Container->offsetGet('AppManager')
#44 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/ServerContainer.php(132): OC\AppFramework\Utility\SimpleContainer->query('AppManager')
#45 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/Server.php(1518): OC\ServerContainer->query('AppManager')
#46 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/legacy/app.php(315): OC\Server->getAppManager()
#47 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/legacy/app.php(110): OC_App::getEnabledApps()
#48 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/base.php(673): OC_App::loadApps(Array)
#49 /var/www/nextcloud/lib/base.php(1086): OC::init()
#50 /var/www/nextcloud/console.php(56): require_once('/var/www/nextcl...')
#51 /var/www/nextcloud/occ(11): require_once('/var/www/nextcl...')

Here’s my config.php file:

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
  'trusted_domains' =>
  array (
    0 => '10.0.200.10',
  ),
  'datadirectory' => '/var/www/nextcloud/data',
  'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://10.0.200.10/nextcloud',
  'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/',
  'dbtype' => 'mysql',
  'version' => '12.0.3.3',
  'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
  'dbhost' => 'localhost',
  'dbport' => '',
  'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
  'installed' => true,
);
2

dbuser and dbpassword is missing.

3

Whoops. That info is in my config actually, but I snipped it for posting here. Should have made that more obvious.

With more probing though, I figured out that the mariadb my.cnf file was missing a necessary part. I fixed that and started mariadb and that fixed it.

Thanks for the help.