[FIX] Ubuntu installation 7 feb 2020

[mathben]

Description

I had installation bug when following this guide : https://jitsi.org/downloads/ubuntu-debian-installations-instructions/

The error :

Config written to /var/lib/prosody/localhost.cnf
Certificate written to /var/lib/prosody/localhost.crt

The given hostname does not exist in the config
dpkg: error processing package jitsi-meet-prosody (--configure):
installed jitsi-meet-prosody package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

And the installation finish by :

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of jitsi-meet:
jitsi-meet depends on jitsi-meet-prosody (= 1.0.3729-1); however:
Package jitsi-meet-prosody is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package jitsi-meet (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up jitsi-meet-web (1.0.3729-1) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Processing triggers for systemd (240-6ubuntu5.8) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
jitsi-meet-prosody
jitsi-meet
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Steps to reproduce

sudo apt-get -y install jitsi-meet

Environment details

Ubuntu 19.04 up to date.

[damencho]

Try purging and installing with dns not localhost.

[mathben]

What do you mean by dns not localhost?
I keep localhost empty when the configuration ask it.

[damencho]

Yes, there you should enter the dns that you will use to access your deployment like meet.jit.si. I suspect that prosody has already configured a host named localhost and as you try to configure a second one and it fails.

[mathben]

When I apt purge jitsi* and install again, the prompt to enter the hostname doesn't show anymore.
The installation fail again with the same error.

New test, I copy the file /var/lib/prosody/localhost.cnf, change DNS.0 to meet.jit.si, purge all, move it in /var/lib/prosody, reinstall.

Now got a new error in LUA :

lua5.2: /usr/bin/prosodyctl:1286: /usr/lib/prosody/util/prosodyctl.lua:51: attempt to index local 'char' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
	/usr/lib/prosody/util/prosodyctl.lua:51: in function 'getchar'
	/usr/lib/prosody/util/prosodyctl.lua:88: in function 'show_yesno'
	/usr/bin/prosodyctl:499: in function 'use_existing'
	/usr/bin/prosodyctl:521: in function 'config'
	/usr/bin/prosodyctl:626: in function </usr/bin/prosodyctl:619>
	(...tail calls...)
	/usr/bin/prosodyctl:1368: in function 'func'
	/usr/lib/prosody/util/async.lua:127: in function </usr/lib/prosody/util/async.lua:125>
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	/usr/bin/prosodyctl:1286: in function 'handler'
	/usr/lib/prosody/util/async.lua:211: in function 'run'
	/usr/bin/prosodyctl:1371: in main chunk
	[C]: in ?
/var/lib/prosody/localhost.cnf exists, do you want to replace it? [y/n] dpkg: error processing package jitsi-meet-prosody (--configure):

Do you know how to set hostname during installation instead using a command prompt who doesn't show? Why the purge doesn't fix the configuration of the hostname?

Thanks!

[damencho]

Are you purging using this command: https://jitsi.org/qi#uninstall ?

[mathben]

Succeed, I forgot to uninstall jicofo.
Thanks!

[deepdad]

I got a similar error. I do use a domain name.

But it was solved by (re-)commenting server_names_hash_bucket_size 64; in nginx.conf and restarting the nginx service.