Backup Modx 3.0 and Site Dash Install Errors

Modx version 2.7.2 (I’m about to upgrade it)
PHP 7.3

Attempting to install BackupModx 3.0.0.

Installation stops with this in the install console.

Console running…

Error HY000 executing statement: Array ( [0] => HY000 [1] => 2006 [2] => MySQL server has gone away )
Error HY000 executing statement: INSERT INTO modx_session (id, access, data) VALUES (‘8f8925b31fc60ecbca922f1854a719b2’, 1621437792, ‘modx.user.contextTokens|a:1:{s:3:"mgr";i:1;}modx.user.0.resourceGroups|a:1:{s:3:"mgr";a:0:{}}modx.user.0.attributes|a:1:{s:3:"mgr";a:5:{s:16:"modAccessContext";a:1:{s:3:"web";a:1:{i:0;a:3:{s:9:"principal";i:0;s:9:"authority";s:1:"0";s:6:"policy";a:3:{s:4:"load";b:1;s:6:"formit";b:1;s:18:"formit_encryptions";b:0;}}}}s:22:"modAccessResourceGroup";a:0:{}s:17:"modAccessCategory";a:0:{}s:28:"sources.modAccessMediaSource";a:0:{}s:18:"modAccessNamespace";a:0:{}}}modx.mgr.user.token|s:52:"modx5c0ff28a1dc3e1.50830185_160a525e68fbb94.99315366";modx.mgr.session.cookie.lifetime|i:0;modx.mgr.user.config|a:0:{}modx.user.1.userGroupNames|a:1:{i:0;s:13:"Administrator";}’) Array ( [0] => HY000 [1] => 2006 [2] => MySQL server has gone away )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.excludeFiles )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.targetPath )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.cronKey )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.cronFiles )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.cronDatabase )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.cronNote )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.cronEnable )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.cronMaxDatabase )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.cronMaxFiles )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.groups )
Attempting to preserve files at /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/assets/components/backupmodx into archive /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/core/packages/backupmodx-3.0.0-pl/modCategory/43f8d105038d35333c554d899fb2f70c.0.preserved.zip
PHP notice: A non well formed numeric value encountered
Attempting to install package with signature: backupmodx-3.0.0-pl
PHP warning: “continue” targeting switch is equivalent to “break”. Did you mean to use “continue 2”?
Package found…now preparing to install.
PHP warning: “continue” targeting switch is equivalent to “break”. Did you mean to use “continue 2”?
PHP warning: “continue” targeting switch is equivalent to “break”. Did you mean to use “continue 2”?
Grabbing package workspace…
Workspace environment initiated, now installing package…
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.debug )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.excludeFolders )
Skipping vehicle object of class modSystemSetting (data object exists and cannot be upgraded); criteria: Array ( [key] => backupmodx.excludeFiles )
Attempting to preserve files at /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/core/components/backupmodx into archive /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/core/packages/backupmodx-3.0.0-pl/modCategory/43f8d105038d35333c554d899fb2f70c.1.preserved.zip
PHP notice: A non well formed numeric value encountered

After I posted this, I tried to install a new version of Site Dash. Same result.

The last line in the console is

PHP notice: A non well formed numeric value encountered

This worries me on the first two lines:

Error HY000 executing statement: Array ( [0] => HY000 [1] => 2006 [2] => MySQL server has gone away )

That suggests the database connection was dropped at the very start of the installation. That could be due to a wait_timeout (if the package takes a long time to unzip) or some sort of security on the server killing the connection for whatever reason.

That php notice by itself is not very useful in debugging, though it is likely related to a problem. Interesting though that you find it on two different packages - typically such issues are package specific. There’s likely a php error hidden either in a php error log on the server, or in the response to the initial connector request when the installation started. Getting to that error would be immensely helpful to identify the problem.

Here’s what’s in the web server log and the seuxec error log for today. However, they are there on previous days as well.

[Wed May 19 08:37:42.711583 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 3063378:tid 139974095574784] [client 160.153.62.215:59862] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 08:34:48.336458 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 3621189:tid 139973959206656] [client 160.153.62.215:58110] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 08:27:34.396069 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 3063378:tid 139974294882048] [client 160.153.62.215:53336] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 08:22:50.142061 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 3095226:tid 139974252922624] [client 160.153.62.215:47652] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 08:20:49.400468 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 2981387:tid 139974242432768] [client 160.153.62.215:45112] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 08:20:06.407351 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 3095226:tid 139974064105216] [client 160.153.62.215:44156] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 08:11:57.838331 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 3095226:tid 139974210963200] [client 160.153.62.215:33934] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 07:54:44.400843 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 2986133:tid 139974242432768] [client 160.153.62.215:12564] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 07:51:19.437532 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 3111018:tid 139974064105216] [client 160.153.62.215:62431] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 07:43:50.917142 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 2981387:tid 139973843818240] [client 104.248.195.103:45054] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt
[Wed May 19 01:33:45.550588 2021] [access_compat:error] [pid 1512220:tid 139973927737088] [client 142.93.143.118:47426] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/docs/changelog.txt

This error repeats dozens of times over the course of several hours, well before I started this.

[2021-05-19 09:13:18]: uid: (938064/xxxxxxx) gid: (938064/xxxxxxx) cmd: autodiscover.cgi
[2021-05-19 09:11:25]: uid: (938064/xxxxxxx) gid: (938064/xxxxxxx) cmd: autodiscover.cgi
[2021-05-19 09:07:11]: uid: (938064/xxxxxxx) gid: (938064/xxxxxxx) cmd: autodiscover.cgi
[2021-05-19 09:04:58]: uid: (938064/xxxxxxx) gid: (938064/xxxxxxx) cmd: autodiscover.cgi
[2021-05-19 09:00:48]: uid: (938064/xxxxxxx) gid: (938064/xxxxxxx) cmd: autodiscover.cgi

That’s either SiteDash making sure your core is locked down, or visiting the MODX dashboard which also sends a request to the changelog to make sure it’s not readable.

Did you not find a PHP error log? If not you’ll have to dig into the browser console to look at the connector request when starting the installation as I mentioned to see if there’s an error there.

The PHP logging was deactivated. So I turned it in via php.ini. After attempting to install the extras, they only error in the log was a bunch of these:

[19-May-2021 20:35:54 Europe/Amsterdam] PHP Warning: “continue” targeting switch is equivalent to “break”. Did you mean to use “continue 2”? in /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/core/model/modx/modcachemanager.class.php on line 605