ISSUE SUMMARY:

Hey, does anyone know how to do this?

In order to successfully install Jomsocial on Joomla you need to make a couple of files writable and this requires FTP - at least I think it does.

This is the message I get while installing this extension on Joomla:

The following folder need to be writable for the installation to proceed:

/administrator/components/com_comunity/
/components/com_comunity/


STEPS TO REPLICATE:
1. Google Cloud Platform > Compute Engine > VM Instance
2. Install instance of Joomla
3. Install Jomsocial
4The following folder need to be writable for the installation to proceed:
/administrator/components/com_comunity/
/components/com_comunity/
5.
RESULT
EXPECTED RESULT
BROWSER

Hi Sarah,

Seems you should contact Google Cloud support, you should set those folder writeable, if in linux system you should execute this command via command form :

chmod 755 /administrator/components/com_community/
chmod 755 /components/com_community/

Thanks

Yes, it is a Linux system - when I attempt to SSH into the VM I get an error 'no such file or directory'. Example below.

chmod 755 /administrator/components/com_community/
chmod: cannot access ‘/administrator/components/com_community/’: No such file or directory

Are the directory's the same for a bitnami instance of Joomla do you know? Are there any other members who have successfully installed JomSocial on Google Cloud VM?

Thanks
Sarah

Hi Sarah,

We havent tried install Jomsocial in google clould but seems it should be same with another server. Can you provide me FTP access, please? I will check it.

thank you

Thanks Dimas,

I've moved to Bitnami hosted AWS. I am still having the same challenge.

What I learnt was that with Bitnami instances of Joomla they lacked the folders, not simply change permissions. So I ssh'd into the bitnami instance of Joomla ( selfdi-server.bitnamiapp.com/joomla ) and ran the below:

cd /opt/bitnami/apps/joomla/htdocs
mkdir administrator/components/com_comunity
mkdir components/com_comunity
sudo chown -R bitnami:daemon administrator/components/com_comunity components/com_comunity
sudo chmod 775 administrator/components/com_comunity components/com_comunity

I believe I've created the folders and changed the permissions but when I go back to attempt to install Jomsocial I have the same error, unwritable folders.

I'd love to share access for you to tell me what you think I might be missing in this installation. What is the best way to do that for Joomla running as an application hosted on AWS?

Thanks
Sarah

Hi Sarah,

Bit weird.. I need the access to your hosting, if possible you provide me SSH and FTP access as well. Also dont forget to update the Site Info on your first post.

thank you!