Grafana-server could not find config defaults

[fleimgruber]

Bug Report

Package Name: grafana

Current Behaviour

grafana-server errors with

Grafana-server Init Failed: Could not find config defaults, make sure homepath command line parameter is set or working directory is homepath

Expected Behaviour

grafana-server starts up.

Additional context/output

Running in PowerShell

Possible Solution

System details

Windows version: 10

OS architecture: 64bit

PowerShell version: 7.1.4

Scoop Configuration

{
  "lastupdate": "2022-03-03T13:52:50.3055984+01:00",
  "SCOOP_REPO": "https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop",
  "SCOOP_BRANCH": "master"
}

[fleimgruber]

This should have been fixed in https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Extras/pull/5229?

[rashil2000]

Yes, that's what I was thinking...

[rashil2000]

Can you go to the installation folder and run the binary manually to check what parameters are needed?

[issaclin32]

I think there is something wrong with config files. try purging persist data by:

scoop uninstall grafana -p
scoop install grafana

and see if it works.

[fleimgruber]

Can you go to the installation folder and run the binary manually to check what parameters are needed?

Grafana server starts alright then, here is the beginning of the log:

grafana/current/bin
Sir? .\grafana-server.exe
INFO[03-03|19:18:08] The state of unified alerting is still not defined. The decision will be made during as we run the database migrations logger=settings
WARN[03-03|19:18:08] falling back to legacy setting of 'min_interval_seconds'; please use the configuration option in the `unified_alerting` section if Grafana 8 alerts are enabled. logger=settings
INFO[03-03|19:18:08] Config loaded from                       logger=settings file=C:\\Users\\LeimgruberF\\scoop\\apps\\grafana\\current/conf/defaults.ini
INFO[03-03|19:18:08] Path Home                                logger=settings path=C:\\Users\\LeimgruberF\\scoop\\apps\\grafana\\current
INFO[03-03|19:18:08] Path Data                                logger=settings path=C:\\Users\\LeimgruberF\\scoop\\apps\\grafana\\current\\data

try purging persist data

That did not work unfortunately, same behavior.

[rashil2000]

grafana was updated yesterday. It's possible they changed something related to args. Can you make a PR to fix it?

[fleimgruber]

grafana was updated yesterday

All this is with Grafana 8.3.3 so I don't think it is related to that?

Can you make a PR to fix it?

I would be happy to contribute. I am not yet familiar with Scoop development and first need to understand the issue.

[rashil2000]

I think I found the problem. Do you have spaces in your username (or in your Scoop home path) by any chance?

[fleimgruber]

Do you have spaces in your username (or in your Scoop home path) by any chance?

See log above: C:\\Users\\LeimgruberF\\scoop\\....

[rashil2000]

Ah, okay. Can you try installing this version of the manifest:

grafana.json

{
    "version": "8.4.3",
    "description": "Open platform for analytics and data monitoring",
    "homepage": "https://grafana.com/",
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
    "architecture": {
        "64bit": {
            "url": "https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/grafana-8.4.3.windows-amd64.zip",
            "hash": "69ba9407af8dd91e8586d377f6f14fa86131f4e251ce1c5933d8a3d10afaa31f"
        }
    },
    "extract_dir": "grafana-8.4.3",
    "bin": [
        [
            "bin\\grafana-server.exe",
            "grafana-server",
            "-homepath \"$dir\""
        ]
    ],
    "persist": [
        "conf",
        "data"
    ],
    "checkver": {
        "url": "https://grafana.com/grafana/download?platform=windows",
        "regex": "-([\\d.]+)\\.windows"
    },
    "autoupdate": {
        "architecture": {
            "64bit": {
                "url": "https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/grafana-$version.windows-amd64.zip"
            }
        },
        "hash": {
            "url": "$url.sha256"
        },
        "extract_dir": "grafana-$version"
    }
}

[fleimgruber]

Will try, but I just noticed that the grafana.json in place looks like (note the difference to #5229, i.e. absence of -homepath):

{
    "version": "8.3.3",
    "description": "Open platform for analytics and data monitoring",
    "homepage": "https://grafana.com/",
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
    "architecture": {
        "64bit": {
            "url": "https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/grafana-8.3.3.windows-amd64.zip",
            "hash": "edca7bf4f3f86ae743300ece72c1f17e3a9695b12041222b0e4d03717ca42303"
        }
    },
    "extract_dir": "grafana-8.3.3",
    "bin": "bin\\grafana-server.exe",
    "persist": [
        "conf",
        "data"
    ],
    "checkver": {
        "url": "https://grafana.com/grafana/download?platform=windows",
        "regex": "-([\\d.]+)\\.windows"
    },
    "autoupdate": {
        "architecture": {
            "64bit": {
                "url": "https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/grafana-$version.windows-amd64.zip"
            }
        },
        "hash": {
            "url": "$url.sha256"
        },
        "extract_dir": "grafana-$version"
    }
}

[fleimgruber]

Can you try installing this version of the manifest

That works. So why was there an outdated grafana.json, i.e. one without #5229?

[rashil2000]

That works.

The fix is to put the $dir argument in double quotes

So why was there an outdated grafana.json, i.e. one without https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Extras/pull/5229?

Your installation of grafana is very out of date. Current version is 8.4.3

[fleimgruber]

Your installation of grafana is very out of date.

When I scoop install ... Scoop shows messages about updating (for the extras bucket as well) so I assumed I was already current. How can I make sure that I follow latest scoop recipes?

[rashil2000]

What is the output of scoop update?

[fleimgruber]

What is the output of scoop update?

Sir? scoop update
Updating Scoop...
Updating 'extras' bucket...
error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by merge:
        bucket/cupscale.json
Please commit your changes or stash them before you merge.
Aborting
Updating 'java' bucket...
Updating 'main' bucket...
Updating 'nerd-fonts' bucket...
Updating 'scoop-clojure' bucket...
Updating 'scoop-zig' bucket...
Scoop was updated successfully!

Just saw the notice about cupscale... which stops the extras bucket update. IMHO, this is hard to miss without it standing out and the final Scoop was updated successfully! in green...

[rashil2000]

Haha yes, the error message is something that can be improved.

Run this to resolve the error:

scoop bucket rm extras scoop bucket add extras

[fleimgruber]

Run this to resolve the error

Thanks, that's what I did and everything works. Will watch update messages more closely.