Solved contabo installation error

[benborges]

@girish just got the same issue on a clean new contabo vps with ubuntu 22
=> Cloudron version 7.3.6 ...

it appears to be related to node v16.18.1

this is the end of the cloudron-setup log file :

Setting up docker-ce-cli (5:20.10.21~3-0~ubuntu-focal) ...
Setting up pigz (2.4-1) ...
Setting up git-man (1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.10) ...
Setting up docker-ce (5:20.10.21~3-0~ubuntu-focal) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/docker.service → /lib/systemd/system/docker.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/docker.socket → /lib/systemd/system/docker.socket.
Setting up git (1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.10) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.19) ...
2023-02-23T11:37:39 ==> installer: switching nginx to ubuntu package

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Package 'nginx' is not installed, so not removed

Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
nginx-full is already the newest version (1.18.0-0ubuntu1.4).

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2023-02-23T11:37:42 ==> installer: installing/updating node 16.18.1
node-v16.18.1-linux-x64/bin/
node-v16.18.1-linux-x64/bin/node

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

[nebulon]

@benborges this seems like a temporary network issue on contabo side. The file which is attempted to download is provided correctly from the nodejs server. Is this reproducible?

[benborges]

@nebulon you're right, probably a network glitch

solution :
so I edited the cloudron-setup file, modified the line number 70 variable redo="false" to "true" and ran the install again, it all went flawless.

[uwcrbc]

For the record, I had the exact same issue this morning on a new cloudron install attempt with a SSDNode VPS running a fresh Ubuntu 22.

The change offered by @benborges worked effectively and allowed me to complete the cloudron installation.

While 2 different hosts having the same issue might still be coincidental, I think it is worth mentioning since the probability of it being a network glitch are consequently going down.

Hopefully this makes sense - I am not planing on re-deploying things just yet and so would not be in a position to test for re-occurence. With this in mind, I am happy to help in any ways you see relevant.

[girish]

OK, so I tried a fresh installation on contabo again today and it seemed to work.

[scooke]

@benborges Pray tell what does line number 70 read?

[benborges]

@scooke

by default it is =false
but if the VPS is fresh, if nothing else have been done to the box
It seems to be safe to redo the install IF it crashed at some point.

redo="false" to "true"

[girish]

Can just pass --redo to the setup script.