beta 4 - Upgrade issue : This action is available via POST only.

[Andy.N]

When I go to /install/ to upgrade, it will show the button to Begin upgrade, when I click on it, it will show a log in box again.
Enter the info and it will show this error "This action is available via POST only. Please press the back button and try again."

 

[Deebs]

Andy,

Are you running a cache for variables? I had a similar issue which was due to have APC enabled in the config but disabled in the php config. Wouldn't let me login until either I enabled it in PHP or disabled it in library/config.php as the session was not being stored anywhere.

Could be something similar for you?

 

[Floris]

I fixed this by increasing my APC cache size to 128 and restarting apache, and running install/ again.

 

[ragtek]

Hm, it seems that there are some new problems with the cache http://ragtek.org/xenforo/threads/todays-birthdays-sidebar-block.377/#post-1809

 

[Mike]

If you're running a cache that can't potentially fit more (APC being a good example), then you should increase the size. We've made the next release explicitly opt-in to pulling the sessions from the cache for this reason. (Not to mention with APC, you may see your webserver being restarted for log rotation or similar work, which will wipe out sessions.)

 

[Andy.N]

Andy,

Are you running a cache for variables? I had a similar issue which was due to have APC enabled in the config but disabled in the php config. Wouldn't let me login until either I enabled it in PHP or disabled it in library/config.php as the session was not being stored anywhere.

Could be something similar for you?

Yeap.
I have APC enabled on my config.
Disable it and was able to start the upgrade.

Upgrade done. Case solved. Thanks Deebs

 

[Andy.N]

I spoke a bit soon.
The ACP login does not log me in after I enabled APC again in the config file. I guess I need to increase the size of it?

I fixed this by increasing my APC cache size to 128 and restarting apache, and running install/ again.

I believe I have 128MB. Where do I increase them again?

 

[Floris]

On my setup the phpinfo shows me which php.ini I used, whre the config variables usually are. However, on my ubuntu setup for some reason the apc.ini was within conf.d/

 

[TNCclubman]

so we may need to edit or php to run this upgrade or will it work like before? Is this a new issue to this version?

 

[Mike]

This is roughly only an issue if you're using APC's user cache (via explicit configuration in config.php) but don't actually have enough space to keep storing user cache entries. In reality, in that situation, you're probably just causing more problems for yourself anyway.

It won't affect many people.

 

[Andy.N]

On my setup the phpinfo shows me which php.ini I used, whre the config variables usually are. However, on my ubuntu setup for some reason the apc.ini was within conf.d/

Where in the ACP which we can view phpinfo again? I know there is a link but it's not exposed anywhere is it?

 

[Deebs]

You need to load apc.php to see inside the apc cache.

 

[Floris]

admin.php?tools&phpmyinfo i think .. don't quite remember.

cli:

cd

locate apc.php

then cp that/location/apc.php public_html/apc.php

and you can load it in the browser, set a user/pass within apc.php to load the user cache, upon success it will have prefix_session_garbledstuff

 

[James]

Where in the ACP which we can view phpinfo again? I know there is a link but it's not exposed anywhere is it?

admin.php?tools/phpinfo

 

[Floris]

hehe

 

[Andy.N]

Andy,

Are you running a cache for variables? I had a similar issue which was due to have APC enabled in the config but disabled in the php config. Wouldn't let me login until either I enabled it in PHP or disabled it in library/config.php as the session was not being stored anywhere.

Could be something similar for you?

Yuck.

look at the phpinfo and apc.shm_size = 30

I always thought I had it at 128MB.

Deebs,
You were on my server before. I'm trying to locate apc.php and increase it to 128MB.

 

[Deebs]

Yuck.

look at the phpinfo and apc.shm_size = 30

I always thought I had it at 128MB.

Deebs,
You were on my server before. I'm trying to locate apc.php and increase it to 128MB.

Send me the details again in a PC and I will login and fix.

 

[Andy.N]

Send me the details again in a PC and I will login and fix.

Thank you and PC sent.

 

[Deebs]

Thank you and PC sent.

Urgh, using the default parameters for APC. Sorting now.

 

[Deebs]

Yowsers! Expect a little performance increase after I fix: