Moved servers - login fails

Hi,

I moved out elgg 1.6 installation for a shared server running Cpanel to a new Debian Lenny VPS. Setup Apache / MySQL / PHP, copied all the files from the old server to the new one, changed all the file paths, exported / imported the db and changed all the paths in that too.

The index page loads correctly and displays all the correct content, however when I try to login, I end up with the page http://myservername/action/login and a HTTP 500 Internal Server Error in Internet Explorer or a white blank page in Firefox.

I have read all the troubleshooting information on the Docs site, and spent hours trolling Google to no avail, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

  • Best bet is to look at your apache error log and see what the exact error is.  A few things to check:

    • The new server's specs match the required specs for Elgg.
    • Mod Rewrite is enabled and apache has AllowOverride All for your Elgg dir.
    • The data directory is writable by the www-data user.