Laravel file permissions for apache

Question

I'm installing a Laravel app on a Centos 7 distro. I'm using PHP 7.2 and I've successfully installed apache and my project.

I was able to get the Apache splash page to show but as soon as I point my virtual host to my laravel public folder I get file permission errors in apache2 logs.

I've made both my public and storage folders read/write/executable by all for a short period and I am still getting the errors.

My virtual host:

<VirtualHost *:80>

DocumentRoot /var/www/html/checkers/public

<Directory /var/www/html/checkers/public>
    Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks +MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

My permissions (after temporary chmod 777 on public and bootstrap):

drwxr-xr-x. 13 root root   4096 Jul  6 03:16 .
drwxr-xr-x.  3 root root     22 Jul  6 03:16 ..
drwxr-xr-x.  6 root root    106 Jul  6 03:16 app
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root   1686 Jul  6 03:16 artisan
drwxrwxrwx.  3 root root     34 Jul  6 03:16 bootstrap
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root   1477 Jul  6 03:16 composer.json
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root 143918 Jul  6 03:16 composer.lock
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root    247 Jul  6 03:16 config
drwxr-xr-x.  5 root root     72 Jul  6 03:16 database
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root    651 Jul  6 03:16 .env.example
drwxr-xr-x.  8 root root    198 Jul  6 03:22 .git
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root    111 Jul  6 03:16 .gitattributes
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root    155 Jul  6 03:16 .gitignore
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root   1022 Jul  6 03:16 package.json
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root   1134 Jul  6 03:16 phpunit.xml
drwxrwxrwx.  4 root root    116 Jul  6 03:16 public
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root   3675 Jul  6 03:16 readme.md
drwxr-xr-x.  5 root root     45 Jul  6 03:16 resources
drwxr-xr-x.  2 root root     75 Jul  6 03:16 routes
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root    563 Jul  6 03:16 server.php
drwxr-xr-x.  5 root root     46 Jul  6 03:16 storage
drwxr-xr-x.  4 root root     83 Jul  6 03:16 tests
drwxr-xr-x. 37 root root   4096 Jul  6 03:22 vendor
-rw-r--r--.  1 root root    549 Jul  6 03:16 webpack.mix.js

The errors in /etc/httpd/logs/error_log:

[php7:error] [pid 9120] [client 192.168.10.1:46658] PHP Fatal error: 
Uncaught ErrorException:
file_put_contents(/var/www/html/checkers/storage/framework/views/27ab4a7b5ea3854dc076406e3c218364a7743be0.php):
failed to open stream: Permission denied in
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:122\nStack
trace:\n#0 [internal function]:
Illuminate\\Foundation\\Bootstrap\\HandleExceptions->handleError(2,
'file_put_conten...', '/var/www/html/c...', 122, Array)\n#1
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php(122):
file_put_contents('/var/www/html/c...', '<?php $__env->s...', 0)\n#2
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Compilers/BladeCompiler.php(122):
Illuminate\\Filesystem\\Filesystem->put('/var/www/html/c...', '<?php
$__env->s...')\n#3
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php(51):
Illuminate\\View\\Compilers\\BladeCompiler->compile('/var/www/html/c...')\n#4
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Vi in
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
on line 122 
[Fri Jul 06 03:41:01.295172 2018] [php7:error] [pid 9120]
[client 192.168.10.1:46658] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught ErrorException:
file_put_contents(/var/www/html/checkers/storage/framework/views/27ab4a7b5ea3854dc076406e3c218364a7743be0.php):
failed to open stream: Permission denied in
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php:122\nStack
trace:\n#0 [internal function]:
Illuminate\\Foundation\\Bootstrap\\HandleExceptions->handleError(2,
'file_put_conten...', '/var/www/html/c...', 122, Array)\n#1
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php(122):
file_put_contents('/var/www/html/c...', '<?php $__env->s...', 0)\n#2
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Compilers/BladeCompiler.php(122):
Illuminate\\Filesystem\\Filesystem->put('/var/www/html/c...', '<?php
$__env->s...')\n#3
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/View/Engines/CompilerEngine.php(51):
Illuminate\\View\\Compilers\\BladeCompiler->compile('/var/www/html/c...')\n#4
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Vi in
/var/www/html/checkers/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
on line 122

Edit: I've sudo chmod -R 777 /var/ (temporarily) and I still get these permission errors.

Solution

Thank you for the help. It turns out I was setting the permissions successfully but they were being overridden by Centos.

sudo setenforce 0

The above worked for me.

Comments

[Scott - Слава Україні]

Please post text as text, not as screenshots.

[mRhouse]

@Scott Thanks for the tip; I've edited my post.

[mRhouse]

I've tried these instructions and the errors still persist.

[Thalys]

Well technically that's kind of an answer - he's turned off selinux, rather than setting the appropriate label to the folder.

[Burgi]

COuld you go into a little more detail on why the OP should do this?