Juju Charms Collection
etherpad-lite package

etherpad-lite fails to deploy, install hook running get-relation

Bug #1247636 reported by Erik B. Andersen on 2013-11-03

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	etherpad-lite (Juju Charms Collection)	Fix Released	High	Erik B. Andersen

Bug Description

This is using the local (LXC) environment, on a Saucy (13.10) machine.

The install hook fails.

Here is the output when running the hook again with debug hooks:

hooks/$JUJU_HOOK_NAME
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpQiOWa6/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpQiOWa6/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key CA763386 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpQiOWa6/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key CA763386: public key "Launchpad PPA for Onestone" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
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Fetched 26.4 MB in 6s (4,358 kB/s)
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Branched 4 revisions.
error: no relation id specified
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "hooks/install", line 177, in <module>
    hooks.execute(sys.argv)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-etherpad-lite-1/charm/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py", line 256, in execute
    self._hooks[hook_name]()
  File "hooks/install", line 124, in install
    symlink(installdir, APP_DIR)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-etherpad-lite-1/charm/hooks/charmhelpers/core/host.py", line 81, in symlink
    context = execution_environment()
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-etherpad-lite-1/charm/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py", line 69, in execution_environment
    context['rel'] = relation_get()
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-etherpad-lite-1/charm/hooks/charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py", line 122, in relation_get
    return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(_args))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 544, in check_output
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd, output=output)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['relation-get', '--format=json', '-']' returned non-zero exit status 2
e

It appears this happens because relation get is called and returns an error (which I think would be normal if you call it in an install hook?)

Related branches

lp:~azendale/+junk/etherpad-lite-lp1247636-fix-try1

lp:~azendale/+junk/etherpad-lite-lp1247636-fix-try2

lp:~azendale/charms/precise/etherpad-lite/lp1247636-fix-try2

Merged into lp:charms/etherpad-lite at revision 14

Marco Ceppi (community): Approve on 2013-11-10

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Erik B. Andersen (azendale) wrote on 2013-11-03:

I changed the file charmhelpers/core/hookenv.py 's definition of relation_get to this and it worked (deployed and the service was working after the deploy):

def relation_get(attribute=None, unit=None, rid=None):
    _args = ['relation-get', '--format=json']
    if rid:
        _args.append('-r')
        _args.append(rid)
    _args.append(attribute or '-')
    if unit:
        _args.append(unit)
    try:
        return json.loads(subprocess.check_output(_args))
    except ValueError:
        return None
    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
        print(repr(e))
        if e.returncode is 2:
            return None
        else:
            raise e

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Erik B. Andersen (azendale) wrote on 2013-11-03:

(I don't know if the above fix is a proper one, I would appreciate feedback).

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Erik B. Andersen (azendale) wrote on 2013-11-03:

marcoceppi gave some feedback on IRC:

(02:55:31 PM) Azendale: marcoceppi: The change I made on the bug I filed was just to get it to work. But I'm really new to charm stuff (but used to python), so I don't know exactly what is the bug.
(02:55:53 PM) marcoceppi: Azendale: well, you can't (and shouldn't) be able to call relation-get from install hook
(02:56:01 PM) Azendale: marcoceppi: I'm not sure if that function should not be called in the first place in an install hook, or if the function should just return None
(02:56:04 PM) marcoceppi: so it seems the charm is doing something wrong
(02:57:13 PM) marcoceppi: Azendale: but there's nothing wrong with building in guards. So charmhelpers is a set of scripts designed to solve common problems that charm authors have. One problem is making writing charms in python easier. So that's why you have decorators and methods in python that streamline communication to juju commands
(02:57:58 PM) Azendale: marcoceppi: So, you're saying maybe fix the bug in two places, and then it's less likely to come up again in some other charm
(02:59:03 PM) marcoceppi: Azendale: the real problem is in the install hook, it shouldn't be calling that, and if it is, it needs to guard when results aren't available
(02:59:20 PM) marcoceppi: Azendale: the change to charmhelpers is a nice addition, not really a bug fix per se
(02:59:23 PM) marcoceppi: Azendale: but still
(03:01:06 PM) marcoceppi: Azendale: actually, having it fail like this when a relation_id isn't found is probably a good thing. Silently continuing when the method is called out of place could lead to weird results

summary:	- etherpad lite fails to deploy, install hook running get relation + etherpad lite fails to deploy, install hook running get-relation
summary:	- etherpad lite fails to deploy, install hook running get-relation + etherpad-lite fails to deploy, install hook running get-relation

Marco Ceppi (marcoceppi) on 2013-11-04

affects:

charms → etherpad-lite (Juju Charms Collection)

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Erik B. Andersen (azendale) wrote on 2013-11-05:

Long story short, it appears that the error is fixed in the following commit of charm helpers:

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~charm-helpers/charm-helpers/devel/revision/87

I just need to get etherpad-lite using the latest and this should be fixed.

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Erik B. Andersen (azendale) wrote on 2013-11-05:

I just attached the first attempt at fixing this, which works. I think it may have more charm helper dependencies that it needs though, so, I'm going to try another attempt at fixing it.

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Erik B. Andersen (azendale) wrote on 2013-11-05:

I stripped down the charm helpers dependencies and did a sync and it still works and the bug is fixed. I push this to the two branches linked to this bug that have "fix2" in the name. (Sorry, I'm still getting used to putting branches on LP, so sorry for the multiple versions).

Please note that you should merge one (and only) one branch (otherwise there will probably be merge conflicts.)

I would suggest lp:~azendale/charms/precise/etherpad-lite/lp1247636-fix-try2.

Changed in etherpad-lite (Juju Charms Collection):
status:	New → In Progress

Erik B. Andersen (azendale) on 2013-11-05

Changed in etherpad-lite (Juju Charms Collection):
assignee:	nobody → Erik B. Andersen (azendale)

Erik B. Andersen (azendale) on 2013-11-05

Changed in etherpad-lite (Juju Charms Collection):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

Marco Ceppi (marcoceppi) on 2013-11-07

Changed in etherpad-lite (Juju Charms Collection):
importance:	Undecided → High

Marco Ceppi (marcoceppi) on 2013-11-10

Changed in etherpad-lite (Juju Charms Collection):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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