<p>In the browser, I'm getting a page that says:</p>

<pre><code>Service Unavailable
Our site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.
</code></pre>

<p>In my craft.log, I'm getting a 503 error that says:</p>

<pre><code>******************************************************************************************************
2017/03/14 21:31:04 [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] Craft\HttpException in /var/www/site/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php:800
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/site/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php(203): Craft\WebApp-&gt;_processInstallRequest()
#1 /var/www/site/craft/app/framework/base/CApplication.php(185): Craft\WebApp-&gt;processRequest()
#2 /var/www/site/craft/app/index.php(62): CApplication-&gt;run()
#3 /var/www/site/public/index.php(22): require_once('/var/www/site...')
#4 {main}
REQUEST_URI=/
---

******************************************************************************************************
</code></pre>

<p>It looks like it's an error when trying to run the installation for Craft. When I visit the server's /admin, I get a 404 page from nginx. </p>

<p>Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-03-15T08:26:09.563Z
Might be your htaccess have you tried: `example.com/index.php/admin` ?
Justin Dekkers
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-03-15T21:45:45.137Z
If @JustinDekkers suggestions don't work, try `example.com/index.php?p=admin`
Brad Bell
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-03-15T23:11:07.947Z
I had to append the following to my URL get the installer to work for me `/public/index.php/admin/install`.
Michael Purvis
<error-message><install>
Getting a 503 Error before Craft installs - [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] Craft\HttpException
# Getting a 503 Error before Craft installs - [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] Craft\HttpException

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-14)

In the browser, I'm getting a page that says:
Service Unavailable
Our site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.

In my craft.log, I'm getting a 503 error that says:
******************************************************************************************************
2017/03/14 21:31:04 [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] Craft\HttpException in /var/www/site/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php:800
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/site/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php(203): Craft\WebApp->_processInstallRequest()
#1 /var/www/site/craft/app/framework/base/CApplication.php(185): Craft\WebApp->processRequest()
#2 /var/www/site/craft/app/index.php(62): CApplication->run()
#3 /var/www/site/public/index.php(22): require_once('/var/www/site...')
#4 {main}
REQUEST_URI=/
---

******************************************************************************************************

It looks like it's an error when trying to run the installation for Craft. When I visit the server's /admin, I get a 404 page from nginx. 
Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

**Tags:** error-message, install
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Might be your htaccess have you tried: `example.com/index.php/admin` ?  
> **username_2**: If @JustinDekkers suggestions don't work, try `example.com/index.php?p=admin`  
> **username_3**: I had to append the following to my URL get the installer to work for me `/public/index.php/admin/install`.  

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