Kura 5.6.0 x86-64 installer issue

[mattdibi]

As reported in #5645, the released x86-64 generic profile installer for Kura 5.6.0 is broken.

A syntax error in the post-install script prevents the installer from correctly populating the initial snapshot with the correct network configuration. This prevents Kura from starting up correctly.

The bug was fixed in #5645 (thanks to @reda-alaoui) and backported to the 5.6 maintenance branch. We're not planning a new patch release for 5.6 at the moment and invite users to use the 5.6.1 snapshot build while we consolidate the set of changes required for a 5.6.1 release.

The 5.6.1 snapshot build artifacts are available here. The fixed installers are available at the links below:

• kura_5.6.1-SNAPSHOT_generic-x86_64_installer.deb
• kura_5.6.1-SNAPSHOT_generic-x86_64-nn_installer.deb

[tim-littlefair]

@mattdibi wrote:

... . We're not planning a new patch release for 5.6 at the moment and invite users to use the 5.6.1 snapshot build while we consolidate the set of changes required for a 5.6.1 release.

The 5.6.1 snapshot build artifacts are available here. The fixed installers are available at the links below:

• kura_5.6.1-SNAPSHOT_generic-x86_64_installer.deb
• kura_5.6.1-SNAPSHOT_generic-x86_64-nn_installer.deb

(my emphasis on the word 'users')

All three links to the snapshot packages return 'not found' for me at the moment with a Jenkins-themed image and the following message:
"This page may not exist, or you may not have permission to see it. If you have an account, try logging in."

Maybe the emphasized word 'users' should be updated to 'team members' or similar if the snapshots are not intended for an out-of-team exposure?

I was able to monkey-patch my broken install using the following steps after installing the generic-x86_64-nn .deb package but before rebooting:

wget https://github.com/eclipse-kura/kura/archive/refs/tags/KURA_5.6.0_RELEASE.zip
mkdir /opt/eclipse/kura/install
unzip -j ./KURA_5.6.0_RELEASE.zip kura-KURA_5.6.0_RELEASE/kura/distrib/src/main/resources/common/* -d /opt/eclipse/kura/install
unzip -j ./KURA_5.6.0_RELEASE.zip kura-KURA_5.6.0_RELEASE/kura/distrib/src/main/resources/generic-x86_64-nn/* -d /opt/eclipse/kura/install
bash /opt/eclipse/kura/install/customize-installation.sh false

The script above is based on the approved commit referenced in #5645,
I seem to have a working installation (I can log in via a local web browser at least), so it looks like the process is reasonably idempotent and just running the one step which failed to run gets everything back online.

[mattdibi]

Hi there @tim-littlefair,

thanks for reaching out.

All three links to the snapshot packages return 'not found' for me at the moment with a Jenkins-themed image and the following message:
"This page may not exist, or you may not have permission to see it. If you have an account, try logging in."

Maybe the emphasized word 'users' should be updated to 'team members' or similar if the snapshots are not intended for an out-of-team exposure?

No, the link was intended to be used by users. It's a simple matter of link expiring due to the fact that we limit the number of artifacts stored on our Jenkins instance. The link expired because we're working on the 5.6.1 release.

Speaking of... you can find the latest Release Candidate build for the upcoming Kura 5.6.1 release here. Please let me know if you can't access it. We expect to officially release Kura 5.6.1 in the next weeks.

I should have updated this issue as soon as we started working on the release of 5.6.1, sorry about that.

[tim-littlefair]

Thanks very much, I'll tear down my monstrosity and pickup the latest RC.