Qlik Replicate 11-2023 install on RHEL 8 did not read data=/tech/appl/default/app/replicate command parameter

[Greg_Pagan]

I just tried to run an install of this package areplicate-2023.11.0-547.x86_64.rpm using this command line:

user=xxxxx group=xxxxx nocredentials=true data=/tech/appl/default/app/replicate iport=3550 rpm -i areplicate-2023.11.0-547.x86_64.rpm 

It told me that it could not install the systemctl lines but that I new about.

It also told be it could not run the clean up scriplet.   

When I checked for the data directory under /tech/appl/default/app/replicate there was absolutely nothing.  When I looked under the standard location /opt/attunity/replicate the data directory was there with sub-directories that looked like what I was expecting under /tech/appl/default/app/replicate.  

I did run the install under the root account so security should not have been an issue.  Any ideas why the new data directory path parameter was not honored?

[Steve_Nguyen]

i ran a new install and look like is working with setting the data folder :

[root@RHEL803_SGU qlikkit]# user=bob group=bob nocredentials=true verbose=true data=/tech/app/replicate rpm -ivh areplicate-2023.11.0-547.x86_64.rpm
warning: areplicate-2023.11.0-547.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 05d7eace: NOKEY
Verifying... ################################# [100%]
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
pre install ...
new installation ...
nocredentials set to true - skipping check for user/group
user=bob
group=bob
Updating / installing...
1:areplicate-2023.11.0-547 ################################# [100%]
post install ...
creating /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/site_arep_login.sh
changing ownership of /opt/attunity/replicate to bob:bob
chown: invalid user: ‘bob:bob’
installing areplicate as a service ...
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: pre install ...
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: running as root
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: validating port(s) ...
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: installation directory is /opt/attunity/replicate/bin
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: sourcing /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep_login.sh
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: the Attunity Replicate root directory is to /opt/attunity/replicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: sourcing /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/site_arep_login.sh
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: created /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: created /etc/systemd/system/areplicate.service
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: systemctl daemon-reload succeeded for service areplicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: systemctl enable areplicate succeeded
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: created empty instance specific settings file /tech/app/replicate/areplicate_arep_login.sh
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: setting server UI password to 3dd1fc1f86f96Aa1 ...
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: set server UI password to 3dd1fc1f86f96Aa1 succeeded
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: installed /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: root directory = /opt/attunity/replicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: internal port = 3550
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: rest port = 3552
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: data directory = /tech/app/replicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: installed by = root
chown: invalid user: ‘bob:bob’
starting service(s) ...
starting service areplicate ...
[root@RHEL803_SGU qlikkit]#

[Greg_Pagan]

Thanks Steve for doing that.  I did not get the post install lines like you did.  I got a message that the post install scriplet could not be run.   I also did not use the the verbose=true or the -ivh parameters.  If you can think of a reason my post install scriplet did not run I would think my next course of action would be to run a rpm -e replicate to remove the bad install and try it again.  

[Steve_Nguyen]

since is a new install ,, try to rpm -e areplicate remove and delete all folder and try again.

what is this "/tech/appl/default/app/replicate" is this a mount point on local server or something special ?

[Greg_Pagan]

On this server we have 2 mounts.  /opt is on the smaller 90 GB mount along with all the system files.  The /tech/appl/default path is the second 250 GB mount.  I want to keep the data directory on the larger mount to make sure if log files or temporary files get big for a task, I do not fill up the system volume.

I do agree that a uninstall reinstall is the best option.  Are there any setting that can help me retain the error messages that get created.  Should I be adding a >  errors.txt  pipe at the end of the command line?

[Steve_Nguyen]

just use the verbose=true -ivh 

[trimlesmike]

nice

[Greg_Pagan]

Well that did not go as planned.  Here are the steps I followed.

1. I did a rpm -e areplicate  to uninstall the package

2. I did a rpm -q areplicate which said it was not installed

3. I removed the directory /opt/attunity using rm -Rf /opt/attunity command

4. I verified the directory was removed.  I also verified that the /tech/appl/default/app/replicate directory exists and is empty.

5. I ran the install using the command you recommended.  

6.  The rpm command returned an error about the post scriptlet not running and the return code was 9.  I check the directories and neither the /opt/attunity/replicate path or the /tech/appl/default/app/replicate path has a data directory in it.  

Screen captures of the output are in the text file attached. They show the exact output of the rpm command.

Hopefully you know what this means!

[DesmondWOO]

Hi @Greg_Pagan ,

I cannot reproduce your problem.

--- Red Hat version ---
[root@template tmp]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.9 (Ootpa)

--- Create user and Group ---
[root@template tmp]# groupadd attunity
[root@template tmp]# useradd -g attunity attunity

--- Qlik Replicate installation ---
[root@template tmp]# rpm -q areplicate
package areplicate is not installed
[root@template tmp]# user=attunity group=attunity verbose=true nocredentials=true data=/tech/appl/default/app/replicate iport=3550 rpm -ivh areplicate-2023.11.0-547.x86_64.rpm
warning: areplicate-2023.11.0-547.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 05d7eace: NOKEY
Verifying... ################################# [100%]
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
pre install ...
new installation ...
validating port(s) ...
nocredentials set to true - skipping check for user/group
user=attunity
group=attunity
Updating / installing...
1:areplicate-2023.11.0-547 ################################# [100%]
post install ...
creating /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/site_arep_login.sh
changing ownership of /opt/attunity/replicate to attunity:attunity
installing areplicate as a service ...
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: pre install ...
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: running as root
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: validating port(s) ...
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: installation directory is /opt/attunity/replicate/bin
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: sourcing /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep_login.sh
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: the Attunity Replicate root directory is to /opt/attunity/replicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: sourcing /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/site_arep_login.sh
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: created /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: created /etc/systemd/system/areplicate.service
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: systemctl daemon-reload succeeded for service areplicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: systemctl enable areplicate succeeded
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: created empty instance specific settings file /tech/appl/default/app/replicate/areplicate_arep_login.sh
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: setting server UI password to a4d89cb006efcAa1 ...
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: set server UI password to a4d89cb006efcAa1 succeeded
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: installed /opt/attunity/replicate/bin/areplicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: root directory = /opt/attunity/replicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: internal port = 3550
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: rest port = 3552
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: data directory = /tech/appl/default/app/replicate
/opt/attunity/replicate/bin/arep.sh: installed by = root
starting service(s) ...
starting service areplicate ...
[root@template tmp]#

--- Replicate data directory ---
[root@template tmp]# cd /tech/appl/default/app/replicate
[root@template replicate]# pwd
/tech/appl/default/app/replicate
[root@template replicate]# ls
areplicate_arep_login.sh databases imports log.key logs minidumps mk.dat ssl tasks tmp
[root@template replicate]# cd ..
[root@template app]# ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x. 9 attunity attunity 163 Aug 27 11:05 replicate
[root@template app]#

Which Red Hat version are you using? You may also check the rpm installation script to identify the problem.

Regards,
Desmond

[Greg_Pagan]

Desmond,  

We are running Linux version 4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10.x86_64.  

How would I go about seeing the RPM installation script?