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Invalid license key when running locally

I'm trying to setup perch locally and i'm getting this error at login:

"Sorry, your license key isn't valid for this domain. Log into your Perch account and add the following as your live or testing domain: mysite.local"

I'm running this via MAMP Pro.

Config file:

    define('PERCH_LICENSE_KEY', '');

   define("PERCH_DB_USERNAME", 'root');
   define("PERCH_DB_PASSWORD", '');
   define("PERCH_DB_SERVER", "127.0.0.1");
   define("PERCH_DB_DATABASE", "mysite_local");
   define("PERCH_DB_PREFIX", "perch3_");

    define('PERCH_TZ', 'UTC');

    define('PERCH_EMAIL_FROM', 'myemail@domain.com');
    define('PERCH_EMAIL_FROM_NAME', 'John Doe');

    define('PERCH_LOGINPATH', '/perch');
    define('PERCH_PATH', str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'config', '', __DIR__));
    define('PERCH_CORE', PERCH_PATH.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'core');

    define('PERCH_RESFILEPATH', PERCH_PATH . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'resources');
    define('PERCH_RESPATH', PERCH_LOGINPATH . '/resources');

    define('PERCH_HTML5', true);
David Powell

David Powell 0 points

  • 3 years ago
Duncan Revell

Duncan Revell 78 points
Registered Developer

3 years ago

If installing locally, you still need to have a licence key in config.

During the setup, if you select "install locally", a key should be automatically generated in your config file.
David Powell

David Powell 0 points

3 years ago

During the setup, if you select "install locally", a key should be automatically generated in your config file.

One wasn't generated and I've tried reinstalling multiple times...
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

Which version of Perch, and which version of PHP?
Duncan Revell

Duncan Revell 78 points
Registered Developer

3 years ago

Ah, MAMP Pro - there seems to be an issue installing Perch where the database password is blank - can you set a password for root or use a different user with a password? I'm not an expert with MAMP unfortunately...
David Powell

David Powell 0 points

3 years ago

This actually happened with me trying to get around a Perch bug:

  • My database doesn't have a password, just a username
  • If I provide that info to Perch it generates the config file but uses "$dbpassword" as the database password and errors out
  • Clearing out my config file and removing $dbpassword from the setup/config/perch.sample.php file and rerunning setup installs my tables
  • This however prevents perch from creating a local key

To do all of this I had to:

  • Remove $dbpassword from the perch.sample.php file so I can provide nothing as the password
  • Run setup to create my tables
  • Put $dbpassword back in the file
  • Clear my config file
  • Run setup again (and get a database connect error)
  • Remove $dbpassword from my config file so the database can connect
  • Go to mysite.local/perch so I can login

The first phase creates my tables but not the key. The second phase creates the key.
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

3 years ago

You need to set a password on your database user account if you want to install Perch. There's no other supported configuration.