xo-cli user.create issues

[samuelolavo]

Good afternoon, I am using the Laravel framework, but I am having a lot of difficulties creating a user via shell_exec.

$xoCommand = [
               'xo-cli',
               'user.create',
               "email=$username",
               "password=$randomPassword",
               "permission=none"
           ];
           $this->info("Executing command: " . implode(' ', $xoCommand));

           $process = new Process($xoCommand);
           $process->run();

When I execute the command, it constantly returns this error in the logs:

[2024-10-28 13:44:35] local.INFO: Output from user:create command: Executing command: xo-cli user.create email=usertest password=1234 permission=none
Error creating user in XO: internal/process/esm_loader.js:74
    internalBinding('errors').triggerUncaughtException(
                              ^

Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'fs' imported from /usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/index.mjs
    at packageResolve (internal/modules/esm/resolve.js:664:9)
    at moduleResolve (internal/modules/esm/resolve.js:705:18)
    at Loader.defaultResolve [as _resolve] (internal/modules/esm/resolve.js:798:11)
    at Loader.resolve (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:100:40)
    at Loader.getModuleJob (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:246:28)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:47:40)
    at link (internal/modules/esm/module_job.js:46:36) {
  code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}

Can you please help me?

I can execute other types of commands without any problem, such as:

$output = shell_exec('xo-cli list-objects type=VM'); for example.

[olivierlambert]

I don't think you should use shel exec to call XO CLI, but call the XO API directly (eg via JSON RPC or REST API). Also, your error is likely related to a very old version of NodeJS. Have you checked the official doc on the requirements?

[samuelolavo]

@olivierlambert I have already verified, and I can execute the script directly in the shell without any issues. Is it possible to create a user via the REST API? I couldn't find any documentation on this topic.

[olivierlambert]

Putting @julien-f in the loop

[julien-f]

@samuelolavo I have node idea why some xo-cli commands would work but not others.

Also, fs is a builtin Node package, it should always be available.

Make sure that you are running Node 20 and that your PHP setup is not messing with the environment.

[samuelolavo]

@julien-f Good afternoon, I am using Node 21, and I believe the PHP configuration is correct.

However, is it possible to create users via REST API? And also self-service?

[julien-f]

@samuelolavo No, users management and self service are not in the REST API yet.