Git internal server error on CloudLinux: The requested URL returned error: 500

Symptoms

• git push command returns an error:

  # fatal: unable to access 'https://username@example.com/plesk-git/example.git/': The requested URL returned error: 500

• CageFS is turned on in Plesk.

• In /var/www/vhosts/system/example.com/logs/error_log the following error is shown:

  CONFIG_TEXT: End of script output before headers: git_wrapper

• In /var/log/messages the following error is shown:

  CONFIG_TEXT: git_wrapper[27538]: exec /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend:No such file or directory

Cause

The git package is not added as a safe one in CageFS for the user.

Resolution

1. Connect to the server via SSH.

2. Add Git package to the CageFS template:

   # cagefsctl --addrpm git

3. Update the CageFS template:

   # cagefsctl --force-update