Codedeploy agent for Windows won't install | ERROR: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

[msegzda]

I use instructions from https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-codedeploy-user-guide/blob/master/doc_source/instances-on-premises-register-instance.md#step-2-call-the-register-command to register Windows 2012 R2 on-premise instance for use with AWS CodeDeploy.

I keep getting a bytes-like object is required, not 'str' error when installing agent:

aws deploy install --override-config --config-file "C:\temp\codedeploy.onpremises.yml" --region eu-west-1

Returns me this:

Creating the on-premises instance configuration file... DONE
Installing the AWS CodeDeploy Agent... ERROR
a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Here are the versions i'm using:

CLI version: aws-cli/1.16.168 Python/3.6.0 Windows/2012ServerR2 botocore/1.12.158

When executed with --debug option there is nothing special returned prior the error. Here it goes:

2019-05-30 13:51:16,594 - MainThread - botocore.credentials - DEBUG - Looking for credentials via: env
2019-05-30 13:51:16,594 - MainThread - botocore.credentials - DEBUG - Looking for credentials via: assume-role
2019-05-30 13:51:16,594 - MainThread - botocore.credentials - DEBUG - Looking for credentials via: shared-credentials-file
2019-05-30 13:51:16,594 - MainThread - botocore.credentials - INFO - Found credentials in shared credentials file: ~/.aws/credentials
2019-05-30 13:51:16,594 - MainThread - botocore.loaders - DEBUG - Loading JSON file: C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSCLI\runtime\lib\site-packages\botocore\data\endp
oints.json
2019-05-30 13:51:16,594 - MainThread - botocore.hooks - DEBUG - Event choose-service-name: calling handler <function handle_service_name_alias at 0x000000C4116D
A0D0>
2019-05-30 13:51:16,594 - MainThread - botocore.loaders - DEBUG - Loading JSON file: C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSCLI\runtime\lib\site-packages\botocore\data\s3\2
006-03-01\service-2.json
2019-05-30 13:51:16,610 - MainThread - botocore.hooks - DEBUG - Event creating-client-class.s3: calling handler <function add_generate_presigned_post at 0x00000
0C411687840>
2019-05-30 13:51:16,610 - MainThread - botocore.hooks - DEBUG - Event creating-client-class.s3: calling handler <function add_generate_presigned_url at 0x000000
C411687620>
2019-05-30 13:51:16,610 - MainThread - botocore.args - DEBUG - The s3 config key is not a dictionary type, ignoring its value of: None
2019-05-30 13:51:16,625 - MainThread - botocore.endpoint - DEBUG - Setting s3 timeout as (60, 60)
2019-05-30 13:51:16,625 - MainThread - botocore.loaders - DEBUG - Loading JSON file: C:\Program Files\Amazon\AWSCLI\runtime\lib\site-packages\botocore\data\_ret
ry.json
2019-05-30 13:51:16,625 - MainThread - botocore.client - DEBUG - Registering retry handlers for service: s3
2019-05-30 13:51:16,625 - MainThread - botocore.client - DEBUG - Defaulting to S3 virtual host style addressing with path style addressing fallback.
Creating the on-premises instance configuration file... DONE
Installing the AWS CodeDeploy Agent... ERROR
a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Can you please advice?

[kwcrook]

I'm getting this as well on Ubuntu Server 18.04 (Perhaps it's a ruby version issue?).

Anyway, for a workaround (for linux) I installed it manually using the instructions here:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codedeploy/latest/userguide/codedeploy-agent-operations-install-ubuntu.html

The Windows ones may work for you better than the automated install? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codedeploy/latest/userguide/codedeploy-agent-operations-install-windows.html

The instructions are incomplete however if you are using an on-prem server. You will need to copy your codedeploy.onpremises.yml file into the same directory as the codedeploy-agent config file.

[msegzda]

Stand alone installer worked. Good for me for now

[genifycom]

This is still not fixed.

aws deploy install --config-file C:\myapp\codedeploy.onpremises.yml --override-config
Creating the on-premises instance configuration file... DONE
Installing the AWS CodeDeploy Agent... ERROR
a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'
Install the AWS CodeDeploy Agent on the on-premises instance by following the instructions in "Configure Existing On-Premises Instances by Using AWS CodeDeploy" in the AWS CodeDeploy User Guide.

[philstrong]

quick google it could be related to Python https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33054527/typeerror-a-bytes-like-object-is-required-not-str-when-writing-to-a-file-in

[philstrong]

Try using CLI 2.0 that should fix this issue. CLI 2.0 should support Python 3.

[genifycom]

aws-cli/2.4.15 Python/3.8.8 Windows/10 exe/AMD64 prompt/off

Installing the AWS CodeDeploy Agent... ERROR
a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

[genifycom]

aws-cli/2.4.27 Python/3.8.8 Windows/10 exe/AMD64 prompt/off

Still not fixed

Creating the on-premises instance configuration file... DONE
Installing the AWS CodeDeploy Agent... ERROR
a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

[mwjones-aws]

Hi,

We recommend you install CodeDeploy Agent via SSM, or by downloading it from S3. These work for Ruby versions up to 2.7. More details can be found here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codedeploy/latest/userguide/codedeploy-agent-operations-install.html

For on-premise instances, you still need to call these APIs to register and add tags to each instance:

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codedeploy/latest/APIReference/API_RegisterOnPremisesInstance.html
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codedeploy/latest/APIReference/API_AddTagsToOnPremisesInstances.html

[mwjones-aws]

You can use aws deploy register CLI command to register and tag your on-premise instances.