Getting this error on cacti when trying to run the SPINE poller as user “cacti”
# sudo -u cacti /usr/local/spine/bin/spine -C /usr/local/spine/etc/spine.conf
SPINE: Using spine config file [/usr/local/spine/etc/spine.conf]
Version 1.2.27 starting
ERROR: Spine Log File Could Not Be Opened/Created
2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622796531520] ERROR: SS[0] Script Server did not start properly return message was: ‘Configuration file include/config.php is present, but unreadable.
‘2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] PHP Script Server communications lost sending Command[/usr/share/cacti/scripts/ss_apache_stats.php ss_apache_stats ‘172.22.1.19’ hits
]. Restarting PHP Script Server2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] Script Server did not start properly return message was: ‘Configuration file include/config.php is present, but unreadable.
‘2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] PHP Script Server communications lost sending Command[/usr/share/cacti/scripts/ss_apache_stats.php ss_apache_stats ‘172.22.1.19’ hits
]. Restarting PHP Script Server2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] Script Server did not start properly return message was: ‘Configuration file include/config.php is present, but unreadable.
‘2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] PHP Script Server communications lost sending Command[/usr/share/cacti/scripts/ss_apache_stats.php ss_apache_stats ‘172.22.1.19’ hits
]. Restarting PHP Script Server2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] Script Server did not start properly return message was: ‘Configuration file include/config.php is present, but unreadable.
‘2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] PHP Script Server communications lost sending Command[/usr/share/cacti/scripts/ss_apache_stats.php ss_apache_stats ‘172.22.1.19’ kbytes
]. Restarting PHP Script Server2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] Script Server did not start properly return message was: ‘Configuration file include/config.php is present, but unreadable.
‘2025-05-20 00:17:23 – SPINE: Poller[1] PID[77396] PT[140622562326080] ERROR: SS[0] PHP Script Server communications lost sending Command[/usr/share/cacti/scripts/ss_apache_stats.php ss_apache_stats ‘172.22.1.19’ kbytes