gothstone:
Your config we can see looks pretty sane.
Apache Modules: No, they aren't required, but they are recomended.
Env - just get your host to turn it on, it should be considered a requirement
Vhost-alias - id mod_alias is in you dont necessarily need vhost_alias. Depends on servers config. You do need at least one.
Phpx - this is already installed. Looks like they are using php-fpm which is fine.
Note: with php 8.3 and mysql 8.3 you must install zencart 2 or higher. The zc_install for 1.5.8 should have failed in php 8.3.
After your host verifies apache config, since they are so helpfull, ask them to download zc 2.0.1 directly to the server and unzip it to an empty directory for you. That will eliminate any file upload issues for you. You can then run zcinstall and get a clean blank store. If that has an issue, send up any on screen errors and logs. If it works your setup is definately valid and you can load a copy of your old DB, reupload zcinstall folder, and try it as a database upgrade. Again, send any errors you encounter.
The only zcinstall error you can ignore is the gzip disabled as its frequently wrong. Anything else should be reported.
ok, I removed everything last night since I couldn't sleep with this flu, and after I installed it, I went and yes they all failed with 8.3 so I installed 2.0.1
there were no error messages. I did just that, took down everything, uploaded the zip -- it is so much faster and easier to get the files up there...LOL Ran the installer, no errors, emptied not dropped the tables and inserted the sql database throough the "insert" tab. Again no errors and the only thing I noticed is that my own admin was replaced with the one on the DB inserted.
I then used the zc_installer again to do the upgrade -- no issues except that when it came time to enter the superuser name it would not let me -- it said the one entry was not there and yup. it was gone. I see that it actually didn't replace the info but the entire tables. I can't remember the name, maybe admin profile sooo Iemptied them again ran the installer and got ready but even after that it still would not let me continue, stating the superuser name was not valid. Used the instructions to inter the Admin user info and it still won't behave.
I thought today I would reinstall the software fresh, using the old DB at the beginning but I am afraid that will just make it a clean install where I will need to go through the other way again.
Do you know if there are other additional info lines with the other tables? Since the old DB seems to replace not just insert the information I should just insert thru the actual table sql area not thru the insert area.
Sorry if I confused you, that is my specialty, but I don't really want to bother my host with things right now, he/wife had a death in the family and dealing with that.