<![CDATA[remotePath must be a string]]>What?! Why are error messages always unhelpfully vague 😭

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Also, can you make it easier to understand which fields are required?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/6924/remotepath-must-be-a-stringRSS for NodeMon, 20 Apr 2026 21:09:11 GMTTue, 03 May 2022 17:11:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Tue, 03 May 2022 17:13:15 GMT]]>@3246 See https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/6920/issue-restoring-backup-remotepath-must-be-a-string . You have to re-install with cloudron-setup --version 7.1.4 . This is a bug in 7.2.0

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47092https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47092Tue, 03 May 2022 17:13:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Tue, 24 May 2022 03:07:04 GMT]]>Just to let anyone else know, I ran into the same issue with 7.2.0 when migrating servers and made the change that @girish mentioned and it still didn't work until I restarted docker (systemctl restart docker) and then it worked!

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/48398https://forum.cloudron.io/post/48398Tue, 24 May 2022 03:07:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Sun, 22 May 2022 00:49:31 GMT]]>@mikewen8888 Yes, it's due for next week. Probably around tuesday. Sorry for the bug!

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/48281https://forum.cloudron.io/post/48281Sun, 22 May 2022 00:49:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Sat, 21 May 2022 09:28:34 GMT]]>@girish said in remotePath must be a string:

@echokos ah, glad you got that sorted out.

We will get out 7.2.1 in a few days to fix these regressions.

@girish any time line for 7.2.1 release? If soon I probably wait the restore simulation process until this bug is fixed

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/48262https://forum.cloudron.io/post/48262Sat, 21 May 2022 09:28:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Sat, 21 May 2022 09:25:14 GMT]]>cloudron02.png

@echokos said in remotePath must be a string:

@girish This isn't working. Trying to move servers - have a 7.2.0 backup and installed at Hetzner with version 7.2.0. The restore path properly fills in from the backup, but cannot get around the "remotePath must be a string" error message even after editing the function mentioned in restore.js and rebooting the server.

EDIT: Nevermind. I've reverted everything to using 7.1.4 and it was fine. I saw your note on the top of this to force the new server to install 7.1.4 but I had been doing the opposite and using 7.2.0.

@echokos what do you mean by reverted everything using 7.14?

did you revert old server to 7.1.4 and take a backup?
or did you use 7.2.0 backup and used it on 7.1.4 new installation?

i have 7.2.0 backup today from 7.2.0 server, and try to simulate restore process, having on different server (install it today, so I assume it is on the same version, but get that remotePath must be a string problem

already did what @girish said about replacing those 3 backupId into remotePath, but the problem persist

btw: how to check cloudron version? in GUI or CLI?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/48261https://forum.cloudron.io/post/48261Sat, 21 May 2022 09:25:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Mon, 09 May 2022 16:10:11 GMT]]>@echokos ah, glad you got that sorted out.

We will get out 7.2.1 in a few days to fix these regressions.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47480https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47480Mon, 09 May 2022 16:10:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Mon, 09 May 2022 15:41:22 GMT]]>@girish This isn't working. Trying to move servers - have a 7.2.0 backup and installed at Hetzner with version 7.2.0. The restore path properly fills in from the backup, but cannot get around the "remotePath must be a string" error message even after editing the function mentioned in restore.js and rebooting the server.

EDIT: Nevermind. I've reverted everything to using 7.1.4 and it was fine. I saw your note on the top of this to force the new server to install 7.1.4 but I had been doing the opposite and using 7.2.0.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47478https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47478Mon, 09 May 2022 15:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Wed, 04 May 2022 07:55:08 GMT]]>@girish thank you.

To clarify:

I edit /home/yellowtent/box/dashboard/dist/js/restore.js and replace backupId with remotePath?

Is there a way you can make that patch available for me to just pull from git or elsewhere?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47121https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47121Wed, 04 May 2022 07:55:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Tue, 03 May 2022 21:41:45 GMT]]>@3246 This is a bug in 7.2.0 . You can apply this patch:

  • Edit /home/yellowtent/box/dashboard/dist/js .
  • Line 1677 has the restore function. Change backupId to remotePath
  • There's a told of 3 places to replace - the function arguments and in the data object.
  • Then, refresh restore UI in the browser and it should work.
    Client.prototype.restore = function (backupConfig, remotePath, version, sysinfoConfig, skipDnsSetup, setupToken, callback) {
        var data = {
            backupConfig: backupConfig,
            remotePath: remotePath,
]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47102https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47102Tue, 03 May 2022 21:41:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Tue, 03 May 2022 21:15:24 GMT]]>I wonder if this is at all related in some way to the issue I had on Restore process of IPv4 must be a string error.
https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/6911/restore-cloudron-ipv4-must-be-a-string-when-using-static-ip-config/1

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47101https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47101Tue, 03 May 2022 21:15:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Tue, 03 May 2022 20:33:44 GMT]]>@girish sorry, still getting this error.

I have updated the source Cloudron to 7.2.0, run a backup and now try to import it to the destination.

Yet, the error persists. What else do I need to do?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47097https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47097Tue, 03 May 2022 20:33:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Tue, 03 May 2022 17:35:46 GMT]]>@3246 You have to update it manually at the moment. Settings -> Check For Updates . Unless, you have a reason to, don't update it yet. We released it for making some cloudron.io related changes. It is stable though.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47094https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47094Tue, 03 May 2022 17:35:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Tue, 03 May 2022 17:20:42 GMT]]>@girish ARGH! How can I upgrade my previous to 7.2.0?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47093https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47093Tue, 03 May 2022 17:20:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to remotePath must be a string on Tue, 03 May 2022 17:13:15 GMT]]>@3246 See https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/6920/issue-restoring-backup-remotepath-must-be-a-string . You have to re-install with cloudron-setup --version 7.1.4 . This is a bug in 7.2.0

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47092https://forum.cloudron.io/post/47092Tue, 03 May 2022 17:13:15 GMT