BTW and just for completeness:
This is the installation log from RaspAP maybe someone can recognize the culprit
RaspAP Install: Configure installation
Detected OS: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Using GitHub repository: billz/raspap-webgui master branch
Configuration directory: /etc/raspap
lighttpd root: /var/www/html? [Y/n]: y
Installing lighttpd directory: /var/www/html
Complete installation with these values? [Y/n]: y
RaspAP Install: Updating sources
Hit:1 Index of /debian buster InRelease
Hit:2 Index of /raspbian buster InRelease
Ign:3 https://dl.bintray.com/openhab/apt-repo2 stable InRelease
Get:4 https://dl.bintray.com/openhab/apt-repo2 stable Release [6,051 B]
Get:5 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_12.x buster InRelease [4,584 B]
Get:7 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_12.x buster/main armhf Packages [772 B]
Fetched 11.4 kB in 12s (956 B/s)
Reading package lists… Done
RaspAP Install: Installing required packages
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
git is already the newest version (1:2.20.1-2+deb10u3).
The following additional packages will be installed:
dns-root-data dnsmasq-base libfam0 libmariadb3 libqrencode4 libsodium23 lighttpd-modules-ldap lighttpd-modules-mysql mariadb-common mysql-common netfilter-persistent php-common php7.3-cli
php7.3-common php7.3-json php7.3-opcache php7.3-readline spawn-fcgi
Suggested packages:
fam rrdtool apache2-utils lighttpd-doc php-pear vnstati
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dns-root-data dnsmasq dnsmasq-base hostapd iptables-persistent libfam0 libmariadb3 libqrencode4 libsodium23 lighttpd lighttpd-modules-ldap lighttpd-modules-mysql mariadb-common mysql-common
netfilter-persistent php-common php7.3-cgi php7.3-cli php7.3-common php7.3-json php7.3-opcache php7.3-readline qrencode spawn-fcgi vnstat
0 upgraded, 25 newly installed, 0 to remove and 21 not upgraded.
Need to get 4,843 kB of archives.
After this operation, 22.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 Index of /debian buster/main armhf dnsmasq-base armhf 2.80-1+rpt1 [400 kB]
Get:3 Index of /debian buster/main armhf dnsmasq all 2.80-1+rpt1 [16.5 kB]
Get:2 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf hostapd armhf 2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u2 [629 kB]
Get:4 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf netfilter-persistent all 1.0.11 [10.1 kB]
Get:5 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf iptables-persistent all 1.0.11 [11.7 kB]
Get:6 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf dns-root-data all 2019031302 [5,396 B]
Get:7 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf libfam0 armhf 2.7.0-17.3 [24.6 kB]
Get:8 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf mysql-common all 5.8+1.0.5 [7,324 B]
Get:9 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf mariadb-common all 1:10.3.23-0+deb10u1 [32.0 kB]
Get:10 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf libmariadb3 armhf 1:10.3.23-0+deb10u1 [159 kB]
Get:11 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf libqrencode4 armhf 4.0.2-1 [33.9 kB]
Get:12 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf libsodium23 armhf 1.0.17-1 [139 kB]
Get:13 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf lighttpd armhf 1.4.53-4 [292 kB]
Get:14 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf lighttpd-modules-ldap armhf 1.4.53-4 [8,832 B]
Get:15 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf lighttpd-modules-mysql armhf 1.4.53-4 [8,972 B]
Get:16 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf php-common all 2:69 [15.0 kB]
Get:17 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf php7.3-common armhf 7.3.19-1~deb10u1 [522 kB]
Get:18 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf php7.3-json armhf 7.3.19-1~deb10u1 [16.2 kB]
Get:19 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf php7.3-opcache armhf 7.3.19-1~deb10u1 [153 kB]
Get:20 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf php7.3-readline armhf 7.3.19-1~deb10u1 [10.7 kB]
Get:21 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf php7.3-cli armhf 7.3.19-1~deb10u1 [1,124 kB]
Get:22 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf php7.3-cgi armhf 7.3.19-1~deb10u1 [1,091 kB]
Get:23 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf qrencode armhf 4.0.2-1 [37.8 kB]
Get:24 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf vnstat armhf 1.18-2 [80.1 kB]
Get:25 Index of /raspbian/raspbian/ buster/main armhf spawn-fcgi armhf 1.6.4-2 [13.9 kB]
Fetched 4,843 kB in 3s (1,410 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages …
Selecting previously unselected package hostapd.
(Reading database … 52685 files and directories currently installed.)
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Unpacking hostapd (2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u2) …
Selecting previously unselected package netfilter-persistent.
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Selecting previously unselected package iptables-persistent.
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Selecting previously unselected package dns-root-data.
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Unpacking dns-root-data (2019031302) …
Selecting previously unselected package dnsmasq-base.
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Selecting previously unselected package dnsmasq.
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Selecting previously unselected package mariadb-common.
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Selecting previously unselected package libmariadb3:armhf.
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Unpacking libmariadb3:armhf (1:10.3.23-0+deb10u1) …
Selecting previously unselected package libqrencode4:armhf.
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Unpacking libqrencode4:armhf (4.0.2-1) …
Selecting previously unselected package libsodium23:armhf.
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Unpacking libsodium23:armhf (1.0.17-1) …
Selecting previously unselected package lighttpd.
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Unpacking lighttpd (1.4.53-4) …
Selecting previously unselected package lighttpd-modules-ldap.
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Unpacking lighttpd-modules-ldap (1.4.53-4) …
Selecting previously unselected package lighttpd-modules-mysql.
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Unpacking lighttpd-modules-mysql (1.4.53-4) …
Selecting previously unselected package php-common.
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Unpacking php-common (2:69) …
Selecting previously unselected package php7.3-common.
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Selecting previously unselected package php7.3-json.
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Selecting previously unselected package php7.3-opcache.
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Unpacking spawn-fcgi (1.6.4-2) …
Setting up php-common (2:69) …
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/phpsessionclean.timer → /lib/systemd/system/phpsessionclean.timer.
Setting up mysql-common (5.8+1.0.5) …
update-alternatives: using /etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback to provide /etc/mysql/my.cnf (my.cnf) in auto mode
Setting up libsodium23:armhf (1.0.17-1) …
Setting up libqrencode4:armhf (4.0.2-1) …
Setting up qrencode (4.0.2-1) …
Setting up dnsmasq-base (2.80-1+rpt1) …
Setting up dns-root-data (2019031302) …
Setting up dnsmasq (2.80-1+rpt1) …
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/dnsmasq.service → /lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service.
Setting up mariadb-common (1:10.3.23-0+deb10u1) …
update-alternatives: using /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf to provide /etc/mysql/my.cnf (my.cnf) in auto mode
Setting up php7.3-common (7.3.19-1~deb10u1) …
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/calendar.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/ctype.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/exif.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/fileinfo.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/ftp.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/gettext.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/iconv.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/pdo.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/phar.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/posix.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/shmop.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/sockets.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/sysvmsg.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/sysvsem.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/sysvshm.ini with new version
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/tokenizer.ini with new version
Setting up hostapd (2:2.7+git20190128+0c1e29f-6+deb10u2) …
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/hostapd.service → /lib/systemd/system/hostapd.service.
Job for hostapd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See “systemctl status hostapd.service” and “journalctl -xe” for details.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/hostapd.service → /dev/null.
Setting up libmariadb3:armhf (1:10.3.23-0+deb10u1) …
Setting up netfilter-persistent (1.0.11) …
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/netfilter-persistent.service → /lib/systemd/system/netfilter-persistent.service.
Setting up libfam0:armhf (2.7.0-17.3) …
Setting up php7.3-opcache (7.3.19-1~deb10u1) …
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/opcache.ini with new version
Setting up spawn-fcgi (1.6.4-2) …
Setting up vnstat (1.18-2) …
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/vnstatd.service → /lib/systemd/system/vnstat.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vnstat.service → /lib/systemd/system/vnstat.service.
Setting up lighttpd (1.4.53-4) …
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lighttpd.service → /lib/systemd/system/lighttpd.service.
Setting up php7.3-json (7.3.19-1~deb10u1) …
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/json.ini with new version
Setting up php7.3-readline (7.3.19-1~deb10u1) …
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/readline.ini with new version
Setting up iptables-persistent (1.0.11) …
Setting up php7.3-cli (7.3.19-1~deb10u1) …
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/php7.3 to provide /usr/bin/php (php) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/phar7.3 to provide /usr/bin/phar (phar) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/phar.phar7.3 to provide /usr/bin/phar.phar (phar.phar) in auto mode
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/cli/php.ini with new version
Setting up lighttpd-modules-ldap (1.4.53-4) …
Setting up lighttpd-modules-mysql (1.4.53-4) …
Setting up php7.3-cgi (7.3.19-1~deb10u1) …
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/php-cgi7.3 to provide /usr/bin/php-cgi (php-cgi) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php7.3 to provide /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php (php-cgi-bin) in auto mode
Creating config file /etc/php/7.3/cgi/php.ini with new version
Processing triggers for systemd (241-7~deb10u4+rpi1) …
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) …
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.16-1) …
Failed to open connection to “system” message bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Connection refused
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-10+rpi1) …
Updating FireMotD available updates count …
Error connecting: Could not connect: Connection refused
[ ✓ ok ]
RaspAP Install: Enabling PHP for lighttpd
Met dependency: fastcgi
Enabling fastcgi-php: ok
Enabling fastcgi: ok
Run “service lighttpd force-reload” to enable changes
Job for lighttpd.service canceled.
[ ✘ error ] Unable to restart lighttpd
RaspAP Install: Creating RaspAP directories
Creating /etc/raspap/networking
Adding /etc/dhcpcd.conf as base configuration
Changing file ownership of /etc/raspap
RaspAP Install: Optimize PHP configuration
Enable HttpOnly for session cookies (Recommended)? [Y/n]: y
Php-cgi enabling session.cookie_httponly.
RaspAP Install: Backing up existing configs to /etc/raspap/backups
[ ✓ ok ]
RaspAP Install: Cloning latest files from github
Cloning into ‘/tmp/raspap-webgui’…
remote: Enumerating objects: 1925, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1925/1925), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1815/1815), done.
remote: Total 1925 (delta 112), reused 1770 (delta 82), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (1925/1925), 5.00 MiB | 4.45 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (112/112), done.
[ ✓ ok ]
RaspAP Install: Changing file ownership in web root directory
RaspAP Install: Creating hostapd logging & control scripts
changed ownership of ‘/etc/raspap/hostapd/disablelog.sh’ from root:root to root:www-data
changed ownership of ‘/etc/raspap/hostapd/enablelog.sh’ from root:root to root:www-data
changed ownership of ‘/etc/raspap/hostapd/servicestart.sh’ from root:root to root:www-data
[ ✓ ok ]
RaspAP Install: Creating lighttpd control scripts
Copying configport.sh to /etc/raspap/lighttpd
Changing file ownership
changed ownership of ‘/etc/raspap/lighttpd/configport.sh’ from root:root to root:www-data
[ ✓ ok ]
RaspAP Install: Moving configuration file to /etc/raspap
RaspAP Install: Applying default configuration to installed services
Checking for existence of /etc/dnsmasq.d
Copying bridged AP config to /etc/systemd/network
Copying primary RaspAP config to includes/config.php
[ ✓ ok ]
RaspAP Install: Configuring networking
Enabling IP forwarding
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
[ ok ] Restarting procps (via systemctl): procps.service.
Checking iptables rules
Adding rule: -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE
Adding rule: -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.50.0/24 ! -d 192.168.50.0/24 -j MASQUERADE
Persisting IP tables rules
Enable RaspAP control service (Recommended)? [Y/n]: y
RaspAP Install: Enabling RaspAP daemon
Disable with: sudo systemctl disable raspapd.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/raspapd.service → /lib/systemd/system/raspapd.service.
[ ✓ ok ]
RaspAP Install: Configure ad blocking (Beta)
Install ad blocking and enable list management? [Y/n]: n
RaspAP Install: Configure OpenVPN support
Install OpenVPN and enable client configuration? [Y/n]: n
RaspAP Install: Adding raspap.sudoers to /etc/sudoers.d/090_raspap
RaspAP Install: Symlinked wpa_supplicant hooks for multiple wlan interfaces
RaspAP Install: Unmasking and enabling hostapd service
Removed /etc/systemd/system/hostapd.service.
Synchronizing state of hostapd.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable hostapd
[ ✓ ok ]
RaspAP Install: Installation completed
This project needs your help! Please consider supporting RaspAP on Open Collective or GitHub:
RaspAP - Open Collective
billz (Bill Zimmerman) · GitHub
The system needs to be rebooted as a final step. Reboot now? [y/N]: y
