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Building custom app - authentication problem

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  • girishG Offline
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    girish
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    wrote on last edited by girish
    #9

    @ekevu123 Maybe we continue here, it's not a problem (for us atleast). Can you tell us what issue you are facing when trying to build the image ?

    For a start, let's ignore the Cloudron aspects and just try to build the docker image. Are you able to docker build -t your_username/customimage . ? What is the output ?

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    • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

      @ekevu123
      Regarding the Dockerfile:
      FROM python:latest all Cloudron apps relay on the cloudron/base image.
      Please use that image instead.

      Example:
      cloudron/base:4.0.0@sha256:31b195ed0662bdb06a6e8a5ddbedb6f191ce92e8bee04c03fb02dd4e9d0286df

      More pointers:

      • all app code should be stored in /app/code
      • EXPOSE 8000 - not needed since you define that in the CloudronManifest.json with "httpPort": 8000
      • manifestVersion is wrong see => https://docs.cloudron.io/packaging/manifest/#manifestversion should be value 2
      FROM cloudron/base:4.0.0@sha256:31b195ed0662bdb06a6e8a5ddbedb6f191ce92e8bee04c03fb02dd4e9d0286df
      
      # Set the working directory to /app
      WORKDIR /app/code/
      
      # Set the environment variable for Django to run in production mode (note: move all static stuff to the top so if you change stuff later on it has las layers to rebuild)
      ENV DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=demo.settings
      
      # Copy the requirements file into the container at /app
      COPY . /app/code/
      
      # Install any needed packages specified in requirements.txt (Note from me: put into one layer 
      RUN pip install -r requirements.txt && \
          pip install gunicorn && \
          python3 manage.py collectstatic
      
      # Run Django with Gunicorn
      CMD ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
      
      

      The CloudronManifest.json

      {
        "id": "LINK",
        "title": "Title",
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "manifestVersion": 2,
        "description": "Description",
        "author": "author",
        "dockerImage": "link-to-image:tag",
        "healthCheckPath": "/",
        "httpPort": 80,
        "addons": {
          "localstorage": {},
          "mysql": {}
        }
      }
      

      Can you try to build like this?

      Also see the docs about the Manifest what is required and what is optional, so you can limit the errors in that file for first testing builds.

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      timconsidine
      App Dev
      wrote on last edited by
      #10

      @BrutalBirdie said in Building custom app - authentication problem:

      "dockerImage": "link-to-image:tag",

      For my education, is this line needed in the manifest file? because we are building the Dockerfile to produce an image.
      I've never used this line when building a custom package

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      • timconsidineT timconsidine

        @BrutalBirdie said in Building custom app - authentication problem:

        "dockerImage": "link-to-image:tag",

        For my education, is this line needed in the manifest file? because we are building the Dockerfile to produce an image.
        I've never used this line when building a custom package

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        girish
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        wrote on last edited by girish
        #11

        @timconsidine right, that line is not needed and not correct. One shouldn't specify a static docker image in the manifest.

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          ekevu123
          wrote on last edited by
          #12

          We can continue here, I just thought if I am supposed to share more personal information like repo access, then we can do this privately. But alright, I appreciate the help I am getting here!

          Regarding the questions above:

          1. I have removed the link to the docker image from the Cloudron manifest and tried to run "cloudron build" again, which gets me stuck here again:
            Step 4/6 : RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
            ---> Running in e834d414ac34

          2. Now I am trying to build the docker image without Cloudron, see above, and I am getting the same issue.

          The requirements file I am getting stuck with looks like this:
          asgiref==3.6.0
          beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
          certifi==2022.12.7
          (and more following)

          It doesn't help to simply delete a few requirements, it will always hang with the first one in the file.

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          • girishG Offline
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            girish
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            wrote on last edited by
            #13

            @ekevu123 yes, no worries 🙂 Just wanted to continue here since so far it's mostly something docker related and not cloudron related as such.

            It seems this is a general Docker building issue. So, much depends on your platform / OS as well. Is this a Mac or Windows or Linux ?

            Usually, the best way to debug Docker build issues is something like:

            • First run, docker run -ti cloudron/base:4.0.0 /bin/bash . This will give you a bash prompt.
            • Now, execute the commands in your Dockerfile one by one in the prompt and see where it breaks.
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            • girishG girish

              @ekevu123 yes, no worries 🙂 Just wanted to continue here since so far it's mostly something docker related and not cloudron related as such.

              It seems this is a general Docker building issue. So, much depends on your platform / OS as well. Is this a Mac or Windows or Linux ?

              Usually, the best way to debug Docker build issues is something like:

              • First run, docker run -ti cloudron/base:4.0.0 /bin/bash . This will give you a bash prompt.
              • Now, execute the commands in your Dockerfile one by one in the prompt and see where it breaks.
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              timconsidine
              App Dev
              wrote on last edited by
              #14

              @girish said in Building custom app - authentication problem:

              Usually, the best way to debug Docker build issues is something like:

              that's a cool "trick"

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                ekevu123
                wrote on last edited by
                #15

                I know where it breaks, when downloading the python requirements. But I found the issue - apparently, you can not do that when being on VPN.

                Now I get this error message in the end:
                error parsing HTTP 403 response body: invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value: "<html>\r\n<head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head>\r\n<body>\r\n<center><h1>403 Forbidden</h1></center>\r\n<hr><center>nginx</center>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
                Failed to push image (are you logged in? if not, use "docker login")

                However, I am logged in (I ran "docker login" right before executing "cloudron build").

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                  #16

                  @ekevu123 That's good progress! Not sure where you are pushing to, did you set the right image name ? You can try cloudron build --set-repository. Here, you should enter something like ekevu123/appname (where ekevu123 is your docker hub username and appname is the repository).

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                    ekevu123
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #17

                    Thank you very much, we are getting somewhere!

                    I got to run "cloudron install --image" after building the docker successfully. But I ran into another particular problem.

                    Firstly, when running the command, I got this error message:
                    App installation error: Installation failed: Unable to pull image PATH. message: (HTTP code 404) unexpected - pull access denied for PATH, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login': denied: requested access to the resource is denied statusCode: 404

                    So, I made sure I was logged in.

                    Secondly, I tried to run the command again and got this:
                    Failed to install app: 409 message: primary location 'PATH' is in use
                    (I could probably just specify a new path, it's not critical, but to keep it clean it would be great to know how to delete the failed attempt)

                    However, the Cloudron dashboard doesnt load anymore. It stays grey. If I try to log in in another browser, I get to the login mask, after putting in my details, I just see a grey screen. Fortunately, apps seem to work still, I can access them separately.

                    Independently of the actual docker error, that is an odd behaviour. I'll try to go through the tutorial for how to save cloudron next unless I see something specific in this thread.

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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #18

                      Then for a start lets get your Cloudron itself working. Do you see any errors in the browser logs or at /home/yellowtent/platformdata/logs/box.log ?

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                        ekevu123
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                        #19

                        The "unresponsive" app is new, perhaps that could cause it?
                        The 3 stopped apps are okay, that's intended.

                        2023-05-12T11:46:30.103Z box:apphealthmonitor app health: 3 running / 3 stopped / 1 unresponsive

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                          ekevu123
                          wrote on last edited by ekevu123
                          #20

                          My idea was now to use
                          "cloudron stop --app NAME"
                          using Cloudron CLI

                          but it says
                          "Failed to stop app: 409 message: Not allowed in error state"

                          But this worked:
                          "cloudron uninstall --app NAME"

                          So, I got access to the dashboard again.

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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #21

                            hm so the app was in error state and thus stopping it was blocked, that is to be expected. However it should certainly not bring down the whole dashboard.

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                              ekevu123
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                              #22

                              Yep, I agree, but it did - and uninstalling the app via CLI immediately solved it.

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                                ekevu123
                                wrote on last edited by ekevu123
                                #23

                                What's the best way to specify the docker image tag if I don't do this in the Cloudron Manifest or the Dockerfile?

                                EDIT: --tag did that

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                                  Yep, I agree, but it did - and uninstalling the app via CLI immediately solved it.

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                                  timconsidine
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                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #24

                                  @ekevu123 said in Building custom app - authentication problem:

                                  and uninstalling the app via CLI immediately solved it.

                                  FWIW when I am building a custom app and I make changes to the Dockerfile, it is my standard process to uninstall the last app version before seeking to build and deploy the next version.
                                  Technically this might be unnecessary, but for my little brain, I find it easier to know that I am starting 'clean'.
                                  I usually uninstall via the app's settings screen, but I guess from CLI is same and might be easier if you're working on command line anyway.

                                  I also use a little script cld.sh (call it whatever you want, I save keystrokes where possible) :

                                  #/bin/bash
                                  docker build --no-cache -t $1 .
                                  docker push $1
                                  cloudron install --image $1
                                  

                                  and I run this it this : ./cld.sh <repository_url>/<app_name>:<tag>
                                  I hack my way through multiple trial-and-error builds, and this saves a lot of time, keystrokes and typos.

                                  Maybe you have your own workflow efficiencies 😄

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                                    ekevu123
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                                    #25

                                    I would probably do the same, but it doesn't help me in this case, because I am not overriding an existing installation. Instead, I just get a faulty installation in the first place.

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                                      ekevu123
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                                      To summarise, my issue is this. When running "cloudron build", I get this error:

                                      error parsing HTTP 403 response body: invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value: "<html>\r\n<head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head>\r\n<body>\r\n<center><h1>403 Forbidden</h1></center>\r\n<hr><center>nginx</center>\r\n</body>\r\n</html>\r\n"
                                      Failed to push image (are you logged in? if not, use "docker login")

                                      But I ran docker login before this step. I completely deleted all Cloudron CLI configuration and re-installed it without any effect.

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                                        girish
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                                        @ekevu123 I would first check if docker push works? Can you confirm ?

                                        I also found two related links:

                                        • https://superuser.com/questions/1389039/docker-error-parsing-http-403-response-body-invalid-character-looking-for says this might be cause docker push access does not work from network
                                        • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32900830/docker-http-code-403-while-uploading-metadata-invalid-character-looking-f says it's maybe an auth issue with docker hub
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                                          ekevu123
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                                          No, I am getting the issue when running docker push.

                                          I also suspect that it is an IP restriction because I am currently in Malaysia. So, I contacted Docker support about it. The only other solution I could think of then would be to change the docker repo provider to Google or something.

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