500 internal error after migrating site to new server

I just migrated my site cheapbeanbags.net from a shared server on GoDaddy to a VPS server. I transferred all my files over and got a 500 error. Then I cleaned out all files and installed WordPress through my VPS and then added back in themes, plugins, etc. I changed the wp-config file to point to my database. Still getting 500 error. This site was a test before I migrate my bigger wordpress site over. Please help me determine what is wrong.

 

Sounds like a PHP configuration error. Might be running differently.

 

How do I fix?

 

Are you running CPanel? How was the server setup? Do you know what are in the error_logs? This is just a short amount of questions that need to be answered.

 

No, I am running Plesk.

Here are some examples:

[Thu Oct 18 10:51:06 2012] [warn] [client 206.160.141.74] mod_fcgid: read data timeout in 45 seconds
[Thu Oct 18 10:51:06 2012] [error] [client 206.160.141.74] Premature end of script headers: index.php
[Wed Oct 17 20:43:33 2012] [warn] [client 78.158.11.226] mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Warning: require(/var/www/vhosts/ip-50-62-72-148.ip.secureserver.net/cheapbeanbags/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/ip-50-62-72-148.ip.secureserver.net/cheapbeanbags/wp-settings.php on line 19, referer: http://evuln.com/tools/malware-scanner/cheapbeanbags.net/
[Wed Oct 17 20:43:33 2012] [warn] [client 78.158.11.226] mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/var/www/vhosts/ip-50-62-72-148.ip.secureserver.net/cheapbeanbags/wp-includes/load.php' (include_path='.:') in /var/www/vhosts/ip-50-62-72-148.ip.secureserver.net/cheapbeanbags/wp-settings.php on line 19, referer: http://evuln.com/tools/malware-scanner/cheapbeanbags.net/
[Wed Oct 17 20:45:08 2012] [warn] [client 76.174.155.25] mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Warning: require(/var/www/vhosts/ip-50-62-72-148.ip.secureserver.net/cheapbeanbags/wp-includes/load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/ip-50-62-72-148.ip.secureserver.net/cheapbeanbags/wp-settings.php on line 19
[Wed Oct 17 20:45:08 2012] [warn] [client 76.174.155.25] mod_fcgid: stderr: PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/var/www/vhosts/ip-50-62-72-148.ip.secureserver.net/cheapbeanbags/wp-includes/load.php' (include_path='.:') in /var/www/vhosts/ip-50-62-72-148.ip.secureserver.net/cheapbeanbags/wp-settings.php on line 19

 

For the first error:

Edit the file:
/etc/httpd/conf.d/fcgid.conf
Specifically, change
FcgidIOTimeout 45
to
FcgidIOTimeout 3600
3600 seconds = 1 hour. Should be long enough for most but adjust upwards if required. I saw one example quoting 7200 seconds in there.
Finally, restart Apache to make the new setting active.

Ypu may also want to look at:
http://rickchristie.com/blog/2011/note/apache-mod_fcgid-read-data-timeout-error/
http://www.danielecesarini.com/2012...-read-data-timeout-in-40-seconds-in-centos-5/

 

I dont have access to the root of my server, so I dont think I can make that change, is there anything else I can do? The only file I see in the /etc/ folder is php.ini

 

the error displayed here is not what causing the 500 error, and the suggestion made by solidshellsecurity is totally useless, he is getting 500 error which normally the cause of server misconfiguration or apache being compiled in an inproper way, icreasing timeout won't fix it at all. can you tell me with what option you compiled your server? i can have it fixed but you don't have root access

 

Now I have root access through SSH, can you help please?

 

If you would read what I posted it aligns with what the OP is dealing with. People on Google would also agree if you did a search on the subject matter. Until we no more about his setup we don't know exactly what is wrong so you can't rule out what I said without proper justification. And what I posted above is a configuration issue especially what I read on Plesk forums.

 

So what should I do then? Would love to learn how to fix the issue and prevent it any future migrations.

 

From the looks of it, it still has the same path configuration for GoDaddy's server in there, you may want to check the vhost, and your wordpress path configuration to ensure that it points to where your site currently sits on the server (e.g: /home/user/www/wordpress/)

 

Yeah.. that error itself getting confused so what should be suggest here?

 

You should run php as module (faster for personal use)
Go to Websites & Domains > Website Scripting Security then select PHP support (run as Apache module)

 

The most common reasons for this error are:
1) error in permissions on the files
2) error in .htaccess files, if any

 

I believe it is a problem with the .htaccess file.

Please try the following steps:

Rename the file to __htaccess
Upload an empty file and rename it to .htaccess
Change the permissions on .htaccess to 666 (rw-rw-rw)
Set permalinks to a different setting, save it, then switch it back to your usual setting.
change the .htaccess file permissions back to 644 (rw-r--r--)

I hope it would resolve your problem

 

Remove your .htaccess file and rewrite back.