Fresh installation of latest version of Azure-CLI breaks

[gkgupta]

I was doing setup on a new machine and installed latest azure-cli:
sudo npm install azure-cli -g

And it is giving error while executing:

azure storage blob download -a <STORAGE> -k <KEY> <STORAGE_CONTAINER> <BLOB_NAME>
info:    Executing command storage blob download
error:   Cannot read property 'substr' of null
info:    Error information has been recorded to /root/.azure/azure.err
error:   storage blob download command failed

[gkgupta]

Error details

Tue Sep 15 2015 05:44:01 GMT+0000 (UTC):
{ [TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null] __frame: undefined, rawStack: [Getter] }
TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null
    at Object.exports.stringStartsWith (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/util/utilsCore.js:67:16)
    at Object.exports.isIP (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/util/validation.js:38:17)
    at getStorageServiceEndpointSuffix (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/util/storage.util._js:1139:18)
    at getFullConnectionString (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/util/storage.util._js:1148:24)
    at adjustConnectionStringWithEnvironment (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/util/storage.util._js:1196:10)
    at getStorageServiceSettings (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/util/storage.util._js:1088:24)
    at StorageUtil.getBlobService (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/util/storage.util._js:139:25)
    at Object.StorageUtil.getServiceClient (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/util/storage.util._js:522:27)
    at getBlobServiceClient (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/commands/storage/storage.blob._js:67:37)
    at __$listAzureBlob (/usr/lib/node_modules/azure-cli/lib/commands/storage/storage.blob._js:813:21)

[ChoOo7]

I have the same issue.
Do you have any workaround ?

[yugangw-msft]

@yaxia please investigate. #2103 is the same issue

[ChoOo7]

Tested with node 0.10.25 and 0.12.0
from a fresh
git clone https://github.com/Azure/azure-xplat-cli.git

Still have the issue

[yaxia]

I am sorry that it's an issue in the code. To work around, would you please try one of the following:

• Instead of the account name and key, use the connection string with the service endpoint, e.g.:

azure storage blob download <STORAGE_CONTAINER> <BLOB_NAME>
-c 'DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;BlobEndpoint=https://<ACCOUNT_NAME>.blob.core.windows.net/;AccountName=<ACCOUNT_NAME>;AccountKey=<KEY>'

• Call "azure login" before using the storage commands.

[yugangw-msft]

fixed

[gkgupta]

This is still breaking when I do a fresh install via npm. And even when I do a fresh install of an older version like 0.9.7 or 0.9.8. My application uses this extensively and we have automated deployment setup which installs nodejs and azure-cli and invokes the same via shell scripts.
So can you please release this fix as well.

[devigned]

@gkgupta can you try with npm install github:azure/azure-xplat-cli#a2de47095? I don't think this fix has hit npm yet.

[gkgupta]

@devigned thanks a lot. This issue is breaking installs of previous version of azure-cli as well. Thus breaking our automate fresh installation scripts.