Installation log

[hugovalente-pm]

When installing from the command line (with the command below) it would be nice to see some output of the installation on the window you triggered it or leave the last one open pending a user "enter" or something to see some output.

msiexec.exe /i netdata.msi TOKEN=jyx4ymCG5goYv96cG4cZuMx9kT371_bIj8nmqW-HCN267fVfT8no8geHnq30H4SumIhQrDiwCrc5-iJrSj31SLmTV3fNxrJJ1gZMBmjAhCvLNslYtetAsj6zleaKXBvHRH_ofSc URL=https://app.netdata.cloud/

[dfpr]

Leaving a terminal open would interfere with unattended installations, I'll add a logging output file to the installer.

[cakrit]

Please update here and document in the README when the logging output file is there.

[cakrit]

@dfpr reminder that we still need the logfile. Installer didn't work and I don't know why.

[dfpr]

@cakrit I'm working on this right now, I'll finish soon

[cakrit]

noob question, isn't it possible to add our log (debug) messages to the output of
msiexec /i netdata.msi /L*vx "C:\folder\ExampleLogFilename.txt"

[cakrit]

I mean, instead of doing our own thing...

[dfpr]

noob question, isn't it possible to add our log (debug) messages to the output of

msiexec /i netdata.msi /L*vx "C:\folder\ExampleLogFilename.txt"

Usual msi logs include file operations and return codes of actions, output for scripts won't appear there so there's a need for saving a log file outside Windows Installer.

[cakrit]

Ok, thanks.

[dfpr]

Installation log now saved to c:\netdata.log, README has been updated.

[cakrit]

I see garbage in netdata.log. The following is from notepad++, MS Word doesn't know what to do with it.

[dfpr]

I see garbage in netdata.log. The following is from notepad++, MS Word doesn't know what to do with it.

Might be that wsl.exe outputs double byte characters when ansi is expected. Send me the log please.

[cakrit]

Here it is cleaned up (installation failed): netdata.log

Here is the original: netdata.log

I see that Wordpad is able to open both, actually, those nulls (\x00) show up as extra spaces.

[dfpr]

wsl.exe is outputting unicode, check microsoft/WSL#4607 .The fix shown there didn't work for me thou. For now the null character can be removed for readability. I'll work on the installation failed issue first before fixing this.

[cakrit]

As mentioned in #10 the log also includes some errors that aren't really errors.

[dfpr]

I've improved the log file to show the least of errors, what might remain are faux error messages unrelated to the installation and caused by incorrect return codes plus unexpected unicode output from wsl.exe

[cakrit]

Are the following "faux error messages"? Any suggestions on how to get rid of them?

SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.
ADDING SCRIPTS TO PATH
cmd.exe : ERROR: Invalid syntax. Default option is not allowed more than '2' time(s).
At C:\Netdata\install.ps1:166 char:2
+     cmd.exe /c setx /m PATH "%PATH%;C:\Netdata"
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (ERROR: Invalid ...an '2' time(s).:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
Type "SETX /?" for usage.
STARTING AGENT
cmd.exe : 2022-11-21 14:39:54: netdata INFO  : MAIN : CONFIG: cannot load cloud config 
'/var/lib/netdata/cloud.d/cloud.conf'. Running with internal defaults.
At C:\Netdata\install.ps1:193 char:1
+ cmd.exe /c wsl -d netdata netdata
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (2022-11-21 14:3...ernal defaults.:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

[dfpr]

Are the following "faux error messages"? Any suggestions on how to get rid of them?

SUCCESS: Specified value was saved.
ADDING SCRIPTS TO PATH
cmd.exe : ERROR: Invalid syntax. Default option is not allowed more than '2' time(s).
At C:\Netdata\install.ps1:166 char:2
+     cmd.exe /c setx /m PATH "%PATH%;C:\Netdata"
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (ERROR: Invalid ...an '2' time(s).:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
Type "SETX /?" for usage.
STARTING AGENT
cmd.exe : 2022-11-21 14:39:54: netdata INFO  : MAIN : CONFIG: cannot load cloud config 
'/var/lib/netdata/cloud.d/cloud.conf'. Running with internal defaults.
At C:\Netdata\install.ps1:193 char:1
+ cmd.exe /c wsl -d netdata netdata
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (2022-11-21 14:3...ernal defaults.:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

I don't experience this issue but it should be fixed now for the setx command .
Also, installation script window doesn't show misleading red text now.

[cakrit]

Yesterday's build had the following:

ADDING SCRIPTS TO PATH
cmd.exe : ERROR: Invalid syntax. Default option is not allowed more than '2' time(s).
At C:\Netdata\install.ps1:167 char:2
+     cmd.exe /c setx /m PATH "%PATH%;C:\Netdata" | Out-Null
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (ERROR: Invalid ...an '2' time(s).:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
Type "SETX /?" for usage.

[dfpr]

I need the full log

[dfpr]

Path is added now through Windows Installer, uninstaller can fix old leftover entries.

[cakrit]

I'm closing this and will create a new one if I see any new weird things.