Unable to write in the cache directory Symfony 3.1

Question

/var/log/nginx/app.local_error.log: 

2018/09/13 11:25:20 [error] 20627#0: *18 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught RuntimeException: Unable to write in the cache directory (/var/www/app.local/var/cache/prod) in /var/www/app.local/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php:563 Stack trace:

/var/www/app.local/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php(476): Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel->buildContainer()

/var/www/app.local/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php(117): Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel->initializeContainer()

/var/www/app.local/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php(166): Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel->boot() 3 /var/www/app.local/web/app.php(18): Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Kernel->handle(Object(Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request))

{main} thrown in

/var/www/app.local/vendor/symfony/symfony/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php on line 563" while reading response header from upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: app.local, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock:", host: "app.local"

[user@localhost app.local]$ ls -la total 2080 drwxrwxrwx. 11 user user 4096 Sep 13 09:09 . drwxrwxrwx. 6 user user 70 Sep 13 08:17 .. drwxrwxrwx. 4 user user 4096 Sep 13 08:17 app drwxrwxrwx. 2 user user 47 Sep 13 08:37 bin -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 639 Sep 13 09:15 bower.json -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 66 Sep 13 08:17 .bowerrc -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 3612 Sep 13 08:17 composer.json -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 144489 Sep 13 08:17 composer.lock -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 1875611 Sep 13 08:22 composer.phar drwxrwxrwx. 8 user user 4096 Sep 13 08:17 .git -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 391 Sep 13 08:17 .gitignore -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 5586 Sep 13 08:17 gulpfile.js -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 1065 Sep 13 08:17 LICENSE drwxrwxrwx. 548 user user 16384 Sep 13 09:15 node_modules -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 965 Sep 13 08:17 package.json -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 978 Sep 13 08:17 phpunit.xml.dist -rwxrwxrwx. 1 user user 10647 Sep 13 08:17 README.md drwxrwxrwx. 3 user user 34 Sep 13 08:17 src drwxrwxrwx. 2 user user 21 Sep 13 08:17 upload drwxrwxrwx+ 4 user user (or nginx) 85 Sep 13 08:37 var drwxrwxrwx. 38 user user 4096 Sep 13 08:37 vendor drwxrwxrwx. 5 user user 4096 Sep 13 09:16 web 

CentOS 7.2.511 Nginx 1.8.0 PHP 7.0.31 Symfony 3.1

Tried it but got the same result

How can I fix this error?

Answer 1

Set the security context for the cache directory to public_content_rw_t:

chcon -R -t public_content_rw_t /var/www/aapp.local/var/cache/prod 

Then selinux will allow write access to the directory. You will have to do the same for the symfony log directory.

Answer 2

Solved by disabling SELinux. The solution https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-disable-selinux-on-centos-7/