Failed to get release information

[ghaisasadvait]

ubuntu:~$ sudo ./cloudron-setup

##############################################
Cloudron Setup (latest)
##############################################

Follow setup logs in a second terminal with:
$ tail -f /var/log/cloudron-setup.log

Join us at https://forum.cloudron.io for any questions.

=> Updating apt and installing script dependencies
=> Checking version
Failed to get release information

Anyone knows how to solve this issue?

[girish]

@ghaisasadvait can you run the script again?

[ghaisasadvait]

@girish Still the same issue

I was running this command: ./cloudron-setup --version 6.1.2

However, i am also getting the error for the normal install too( ./cloudron-setup )

[girish]

@ghaisasadvait Can you try this command on the server? I tried a new install now and it seems to work fine.

curl https://api.cloudron.io/api/v1/releases

If the command fails, you can try the commands below:

First, if the DNS look is working:

host api.cloudron.io

Next, if it is some http related issue:

curl -v https://api.cloudron.io/api/v1/releases

[girish]

I wonder if the issue is something like https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/4492/installation-failed-dns-resolvconf-issues/ . In that case, outbound traffic was blocked. Could that be the case in your situation/VPS as well?

[ghaisasadvait]

@girish said in Failed to get release information:

curl -v https://api.cloudron.io/api/v1/releases

advait@ubuntu:~$ curl https://api.cloudron.io/api/v1/releases
curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations:
CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
CApath: /etc/ssl/certs
advait@ubuntu:~$ host api.cloudron.io
api.cloudron.io has address 3.209.21.239
advait@ubuntu:~$ curl -v https://api.cloudron.io/api/v1/releases

• Trying 3.209.21.239...
• TCP_NODELAY set
• Connected to api.cloudron.io (3.209.21.239) port 443 (#0)
• ALPN, offering h2
• ALPN, offering http/1.1
• error setting certificate verify locations:
  CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs
• Closing connection 0
  curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations:
  CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
  CApath: /etc/ssl/certs

[ghaisasadvait]

@girish I am not hosting it on a VPS, i'm hosting it at my home. Outgoing firewall rules allow the traffic.

[girish]

@ghaisasadvait Thanks, there is something wrong with the certificate store or does your setup require some http proxy or something? The certs are valid:

Not sure how to debug this but do other things work fine? Say curl https://cloudron.io and curl https://my.cloudron.io ? I can confirm that the IP address it tries to connect is also correct.

[girish]

@ghaisasadvait Is this Ubuntu 16/18/20 ?

[ghaisasadvait]

@girish said in Failed to get release information:

curl https://my.cloudron.io

all curl commands related to cloudron.io give certificate error like above

[ghaisasadvait]

@girish its ubuntu server 18.

[girish]

@ghaisasadvait How did you manage to download the cloudron-setup script in the first place? Maybe you can try sudo update-ca-certificates to see if that helps. Also, can you confirm that you can access cloudron.io and api.cloudron.io from other devices of your house? (so we can localize this to a VM issue).

[ghaisasadvait]

@girish said in Failed to get release information:

sudo update-ca-certificates

sudo update-ca-certificates

This worked!..pretty odd since i updated and upgraded all the packages beforehand

[luckym]

I am getting the same error message on a fresh Hetzner VPS Ubuntu 22.04.3 install.

=> Updating apt and installing script dependencies
=> Validating setup token
=> Checking version
Failed to get release information

When I look at the logs I get the following output:

root@ubuntu-2gb-nbg1-1:~# cat /var/log/cloudron-setup.log
Running cloudron-setup with args : --
Hit:1 https://mirror.hetzner.com/ubuntu/packages jammy InRelease
Hit:2 https://mirror.hetzner.com/ubuntu/packages jammy-updates InRelease
Hit:3 https://mirror.hetzner.com/ubuntu/packages jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:4 https://mirror.hetzner.com/ubuntu/security jammy-security InRelease
Reading package lists...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
curl is already the newest version (7.81.0-1ubuntu1.15).
python3 is already the newest version (3.10.6-1~22.04).
software-properties-common is already the newest version (0.99.22.9).
ubuntu-standard is already the newest version (1.481.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 36 not upgraded.

Anybody has any ideas what the problem might be? Not sure if it makes a difference but the server only has an IPv6 address.

[girish]

@luckym can you check curl https://api.cloudron.io/api/v1/releases on the server ? If that doesn't work, does host api.cloudron.io work ?

Can you also tell us a bit about your server/network setup?

[luckym]

@girish

The setup is basically this, the cheapest Hetzner VPS with a fresh Ubuntu 22.04.3 install. Didn't do anything special, just ssh'd in and ran the three install commands from Cloudrons homepage.

I tried running both of the commands, the first one fails, the second one works:

root@ubuntu-2gb-nbg1-1:~# curl https://api.cloudron.io/api/v1/releases
curl: (7) Couldn't connect to server
root@ubuntu-2gb-nbg1-1:~# host api.cloudron.io
api.cloudron.io has address 165.227.67.76

[girish]

@luckym thanks. the DNS resolution is correct. It seems it is not able to make outbound request for some reason. I just checked from multiple servers and api.cloudron.io seems fine. Are you able to curl other sites? Say curl https://www.cloudron.io ?

Another idea: start afresh with ubuntu 22.04. then, run the curl command first. then, run cloudron-setup script. This will give us a better idea if it is some installation issue or some VM issue.

[luckym]

Thanks girish. I tried to curl other sites and that worked fine as well. Also from my local computer curling api.cloudron.io works fine. I then deleted the server and set up a fresh server and tried the curl command first as you suggested. Same issue.

After that I deleted the server again and set up a new server that also has a IPv4 address instead of IPv6 only. This time the curl command to api.cloudron.io worked and the setup script is currently running just fine ¯_(ツ)_/¯ .

[jdaviescoates]

@luckym said in Failed to get release information:

IPv6 only

sounds like that was the issue then

[girish]

Ah right. Cloudron currently does not support IPv6 only servers. It needs an IPv4. But this is great to know that Hetzner has IPv6 only servers. I will see how far away we are from supporting this.