Issue with Fresh Installation "Step2" of Dolibarr 11.0.0 on Debian 12 (Proxmox LXC)

Hello Everyone,

I’m currently trying to replicate an existing Dolibarr setup that was running on a Windows 10 HP laptop (using XAMPP 7.4.2). I have copied all the Dolibarr files and moved them to a Proxmox 8.3 LXC container running Debian 12. The goal is to perform a fresh installation of Dolibarr 11.0.0 in this new environment.

However, I’m stuck at the following installation step and can’t proceed:

/dolibarr-11.0.0/install/step2.php

Installation Page:

Dolibarr install or upgrade - Database objects creation
Server connection: localhost :white_check_mark:
Database version: 10.4.32-MariaDB
Database name: dolibarr

Despite the database connection being successful, the installer does not proceed to the next step.

Original Environment Details (Windows 10 XAMPP):

  • Apache 2.4.41
  • MariaDB 10.4.11
  • PHP 7.3.15 / 7.4.2
  • phpMyAdmin 4.9.4

Current Environment (Debian 12 LXC on Proxmox 8.3):

  • MariaDB 10.4.32
  • Apache (Debian default)
  • PHP 7.4.x (installed manually to match compatibility)

The database is reachable, and user permissions are correctly set. I even tried using both a root and a dedicated Dolibarr user. Still, the installer is stuck at step 2.

Has anyone experienced a similar issue or can suggest what might be causing the installation to hang at the database objects creation step?

Any help would be appreciated!

  1. take a backup of everything
  2. take an extra copy of the database to a new server
  3. just try installing a new dolibarr version on the database copy to see what would happen