Title: Cannot access /wp-admin/install.php
Last modified: February 28, 2025

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# Cannot access /wp-admin/install.php

 *  [paulchen123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulchen123/)
 * (@paulchen123)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-install-php/)
 * I have deployed WordPress on Kubernetes using the wordpress:6.7.2-apache image.
   Currently, I’m not using a load balancer for external traffic and want to initialize
   WordPress (`/wp-admin/install.php`) using port forwarding. However, I’m unable
   to connect – experiencing timeouts and HTTP 500 errors. Additionally, I don’t
   see any tables being created in MySQL.
 * I’d like to know if there are any misconfigurations in my Kubernetes setup or
   if I’m missing something important.
 * Below are my Kubernetes configurations using `kustomization` for patches:
    - Deployment
 *     ```wp-block-code
       apiVersion: apps/v1kind: Deploymentmetadata:  name: COMPONENT_NAMEspec:  template:    metadata:      labels:        sidecar.istio.io/inject: "false"    spec:      securityContext:        fsGroup: 0      serviceAccountName: SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME      topologySpreadConstraints:      - maxSkew: 1        topologyKey: topology.gke.io/zone        whenUnsatisfiable: DoNotSchedule        labelSelector:          matchLabels:            app: COMPONENT_NAME      affinity:        podAntiAffinity:          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:          - weight: 100            podAffinityTerm:              labelSelector:                matchExpressions:                - key: app                  operator: In                  values:                  - COMPONENT_NAME              topologyKey: "topology.kubernetes.io/zone"        nodeAffinity:          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:            nodeSelectorTerms:              - matchExpressions:                  - key: cloud.google.com/gke-nodepool                    operator: In                    values:                      - web      containers:        - name: COMPONENT_NAME          image: wordpress:6.7.2-apache          ports:            - name: http              containerPort: 80          resources:            limits:              cpu: 500m              memory: 512Mi            requests:              cpu: 100m              memory: 256Mi          readinessProbe:            tcpSocket:              port: 80            initialDelaySeconds: 30            periodSeconds: 10          livenessProbe:            tcpSocket:              port: 80            initialDelaySeconds: 30            periodSeconds: 10          securityContext:            allowPrivilegeEscalation: true            runAsUser: 0          volumeMounts:            - name: wordpress-data              mountPath: /var/www/html      volumes:        - name: wordpress-data          persistentVolumeClaim:            claimName: COMPONENT_NAME
       ```
   
    - PVC
 *     ```wp-block-code
       apiVersion: v1kind: PersistentVolumeClaimmetadata:  name: COMPONENT_NAMEspec:  accessModes:    - ReadWriteOnce  resources:    requests:      storage: 10Gi
       ```
   
    - Service
 *     ```wp-block-code
       apiVersion: v1kind: Servicemetadata:  name: COMPONENT_NAME  annotations:    cloud.google.com/neg: NEGspec:  ports:    - name: http      port: 8080      targetPort: 80  selector:    app: COMPONENT_NAME  type: ClusterIP
       ```
   
 * 
   Please let me know if any additional informations are needed.
    -  This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/).
      Reason: remove NSFW tag

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-install-php/#post-18335888)
 * It’s a near certainty that install.php never even gets a chance to execute. You’re
   blocked by server configuration before you ever get to install.php. These forums
   are principally for WP specific issues. Server configurations are really beyond
   these forums purview. None the less, help can sometimes be found here for common
   server setups such as nginx or straight Apache. Expertise in container schemes
   like yours or Docker is very limited to non-existent.
 * You will likely be better off seeking advice in a forum dedicated to Kubernetes
   configuration. Your issue isn’t so much about accessing install.php. It’s about
   executing any .php file in /wp-admin/.

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 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-access-wp-admin-install-php/#post-18335888)
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