If something goes wrong
What to do if the installation stopped, the site does not open after an update, or you need a database backup.
The installer stopped
- “The database server is too old” — ask the hosting support to move the database to MariaDB 10.4+ or MySQL 8.0+.
- “Database access denied”, “No such database”, “The database server does not answer” — check the database name, user and password in the hosting panel.
- “Could not finish creating the tables” — nothing is lost: press “Repeat”, the step continues from where it stopped.
- A white screen after the “Database” step — open `storage/logs`: the last line names the cause; most often there is no write permission on `config` or `storage`.
- The installer asks for an owner but you have created one — the site is installed, go to `/admin`.