New install - blank web page

[Keith-i]

As a bit of background I successfully installed nuBuilder a few years ago on a Ubuntu server in my office. For redundancy I recently decided to build a spare server with a duplicate of all the files/software just in case my main server goes down. I have managed to install Apache, mysql etc and it all seems to be running fine. I can get the default Apache webpage when I connect to the spare server on a browser via the local network and I can see the empty database I created on mysql using mysql Workbench. All the settings such as in the nuconfig.php file are mirrored correctly. However, when I try to connect to the databse via a browser on a client pc I just get a blank web page. It looks like the nubuilder files have not been placed into the database. Would this assumption be correct? The guides all say that the files get copied accross automatically when you first log in but I'm not sure this is happening. Any thoughts please.

[kev1n]

Hi,

You're correct, nubuilder4.sql file is supposed to be imported automatically the first time you log in. If this isn't happening, here are a few steps you can take to resolve the issue:

Manual Import: Use phpMyAdmin or another database tool like MySQL Workbench to manually import the nubuilder4.sql file into your database. This file is located in the nuBuilder directory.

Check PHP Logs: Inspect the PHP error log files to see if any errors are being reported during the process. This can help pinpoint the issue, such as a misconfiguration or a missing dependency.

[Keith-i]

Hi kev1n, thanks for the quick reply. I'll try a manual import of the nubuilder4.sql file and see how I get on. I will also check the PHP error logs.

Presumably, if I export a copy of my existing working database and copy that across to the new server, it would have all the necessary files in the backup. Would that achieve the same result?
Thanks
Keith

[kev1n]

Yes, that would work too.