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    I've had this problem for the last few years (which has prevented me from ever adopting Revo), but realise eventually I need to make the switch and would like some guidance on how to resolve this issue.

    Everything seems to work fine, except for the ability to download packages. It always gets stuck at "Please wait... Downloading..." regardless of which extra I'd like to install. The only way to get out of it is to refresh the page.

    Here is some info:

    • Clean install of Revo 2.3.5
    • The core/packages permissions is set to 777
    • I've tried learning the cache, setting its folder to 777 and doing a clean install again
    • I've renamed the main ht.access file to .htaccess but haven't modified it since install
    • It is in a sub-domain, where one level lower is a separate Evo installation (I've had the same problem when the install was at root level, though but am willing to try to install a test at root level to see if I get the same problem if it might relate to it.

    • Using Hepsia control panel (not cPanel)
    • OS: Debian GNU/Linux
    • PHP Version: 5.3.29
    • MySQL version: 5.5.38

    • PHP Configure Command:
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    • PHP Server AP: CGI/FastCGI
    • PHP Virtual Directory Support: disabled
    • PHP Streams: https, ftps, compress.zlib, php, file, glob, data, http, ftp, phar, zip
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    • PHP Stream Filters: zlib.*, convert.iconv.*, mcrypt.*, mdecrypt.*, string.rot13, string.toupper, string.tolower, string.strip_tags, convert.*, consumed, dechunk

    PHP ini (I've removed comments but included most commented out commands for reference):

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    There aren't any server-side error logs, but I haven't checked much beyond that.

    Any guidance/assistance would be greatly appreciated.

    This question has been answered by multiple community members. See the first response.

    [ed. note: nelsonc last edited this post 9 years, 2 months ago.]
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      Make sure your server has cURL installed and enabled. https://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/getting-started/server-requirements
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        Uncomment this:

        ;extension=php_curl.dll
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          It's not a Windows server installation, so that won't do any good.
          OS: Debian GNU/Linux
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            • 38662
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            Thanks! Can't believe I missed that.

            Now that I can go past the "Please wait..." phase it now finally progresses to say "Downloading...". However, the download fails and I now get this error message:

            "Could not download and create transport package with signature:"

            Quote from: BobRay at Aug 14, 2015, 06:59 PM
            Uncomment this:

            ;extension=php_curl.dll
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              It's possible that the MODX server timed out (it does sometimes) or that your core/packages directory is not writable. That error could occur if the download failed, or if the package couldn't be saved.

              Is there anything in the MODX error log?
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                Thanks for replying so quickly.

                Error log:
                [2015-09-04 04:48:10] (ERROR @ /connectors/index.php) Could not open file for reading: http://modx.s3.amazonaws.com/extras/4d556be8b2b083396d0008bd/wayfinder-2.3.3-pl.transport.zip?revolution_version=Revolution-2.4.0-pl
                [2015-09-04 05:04:13] (ERROR @ /connectors/index.php) MODX could not download the file. You must enable allow_url_fopen, cURL or fsockopen to use remote transport packaging.


                Both cURL and fsockopen is on.

                I did notice, service side that a bunch of IP addresses from amazonaws.com was blocked. About 10 of them. Should I be adding these to the "trusted" list?

                Quote from: BobRay at Sep 04, 2015, 04:59 AM
                It's possible that the MODX server timed out (it does sometimes) or that your core/packages directory is not writable. That error could occur if the download failed, or if the package couldn't be saved.

                Is there anything in the MODX error log?
                • discuss.answer
                  • 38662
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                  Problem resolved! It was indeed the server I'm using, blocking outgoing connections.

                  I simply whitelisted this range: 54.231.0.0/16

                  Quote from: BobRay at Sep 04, 2015, 04:59 AM
                  It's possible that the MODX server timed out (it does sometimes) or that your core/packages directory is not writable. That error could occur if the download failed, or if the package couldn't be saved.

                  Is there anything in the MODX error log?