Error 503 (Apache) After Installing Mastodon

Server administration Troubleshooting
#1

I’ve installed Mastodon, but when I visit the URL where it’s installed, I get a 503 error.

My VHost is as below:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin admin@eml.pm
   ServerName social.jbsn.uk
   ServerAlias social.jbsn.uk
    </VirtualHost>

    <VirtualHost *:443>
       ServerAdmin admin@eml.pm
       ServerName social.jbsn.uk

       DocumentRoot /home/mastodon/live/public/
       <Directory "/home/mastodon/live/public">
    Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
       </Directory>

       ##### BE CAREFUL TO NOT USE CRAP OUTSIDE A MODULE
       # Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000"
       # Header always set Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
       #####
       <IfModule mod_headers.c>
        Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
        Header always set Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
       </IfModule>

       SSLEngine on
       SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1.2
       SSLHonorCipherOrder on


    ##### Try a variation on these for extra fun
     # SSLCipherSuite EECDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES128+EECDH:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:E$
     # SSLCipherSuite EECDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES128+EECDH

    SSLProxyEngine On                                                                                                   $

    ##### Some of these might not be needed with Apache
       # SSLCompression off
       # SSLSessionTickets off
       # SSLStaplingResponderTimeout 5
       # SSLStaplingReturnResponderErrors on
       # SSLUseStapling on

    SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/social.jbsn.uk/fullchain.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/social.jbsn.uk/privkey.pem
    Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf

     <LocationMatch "^/(assets|avatars|emoji|headers|packs|sounds|system)>
      Header always set Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
      Require all granted
       </LocationMatch>

       ProxyPreserveHost On
       RequestHeader set X-Forwarded-Proto "https"
       RequestHeader set Host "social.jbsn.uk"
    ##### These settings may not be needed
    #   <Location /api/v1/streaming/>
    #      RewriteEngine on
    #      RewriteCond %{HTTP:UPGRADE} ^WebSocket$ [NC]
    #      RewriteCond %{HTTP:CONNECTION} Upgrade$ [NC]
    #      RewriteRule /api/v1/streaming/(.*) ws://127.0.0.1:4000/api/v1/streaming/$1 [P]
    #   </Location>

       ProxyPass / http://localhost:4000
       ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:4000/

    ##### Vary these as needed for your web settings, some are not needed if you have your own SSL not letsencrypt
       ProxyPass /500.html !
       ProxyPass /sw.js !
       ProxyPass /robots.txt !
       ProxyPass /manifest.json !
       ProxyPass /browserconfig.xml !
       ProxyPass /mask-icon.svg !
       ProxyPassMatch ^(/.*\.(png|ico)$) !
       ProxyPassMatch ^/(assets|avatars|emoji|headers|packs|sounds|system|.well-known/acme-challenge) !

       ProxyPass /.well-known/ https://social.jbsn.uk/webfinger/.well-known/                                            $
       ProxyPassReverse /.well-known/ https://social.jbsn.uk/webfinger/.well-known/

       ProxyPass /api/v1/streaming/ ws://localhost:4000/
       ProxyPassReverse /api/v1/streaming/ ws://localhost:4000/
       ProxyPass / http://localhost:3000/
       ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:3000/

       ErrorDocument 500 /500.html
       ErrorDocument 501 /500.html
       ErrorDocument 502 /500.html
       ErrorDocument 503 /500.html
       ErrorDocument 504 /500.html
    </VirtualHost>

Also, I need to use Apache, not Nginx. I already have over 50 Apache sites and really don’t want to move them over. :slight_smile:

#2

Any entries on apache error log? Mastodon web service log?

#3

Are those two entries not conflicting with each other?