Amahi installer giving you a big error? Here's how to fix

[gboudreau]

[NOTE: updated by cpg to reflect the final release for this fix]

If you're getting a big error when trying to load your Amahi installer or dashboard, try this to fix it:

If you're on 64-bit:

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rpm -Uvh http://f12.amahi.org/x86_64/hdactl-3.3.1-1.x86_64.rpm service amahi-installer restart

Otherwise:

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rpm -Uvh http://f12.amahi.org/i386/hdactl-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm service amahi-installer restart

Then try http://localhost:2000/ again.

We're working on a better fix... one that won't require user intervention...

[erikjan]

I have the same error. I just did a fresh install of FC12 just following instructions. However, because I am installing on a (headless) Intel SS4200 NAS box, I have no GUI. I use serial port and VNC for the install. After first boot I have shell access but no X session. After first boot I

logged in as root
created new user (adduser -m)
checked the logs for errors (none found)

then I tried to connect to nas from an other pc. Got the same errror as described above. I applied the fix, restarted the installer. Still the same error.
Just to be sure I added the hostname of the nas box to the hosts file of my pc, to be sure that teh name is resolved to the correct address. Still the same error.
I searched for information about whether amahi only allows web requests from localhost. There was one reference to this, but is was old, and I am not sure it is correct. According to that writer Amahi only allows requests from localhost.

Maybe (I hope) you can help me. I would very much like to know if Amahi aloows web requests from another pc, and, if so, how you can change that. Or, if it is not possible to run the web installer from another machine, how to run the install from the console.

One error that catched my eye was that during server shutdown "greyhole down failed". Another error during boot was a timezone error that actually resets my timezone for greyhole to another timezone. It says "not save to rely on systems time zone settings... Changed settings in /usr/bin/greyzone". Weird.

[pluscool]

Hi

I'm trying this solution without any luck. How can I get a log to post here? thanks!

[cpg]

update. i believe this is the fix:

32 bits:

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http://f12.amahi.org/i386/hdactl-3.3.1-1.i386.rpm service amahi-installer restart

64bits:

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http://f12.amahi.org/x86_64/hdactl-3.3.1-1.x86_64.rpm service amahi-installer restart

which is publicly released now.

this was a small bug (a missing "require") in the installer which was exposed by an upstream update, i believe.

please report how it works for you.

[gboudreau]

then I tried to connect to nas from an other pc. Got the same errror as described above.

What error? My initial post doesn't mention any specific error message, so you should mention what error message you're getting exactly.

I would very much like to know if Amahi allows web requests from another pc

In a shell, as root:

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netstat -an | grep 2000

If you see the source IP as 127.0.0.1, it only listens on localhost; if you see 0.0.0.0, you should be able to connect from remote clients.

how you can change that. Or, if it is not possible to run the web installer from another machine, how to run the install from the console.

Use port forwarding when connecting using SSH.
From a command line, that's:

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ssh -L 2000:127.0.0.1:2000 username@hda

If you're using an SSH client (PuTTY or similar), find the option to use port forwarding, and forward the local port 2000 to 127.0.0.1:2000
The connect, in your browser, to http://localhost:2000
The connection will be tunneled through your SSH connection, and, to the process that listens for connections on port 2000, will appear to comme from localhost.

[cpg]

disabling the firewall is also something you can do:

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service iptables stop

after that, try (using the real IP of your HDA):

http://ip_of_your_hda:2000/

and the installer should come up!