Body: <p>In the browser, I'm getting a page that says:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Service Unavailable
  Our site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In my craft.log, I'm getting a 503 error that says:</p>
  
  <pre><code>******************************************************************************************************
  2017/03/14 21:31:04 [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] Craft\HttpException in /var/www/site/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php:800
  Stack trace:
  #0 /var/www/site/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php(203): Craft\WebApp-&gt;_processInstallRequest()
  #1 /var/www/site/craft/app/framework/base/CApplication.php(185): Craft\WebApp-&gt;processRequest()
  #2 /var/www/site/craft/app/index.php(62): CApplication-&gt;run()
  #3 /var/www/site/public/index.php(22): require_once('/var/www/site...')
  #4 {main}
  REQUEST_URI=/
  ---
  
  ******************************************************************************************************
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It looks like it's an error when trying to run the installation for Craft. When I visit the server's /admin, I get a 404 page from nginx. </p>
  
  <p>Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2017-03-15T08:26:09.563Z
Comments.Text: Might be your htaccess have you tried: `example.com/index.php/admin` ?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Justin Dekkers
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2017-03-15T21:45:45.137Z
Comments.Text: If @JustinDekkers suggestions don't work, try `example.com/index.php?p=admin`
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brad Bell
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2017-03-15T23:11:07.947Z
Comments.Text: I had to append the following to my URL get the installer to work for me `/public/index.php/admin/install`.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Michael Purvis
Tags: <error-message><install>
Title: Getting a 503 Error before Craft installs - [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] Craft\HttpException
ThreadText: # Getting a 503 Error before Craft installs - [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] Craft\HttpException
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-14)
  
  In the browser, I'm getting a page that says:
  
  ```
  Service Unavailable
  Our site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.
  
  ```
  
  In my craft.log, I'm getting a 503 error that says:
  
  ```
  ******************************************************************************************************
  2017/03/14 21:31:04 [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] Craft\HttpException in /var/www/site/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php:800
  Stack trace:
  #0 /var/www/site/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php(203): Craft\WebApp->_processInstallRequest()
  #1 /var/www/site/craft/app/framework/base/CApplication.php(185): Craft\WebApp->processRequest()
  #2 /var/www/site/craft/app/index.php(62): CApplication->run()
  #3 /var/www/site/public/index.php(22): require_once('/var/www/site...')
  #4 {main}
  REQUEST_URI=/
  ---
  
  ******************************************************************************************************
  
  ```
  
  It looks like it's an error when trying to run the installation for Craft. When I visit the server's /admin, I get a 404 page from nginx.
  
  Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
  
  **Tags:** error-message, install
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Might be your htaccess have you tried: `example.com/index.php/admin` ?  
  > **username_2**: If @username_1 suggestions don't work, try `example.com/index.php?p=admin`  
  > **username_3**: I had to append the following to my URL get the installer to work for me `/public/index.php/admin/install`.  
  
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