magento 2 setup freezes browser

Question

I am quite new to magento so I was wondering if I did something wrong or forgot to do something.

I am trying to install magento 2.0.2 on my local machine (vagrant homestead) with the following configuration

• PHP 5.6.18
• MySQL 5.6.28
• Nginx 1.8.0

All the required php modules are installed and activated.

The issue that I am having is that if I enter the setup url in the browser then the browser freezes and after some time the browser ask if I want to kill the website or wait. Opening the element inspector I notice a few errors in the console.

Here's the screenshot with the frozen browser

And here's the error message

The php.ini file had been updated accordingly to the magento recommandations. I also did chmod 777 on files and folders inside the magento root folder (only on my local machine for debugging purpose).

The owner of the files is also the web user.

Does anyone know why the setup would freeze? Thanks a lot for the help!

UPDATE: I was installing magento via compose using these instructions: devdocs[DOT]magento[DOT]com/guides/v2.0/install-gde/prereq/integrator_install.html

Also it was possible to install magento 2 via command line. But as it seems the pub folder was missing files (css, js, img, ...)

Answer 1

finally found the issue. It was because of the ownership. Magento 2 need the magento_user to be owner of the file system (as described in the documentation).

Lesson learned, you have to read all words/sentences of the manual/documentation!

Here's the piece of text that I was missing:

The important things:

The owner of the Magento file system:

• Must have full control (read/write/execute) of all files and directories.
• Must not be the web server user; it should be a different user.

(http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/install-gde/prereq/integrator_install.html)