2.0.12 Error: Invalid persistence value (true

[xbmcnut]

I was running 2.0.10 as a Docker container on a Synology NAS and then 8hrs ago, Watchtower updated automatically to 2.0.12 and the container now boot loops with the following error:
Error: Invalid persistence value (true

For reference, here is my working config that was functional under .10 and also under .11 that I've now rolled back to.

persistence true
persistence_location /mosquitto/data/
log_dest file /mosquitto/log/mosquitto.log
# password_file /mosquitto/config/pwfile
# include_dir /mosquitto/config/conf.d
allow_anonymous true 
listener 1883 <myserveripaddress>

[khaeljy]

Hi,

I have the same issue.

persistence true
persistence_file mosquitto.db
persistence_location /mosquitto/data/

[takthetank]

Me too, after watchtower updated to latest version:

Error: Invalid allow_anonymous value (true).
Error found at /mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf:1.

The mosquitto.conf:

allow_anonymous true
listener <port> <ip>

[rikardronnkvist]

Same here...

).30657904: Error: Invalid log_type value (debug
1630657904: Error found at /mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf:1.
).30657906: Error: Invalid log_type value (debug
1630657906: Error found at /mosquitto/config/mosquitto.conf:1.

And the minimalistic config:

log_type debug

Pulling latest to a Photon OS VM with Docker version 19.03.15, build 99e3ed8

[Bewo]

Hi!
I had a similar problem in my environment. The error message was the same. But i've not allowed anonymus login.

In the docs is written:

If you are using the per_listener_settings true option to have separate security settings per listener, you must place the password file option after the listener it is for.

So my old conf was:

per_listener_settings true
allow_anonymous false
password_file /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/credentials

And add the listener explicitly (instead of default) solves it for me:

per_listener_settings true
allow_anonymous false
listener 1883
password_file /etc/mosquitto/conf.d/credentials

Maybe this information is helpful for somebody. :-)

[mwilky]

Same for me

The first entry I had in mosquitto.conf was:

allow_anonymous true which it gave the error for.

I then removed this and the next line was persistence true which it then errored for.

Not sure which other config entries are affected yet

[wegotourselvesareader]

Add me to the list, too.

Mine is currently tripping out on "Error: Invalid allow_anonymous value (true", according to the Docker container's log.

[pesor]

Same issue here, reverted to version 2.0.11, and wait for fix before next upgrade.

[powersra]

Same here, fell back to 2.0.11.

[lexitus]

Upgraded to 2.0.12 and encountered this error. For me changing the config file to LF line endings instead of CRLF fixed the issue.

[wegotourselvesareader]

Upgraded to 2.0.12 and encountered this error. For me changing the config file to LF line endings instead of CRLF fixed the issue.

That's fantastic. I just did the same on mine, and now the 2.0.12 container loads successfully.

[powersra]

Upgraded to 2.0.12 and encountered this error. For me changing the config file to LF line endings instead of CRLF fixed the issue.

Great tip, thanks for sharing. I too converted the config file EOL to Unix LF and am now up and running on 2.0.12.

[NMe84]

When I saw that the line ending was included in the logs I messed around with it a bit. It looks like you don't have change the line endings as a workaround, you can also add # (space + pound sign) after every line with actual configuration in the config file. That way the line ending is never interpreted as part of the value.

Also, I only had LF line endings to begin with and it's still broken for me unless I use my workaround.

Something's definitely messed up here.

[AliMickey]

Same issue here, although removing

persistence true
persistence_location /mosquitto/data/

lets it continue normally with the following only:

password_file /mosquitto/config/mosquitto.passwd
listener 1883 192.168.0.2

Edit: Also fixed with changing to LF endings.

[to4ko]

Same issue here, although removing

persistence true
persistence_location /mosquitto/data/

lets it continue normally with the following only:

password_file /mosquitto/config/mosquitto.passwd
listener 1883 192.168.0.2

Edit: Also fixed with changing to LF endings.

hi! Could you please advise easy way to do that change?

[wegotourselvesareader]

Edit: Also fixed with changing to LF endings.

hi! Could you please advise easy way to do that change?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2613800/how-to-convert-dos-windows-newline-crlf-to-unix-newline-lf-in-a-bash-script