INstall on Debian 11 (on google cloud) just brings up Nginx welcome page

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New VM on GCP. New IP address. New domain.

Followed the install instructions on Passbolt Help | Install Passbolt CE on Debian 11 (Bullseye)
Auto install Let’s Encrypt certs.
No errors at any stage - other than wget not being already installed on Debian 11.

But when Im finished and then browse to the domain or the IP address of the server, I just get the “Welcome to Nginx” screen. No config options for Passbolt.

If I run sudo -H -u www-data bash -c “/usr/share/php/passbolt/bin/cake passbolt healthcheck” then I get this message.

____                  __          ____  
/ __ \____  _____ ____/ /_  ____  / / /_

/ // / __ `/ / / __ / __ / / _/
/ / // ( | ) // / // / / /
// ,/ / **/. **/** //__/

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Healthcheck shell…Warning Error: file_get_contents(/etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey.asc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
In [/usr/share/php/passbolt/src/Utility/Healthchecks/GpgHealthchecks.php, line 456]

2023-05-08 16:04:07 warning: Warning (2): file_get_contents(/etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey.asc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [/usr/share/php/passbolt/src/Utility/Healthchecks/GpgHealthchecks.php, line 456]
Warning Error: file_get_contents(/etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey_private.asc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
In [/usr/share/php/passbolt/src/Utility/Healthchecks/GpgHealthchecks.php, line 458]

2023-05-08 16:04:07 warning: Warning (2): file_get_contents(/etc/passbolt/gpg/serverkey_private.asc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [/usr/share/php/passbolt/src/Utility/Healthchecks/GpgHealthchecks.php, line 458]
.Exception: strpos() expects parameter 1 to be string, bool given
In [/usr/share/php/passbolt/src/Utility/Healthchecks.php, line 92]

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There’s also nothing in /etc/passbolt/passbolt.php

And nothing in the /etc/nginx/conf.d directory

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Install works perfectly on CentOS. Not on Debian11.

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It could be that the file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default or /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default.conf is taking over the passbolt nginx config. In that case you should remove the default nginx configuration and restart nginx.

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I’ve installed it on CentOS instead. Worked perfectly.

On Debian, I followed the instructions to the letter. Just wanted to report the issue.

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I ran into the exact same issue on GCP on new Debian 12 (Bookworm) instance, I was able to resolve with these steps after successfully installing and getting Nginx Welcome screen.

  1. in SSH interface I ran everything as root by starting with cmd
    sudo su
  2. To stop using nginx default config
    mv /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default /etc/nginx/default.bck
  3. in the file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/nginx-passbolt.conf
    modfied first instance of the line
    server_name _; to server_name mysub.mydomain.com;
  4. ran dpkg-reconfigure passbolt-ce-server and enter all the same settings as first install (I used auto ssl)
  5. Configuration got a confirmation

Successfully deployed certificate for mysub.mydomain.com to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/nginx-passbolt.conf

  1. Restart Nginx with systemctl reload nginx
  2. Visit https://mysub.mydomain.com and complete installation using the previously used config accounts, variables and passwords