Tips on installing XO

[Danp]

@jasonnix Yes, that looks normal to me.

[jasonnix]

Hello @Danp,
I installed the XO, but when I use sudo service orchestra start command, then I can't see the web interface and I must use yarn start. Why?
The service is running:

$ sudo service orchestra status
● orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/orchestra; generated)
     Active: active (exited) since Sat 2024-03-09 05:02:50 EST; 5s ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 31543 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/orchestra start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 24ms

Mar 09 05:02:47 XO systemd[1]: Starting orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra...
Mar 09 05:02:48 XO orchestra[31543]: Starting orchestra
Mar 09 05:02:50 XO systemd[1]: Started orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra.

No systemd?

[Danp]

It could be a rights issue. What user name did you use when you performed the forever-service install?

[jasonnix]

@Danp, I did the following command:

jason@XO:$ sudo forever-service install orchestra -r jason -s dist/cli.mjs

[Danp]

IDK. The fact that it shows "active (exited)" is problematic because I would have expected to see "active (running)".

Have you checked the logs for further information?

[jasonnix]

@Danp,
Log says:

$ sudo cat /var/log/orchestra.log 
2024-03-09T12:17:14.254Z xo:main INFO Configuration loaded.
2024-03-09T12:17:14.330Z xo:main WARN Web server could not listen on http://localhost:80 {
  error: Error: listen EACCES: permission denied 0.0.0.0:80
      at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1794:21)
      at listenInCluster (node:net:1859:12)
      at Server.listen (node:net:1947:7)
      at Server.listen (/usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/node_modules/http-server-plus/index.js:171:12)
      at makeWebServerListen (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:500:37)
      at Array.<anonymous> (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:524:5)
      at Function.from (<anonymous>)
      at asyncMap (/usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/@xen-orchestra/async-map/index.js:23:28)
      at createWebServer (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:523:9)
      at main (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:792:27) {
    code: 'EACCES',
    errno: -13,
    syscall: 'listen',
    address: '0.0.0.0',
    port: 80,
    niceAddress: 'http://localhost:80'
  }
}
2024-03-09T12:17:14.337Z xo:main WARN   Access denied.
2024-03-09T12:17:14.337Z xo:main WARN   Ports < 1024 are often reserved to privileges users.
✖ EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json'
Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json'
{"level":"error","message":"Forever detected script exited with code: 1"}
{"level":"error","message":"Script restart attempt #1501"}
2024-03-09T12:17:19.970Z xo:main INFO Configuration loaded.
2024-03-09T12:17:20.075Z xo:main WARN Web server could not listen on http://localhost:80 {
  error: Error: listen EACCES: permission denied 0.0.0.0:80
      at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1794:21)
      at listenInCluster (node:net:1859:12)
      at Server.listen (node:net:1947:7)
      at Server.listen (/usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/node_modules/http-server-plus/index.js:171:12)
      at makeWebServerListen (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:500:37)
      at Array.<anonymous> (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:524:5)
      at Function.from (<anonymous>)
      at asyncMap (/usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/@xen-orchestra/async-map/index.js:23:28)
      at createWebServer (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:523:9)
      at main (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:792:27) {
    code: 'EACCES',
    errno: -13,
    syscall: 'listen',
    address: '0.0.0.0',
    port: 80,
    niceAddress: 'http://localhost:80'
  }
}
2024-03-09T12:17:20.080Z xo:main WARN   Access denied.
2024-03-09T12:17:20.081Z xo:main WARN   Ports < 1024 are often reserved to privileges users.
✖ EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json'
Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json'
{"level":"error","message":"Forever detected script exited with code: 1"}
{"level":"error","message":"Script restart attempt #1502"}
(node:49836) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
2024-03-09T12:17:25.841Z xo:main INFO Configuration loaded.
2024-03-09T12:17:25.932Z xo:main WARN Web server could not listen on http://localhost:80 {
  error: Error: listen EACCES: permission denied 0.0.0.0:80
      at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1794:21)
      at listenInCluster (node:net:1859:12)
      at Server.listen (node:net:1947:7)
      at Server.listen (/usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/node_modules/http-server-plus/index.js:171:12)
      at makeWebServerListen (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:500:37)
      at Array.<anonymous> (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:524:5)
      at Function.from (<anonymous>)
      at asyncMap (/usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/@xen-orchestra/async-map/index.js:23:28)
      at createWebServer (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:523:9)
      at main (file:///usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server/src/index.mjs:792:27) {
    code: 'EACCES',
    errno: -13,
    syscall: 'listen',
    address: '0.0.0.0',
    port: 80,
    niceAddress: 'http://localhost:80'
  }
}
2024-03-09T12:17:25.938Z xo:main WARN   Access denied.
2024-03-09T12:17:25.938Z xo:main WARN   Ports < 1024 are often reserved to privileges users.
✖ EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json'
Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json'
{"level":"error","message":"Forever detected script exited with code: 1"}
{"level":"error","message":"Script restart attempt #1503"}

Also:

$ sudo cat /home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json
cat: /home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json: No such file or directory

[Danp]

Again... seems like a rights issue. What changes did you make to the config.toml file? Also, did you see this statement in the documentation?

In this config file, you can change default ports (80 and 443) for xo-server. If you are running the server as a non-root user, you will need to set the port to 1024 or higher.

[jasonnix]

@Danp, I just did the following:

$ cd packages/xo-server
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/xo-server
$ cp sample.config.toml ~/.config/xo-server/config.toml

[Danp]

@jasonnix said in Tips on installing XO:

cat: /home/xo/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json: No such file or directory

It is trying to create the file, but can't due to the rights issue. You may want to start over and try installing as root to avoid these problems.

[jasonnix]

Hi @Danp,
I used sudo. The file is located at /root/.config/xo-server/config.z-auto.json.

[Danp]

@jasonnix There are settings that need to be configured to run correctly under sudo. Did you make that?

[jasonnix]

@Danp, Not really. Which settings?

[Danp]

@jasonnix It is in the documentation at the very bottom.

[jasonnix]

Hi @Danp,
Do you mean this?
I did:

# rm -rf node_modules
# yarn
# yarn build

Then:

# nano config.toml

useSudo = true

After it:

# nano /etc/sudoers

xo ALL=(root)NOPASSWD: /bin/mount, /bin/umount, /bin/findmnt

Then, I tried to install XO as a system service:

# yarn global add forever
yarn global v1.22.21
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Installed "forever@4.0.3" with binaries:
      - forever
Done in 6.52s.
#
# forever start dist/cli.mjs
warn:    --minUptime not set. Defaulting to: 1000ms
warn:    --spinSleepTime not set. Your script will exit if it does not stay up for at least 1000ms
info:    Forever processing file: dist/cli.mjs
(node:742838) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:742838) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
(node:742838) Warning: Accessing non-existent property 'padLevels' of module exports inside circular dependency
root@XO:/usr/local/src/xen-orchestra-master/packages/xo-server# yarn global add forever
yarn global v1.22.21
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Installed "forever@4.0.3" with binaries:
      - forever
Done in 5.91s.
#
# forever-service install orchestra -r xo -s dist/cli.mjs
forever-service version 0.5.11

Platform - Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Could not provision service
Service is already present

Finally:

# /sbin/service orchestra status
● orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/orchestra; generated)
     Active: active (exited) since Mon 2024-03-11 05:42:09 EDT; 6min ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 743635 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/orchestra start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 19ms

Mar 11 05:42:05 XO systemd[1]: Starting orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra...
Mar 11 05:42:07 XO orchestra[743635]: Starting orchestra
Mar 11 05:42:09 XO systemd[1]: Started orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra.

[jasonnix]

Hello,
Any idea to solve this? I have to manually start XO with the forever start dist/cli.mjs command and when I reboot the server, the service doesn't start automatically!

[john.c]

@jasonnix said in Tips on installing XO:

Hello,
Any idea to solve this? I have to manually start XO with the forever start dist/cli.mjs command and when I reboot the server, the service doesn't start automatically!

Did you enable that service to start at boot with systemctl enable orchestra.service?

This will make the Xen Orchestra service start automatically on each and every boot.

[jasonnix]

Hi @john-c,
I did:

# systemctl enable orchestra.service
orchestra.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable orchestra

Then I rebooted the system and checked the service:

# systemctl status orchestra.service
● orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/orchestra; generated)
     Active: active (exited) since Wed 2024-03-27 08:10:55 EDT; 1min 11s ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 514 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/orchestra start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 30ms

Mar 27 08:10:49 XO systemd[1]: Starting orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra...
Mar 27 08:10:53 XO orchestra[514]: Starting orchestra
Mar 27 08:10:55 XO systemd[1]: Started orchestra.service - LSB: forever-service startup script for orchestra.

XO is not running:

# ss -tupln
Netid   State    Recv-Q   Send-Q       Local Address:Port       Peer Address:Port   Process                                                     
udp     UNCONN   0        0                  0.0.0.0:111             0.0.0.0:*       users:(("rpcbind",pid=468,fd=5),("systemd",pid=1,fd=37))   
udp     UNCONN   0        0                     [::]:111                [::]:*       users:(("rpcbind",pid=468,fd=7),("systemd",pid=1,fd=39))   
tcp     LISTEN   0        511              127.0.0.1:6379            0.0.0.0:*       users:(("redis-server",pid=515,fd=6))                      
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096               0.0.0.0:111             0.0.0.0:*       users:(("rpcbind",pid=468,fd=4),("systemd",pid=1,fd=36))   
tcp     LISTEN   0        511                  [::1]:6379               [::]:*       users:(("redis-server",pid=515,fd=7))                      
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096                  [::]:111                [::]:*       users:(("rpcbind",pid=468,fd=6),("systemd",pid=1,fd=38)) 

Can't login to XO:

This site can’t be reached

[DustinB]

@jasonnix I think it's time you try and use an installation script. You're clearly having issues that are specific to you.

I'd just give up on this "I don't trust scripts" thing you have if you can't figure this process out, which is really straight-forwards.

[Danp]

You may want to try removing the service and then installing it again.

[jasonnix]

Hi @Danp,
How?