Migration of Joomla to a new server (Amazon Lightsail)

[Dada1991]

I want to deploy my joomla instance on Amazon Lightsail.

I'm using Joomla 4. As Amazon LIghtsail provide only Joomla v3.10 instance, I deploy a NodeJS instance.

I installed:

• php (version 7.3.31 - sudo apt-get install php, sudo apt-get install php-pgsql)

• My database

• My joomla folder in /stack/apache/htdocs

I restarted my web server but it looks like my instance doesn't read php file.

When I go to my joomla index.php ([removed]), it shows me only the text file.

What can be the problem ?

[pe7er]

I don't know Amazon Lightsail. However the issue that you describe (php files not being interpreted and readable as text) is because you might be missing an Apache module.
For PHP 7.3, have you installed libapache2-mod-php7.3 ?

btw: why are you installing PHP 7.3.31?
That version is end-of-life and not supported anymore: https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

[Dada1991]

I don't know Amazon Lightsail. However the issue that you describe (php files not being interpreted and readable as text) is because you might be missing an Apache module.
For PHP 7.3, have you installed libapache2-mod-php7.3 ?

btw: why are you installing PHP 7.3.31?
That version is end-of-life and not supported anymore: https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php

Thanks for your reply (and your private message).
Yes, my php files are not being interpreted and readable as text.
I didn't choose the version of php, I used sudo apt-get install php.
libapache2-mod-php7.3 is alreasy installed on my instance.

[guest20230913]

Why wouldn't you want to not use Amazon EC2? I recommend installing RHEL or Amazon Centos and the current version of PHP from Remi. It's reliable and secure.

Remi's RPM repository - Blog: https://blog.remirepo.net/en

[Dada1991]

I will try to deploy a ubuntu instance but I would like to know why my php files are not readable by my apache server on a NodeJS amazon instance.

How to make readable php with apache ?

[Webdongle]

Is it localhost on your computer or a remote Host?

[Dada1991]

Is it localhost on your computer or a remote Host?

It's a remote instance.