Virtualmin Tiki Manager PHP 7.4 to 8.1

Context: in May 2023, Tiki trunk/master changed requirements from PHP 7.4 to 8.1. So if you have some Tiki instances running trunk/master with Virtualmin Tiki Manager, they will not upgrade automatically.

1.1. Pick Virtualmin Virtual Server

• Server configuration -> PHP Options
  • PHP script execution mode: FPM
  • PHP service maximum sub-processes: Default
  • Maximum PHP script run time: 30 seconds
  • PHP version: 8.1.x
  • PHP error log file: Default log file /home/username/logs/php_log
• Services -> PHP-FPM Configuration
  • Error Logging
    • Display error messages: Yes
    • Error types to display: All errors and warnings

1.2. SSH in as root

• cd /opt/tiki-manager/app
• php tiki-manager instance:edit
• switch PHP executable path from /usr/bin/php7.4 to /usr/bin/php8.1

To do: explore if php tiki-manager instance:detect could be improved to handle this

1.3. Tiki manager update

• Via GUI or CLI

GUI: Services -> Tiki Manager -> Instance Update -> Update

As of 2023-05-20, you may get an error "Updating Tiki Packages... may take a while ERROR Failed to update Tiki Packages. Check /opt/tiki-manager/app/logs/trim.output for more details" This will be solved shortly.

1.4. Test

1. Login and do a quick check that the site is OK
2. Review tiki-check.php