Write permission for config directory

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Nextcloud version (eg, 12.0.2): 17_0_1
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 17.04): Fedora 30
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): 2.4.38
PHP version (eg, 7.1): 7.3.11

The issue you are facing: After a manual upgrade, I am receiving the error

Cannot write into "config" directory!

This can usually be fixed by giving the webserver write access to the config directory. See https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/17/go.php?to=admin-dir_permissions. Or, if you prefer to keep config.php file read only, set the option "config_is_read_only" to true in it. See https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/17/go.php?to=admin-config

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): Y

Steps to replicate it:

  1. Move current directory to new location
  2. Move new version to new Nextcloud directory
  3. Change ownership of new directory to apache:apache
  4. Change permissions of all directories to 770
  5. Change permissions of all files to 660
  6. Set Selinux type for directories config, updater, apps, 3rdparty/aws/aws-sdk-php/src/data/logs to httpd_sys_rw_content_t
  7. Set Selinux type for files .htaccess and .user.ini to httpd_sys_rw_content_t
  8. Restart httpd
  9. Perform update (sudo -u apache php occ upgrade)

The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:

Error

Cannot write into "config" directory!

This can usually be fixed by giving the webserver write access to the config directory. See https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/17/go.php?to=admin-dir_permissions. Or, if you prefer to keep config.php file read only, set the option "config_is_read_only" to true in it. See https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/17/go.php?to=admin-config

The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):

<?php $CONFIG = array ( 'instanceid' => 'ocirt432muru', 'passwordsalt' => 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', 'secret' => 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', 'trusted_domains' => array ( 0 => 'ncldstor.mydomain.org', ), 'datadirectory' => '/mnt/extradasd/qcloud', 'dbtype' => 'mysql', 'version' => '17.0.1.1', 'overwrite.cli.url' => 'https://ncldstor.mydomain.org', 'dbname' => 'nextcloud', 'dbhost' => 'localhost:3306', 'dbport' => '', 'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_', 'mysql.utf8mb4' => true, 'dbuser' => 'oc_myadmin', 'dbpassword' => 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', 'installed' => true, 'theme' => '', 'loglevel' => 2, 'maintenance' => false, 'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu', ); The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in `/var/log/____`: nextcloud-error_log is empty Other info: drwxrwx---. 14 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 . drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:40 .. drwxrwx---. 33 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:34 3rdparty drwxrwx---. 46 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:40 apps -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 12063 Nov 13 09:33 AUTHORS drwxrwx---. 2 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:40 config -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 3805 Nov 13 09:33 console.php -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 34520 Nov 13 09:33 COPYING drwxrwx---. 23 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 core -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4993 Nov 13 09:33 cron.php -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t:s0 2627 Nov 13 09:40 .htaccess -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 156 Nov 13 09:33 index.html -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 3172 Nov 13 09:33 index.php drwxrwx---. 6 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 lib -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 283 Nov 13 09:33 occ drwxrwx---. 2 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 ocm-provider drwxrwx---. 2 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 ocs drwxrwx---. 2 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 ocs-provider -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 2951 Nov 13 09:33 public.php -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 5139 Nov 13 09:33 remote.php drwxrwx---. 4 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 resources -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 26 Nov 13 09:33 robots.txt drwxrwx---. 13 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 settings -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 2287 Nov 13 09:33 status.php drwxrwx---. 3 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 themes drwxrwx---. 2 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t:s0 4096 Nov 13 09:33 updater -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t:s0 101 Nov 13 09:33 .user.ini -rw-rw----. 1 apache apache unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 362 Nov 13 09:33 version.php
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Although the file permissions appear to be valid and despite the documentation discouraging it, I have added ‘‘config_is_read_only’ => true,’ to the config.php and that has allowed me to again have access to my nextcloud.