Some difficulty installing v4.7.0.b02 in Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS AWS EC2 instance

[FordSubmariner]

The logs should give some more information.  From what I see, that you have looks correct.  Note that this is the apache direct that you do want to use: <Directory "/home/apache/tactic" >

It may also be file permissions.  The user www-data is not usually a user you can log in to, but you can temporarily change that in the /etc/passwd file:

For example (for an apache user):

apache:x:48:48:Apache:/usr/share/httpd:/sbin/nologin

you can switch it to:

apache:x:48:48:Apache:/usr/share/httpd:/bin/bash

This will allow you to su from root user:

# su apache
(in your case, it would be www-data).

Then try to navigate to the context folder and see if the user is permitted.

Thank you again.

I login as "www-data" like this (after initially logging in as the AWS initial user):

$ sudo su -s /bin/bash www-data

I think that comes from TACTIC documentation. Using the shell, I am able to navigate to the context folder as www-data:

$ sudo su -s /bin/bash www-data
www-data@x.x:/home/ubuntu$ cd /home/apache/tactic
www-data@x.x:/home/apache/tactic$ ls
3rd_party  LICENSE  README.md  VERSION doc  epl-v10.html  src
www-data@x.x:/home/apache/tactic$ whoami
www-data
www-data@x.x:/home/apache/tactic$ cd src
www-data@x.x:/home/apache/tactic/src$ ls
__init__.py   client  context install  pyasm       test
asset_security.py  config  contrib java tactic
bin   config2  deprecated plugins  tactic_sites
www-data@x.x:/home/apache/tactic/src $ cd context
www-data@x.x:/home/apache/tactic/src/context$ ls
VERSION      client   icons  javascript  style       test utility
VERSION_API  favicon.ico  images  spt_js      tactic_logo.png  themes2
www-data@x.x:/home/apache/tactic/src/context$ ls -l
total 56
-rw-rw-r--  1 www-data root    9 Dec  5 18:47 VERSION
-rw-rw-r--  1 www-data root    9 Dec  5 18:47 VERSION_API
drwxrwxr-x  4 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 client
-rw-rw-r--  1 www-data root  894 Dec  5 18:47 favicon.ico
drwxrwxr-x 14 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 icons
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 images
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 javascript
drwxrwxr-x 14 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 spt_js
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 style
-rw-rw-r--  1 www-data root 5132 Dec  5 18:47 tactic_logo.png
drwxrwxr-x  2 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 test
drwxrwxr-x  4 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 themes2
drwxrwxr-x  3 www-data root 4096 Dec  5 18:47 utility
www-data@x.x:/home/apache/tactic/src/context$

Does all this look like it should to you?