During installation the HHVM log directory (/var/log/hhvm) is not created. This log location is the default location and is included in the configuration provided by the HHVM package. As such, the HHVM service will fail to start.
Manually creating the directories and setting appropriate permissions resolves the issue as a workaround.
HHVM Version: 3.23.1 Ubuntu: 16.04
During installation the HHVM log directory (
/var/log/hhvm) is not created. This log location is the default location and is included in the configuration provided by the HHVM package. As such, the HHVM service will fail to start.Manually creating the directories and setting appropriate permissions resolves the issue as a workaround.