FreeNAS Jail - Will not start after Homebridge Config UI X v4.7.0 update #461

simonlock · 2020-01-11T12:15:12Z

Describe Your Problem:
After installing the Homebridge Config UI X v4.7.0 update homebridge fails to start and continually tries to restart unsuccessfully. I am running homebridge in a Freenas Jail as detailed https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge/wiki/FreeNAS-11-Installation-using-a-Jail. and using pm2.

I've tried reinstalling Homebridge. Resetting Homebridge and using just a very simple default json.config and the problem still persists. Perhaps thsi problem is now related to the new UI displaying the cpu usage because the logs mention cpu.js?

Logs:

Show the Homebridge / Homebridge Config UI X logs here.

Homebridge Config:

    "platforms": [
        {
            "name": "Config",
            "port": 8080,
            "auth": "form",
            "theme": "auto",
            "tempUnits": "c",
            "sudo": true,
            "ssl": {
                "key": "/usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/xxx/privkey.pem",
                "cert": "/usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/xxx/cert.pem"
            },
            "platform": "config"
        },

Screenshots:

Environment:

Node.js Version: Node.js v13.3.0
NPM Version: 6.13.6
Homebridge Version: 0.4.50
Homebridge Config UI X Version:v4.7.0
Operating System: FreeNAS-11.2-U7
Process Supervisor: freeBSD jail

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oznu · 2020-01-11T12:23:49Z

I'll check this out soon. I haven't tested shells - you're in fact the first person I've come across who's setup Homebridge this way.

You can roll back to 4.6.7 for now.

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-config-ui-x@4.6.7

Does your version of FreeNAS support Docker?

simonlock · 2020-01-11T12:32:12Z

Thank you for your quick reply and for letting me know how to roll back. I'm up and running for now. Freenas does support docker after first installing a linux vm so not very elegant. I look forward to hearing back from you.

oznu · 2020-01-11T12:34:28Z

I'll push an update soon to not crash on cpu stats failure / add the ability to turn it off.

You might not get CPU usage info on your dashboard anymore, but we'll see what I can do.

oznu · 2020-01-11T12:55:44Z

@simonlock can you let me know what platform Node.js reports you as being on?

You can do this at an interactive Node prompt.

node
os.platform()

simonlock · 2020-01-11T13:04:02Z

It displays 'freebsd'.

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oznu · 2020-01-11T13:14:54Z

Perfect, thanks. The systeminformation module I'm now using does not support the "current load" command on FreeBSD. I'll find an alternative.

oznu · 2020-01-12T04:33:19Z

FreeBSD 12 seems to be ok.

oznu · 2020-01-12T04:51:26Z

Same with 11.2:

oznu · 2020-01-12T04:57:07Z

I couldn't replicate this in FreeBSD, I wasn't using a jailed shell though so that may have been the difference.

Either way, I've published a @test version for you to try that uses the same method to get CPU load as v4.6.7 did on freebsd only.

You can install it like this:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-config-ui-x@test

Let me know if that works for you.

simonlock · 2020-01-12T23:36:14Z

Thanks for your excellent support on this. I've installed your latest test update but Homebridge still continually restarts and I never get to see the status page.

The logs report:

I've now moved on to using Homebridge on a Raspberry PI running docker and I'm finding it to be a big improvement over the FreeNAS jail version with great visible logging; which was something that was very much lacking using pm2 on freeNAS. I'm happy to continue testing freeNAS if this is something you'd like to solve?

oznu · 2020-01-13T06:55:50Z

Thanks @simonlock,

If you could try one more time with the latest @test I think I have found all the issues:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-config-ui-x@test

Let me know if that works for you.

simonlock · 2020-01-13T07:30:01Z

I've just tried it out and yes you've solved it. Thanks for your support. The Raspberry Pi version is more feature-rich but this version now works and functions correctly.

oznu · 2020-01-13T09:36:58Z

Great; thanks for testing this out. It saves me having to setup and figure out FreeNAS 😄!

sidbena · 2020-01-13T14:03:47Z

I don't mean to reopen the issue itself, more to point out to @simonlock that there are logs when running homebridge (and homebridge-config-ui-x), managed with pm2, through a FreeNAS jail too. The logs are, what I believe, automatically created at /<user pm2 is run as>/.pm2/logs/<pm2 service name>/ as <service name>-[out|error].log so in my case I've got two logs at:

/root/.pm2/logs/homebridge-out.log
/root/.pm2/logs/homebridge-error.log

I've chosen to show the logs within homebridge-config-ui-x by going into the settings for the plugin and under Log Viewer Setup I've chosen Custom Command and for the command:

tail -f /root/.pm2/logs/homebridge-out.log /root/.pm2/logs/homebridge-error.log

This solution makes new log entries show up through the logging web interface that homebridge-config-ui-x provides.
Sorry for the long explanation (and possible reopening) of the issue.

simonlock · 2020-01-13T22:43:26Z

Thank you Ted. I did struggle trying to get these pm2 logs to show up in Homebridge within a FreeNAS jail. However, I've now moved onto using Homebridge running on docker within a Raspberry Pi along with my other IOT related containers. Your instructions will certainly help if I decide to return to using Homebridge in a FreeNAS jail again in the future. Moreover, hopefully, your example given above will help others who might stumble across this.

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On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 14:03, Ted Jangius ***@***.***> wrote: I don't mean to reopen the issue itself, more to point out to @simonlock <https://github.com/simonlock> that there are logs when running homebridge (and homebridge-config-ui-x), managed with pm2, through a FreeNAS jail too. The logs are, what I believe, automatically created at /<user pm2 is run as>/.pm2/logs/<pm2 service name>/ as <service name>-[out|error].log so in my case I've got two logs at: /root/.pm2/logs/homebridge-out.log /root/.pm2/logs/homebridge-error.log I've chosen to show the logs within homebridge-config-ui-x by going into the settings for the plugin and under Log Viewer Setup I've chosen Custom Command and for the command: tail -f /root/.pm2/logs/homebridge-out.log /root/.pm2/logs/homebridge-error.log This solution makes new log entries show up through the logging web interface that homebridge-config-ui-x provides. Sorry for the long explanation (and possible reopening) of the issue. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#461>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACUGGGZJTN4VTSH3SN4PPGLQ5RYEJANCNFSM4KFRWY4Q> .

Grinchii · 2020-01-19T15:58:57Z

It now works on FreeNAS with the newest Version.

But there seems to be a problem with 10GBE Mellanox Cards. While Homebridge is running the system gets flooded with noise from this card.

mlx4_core0: port level mtu is only used for IB ports
mlx4_core0: port level mtu is only used for IB ports
mlx4_core0: port level mtu is only used for IB ports
mlx4_core0: port level mtu is only used for IB ports
mlx4_core0: port level mtu is only used for IB ports

About every 3sec I get this message twice.

It seems like homebridge in the newest version is using something like sysctl quite often. This trys accessing the card and the error occurs.

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oznu changed the title ~~Will not start after Homebridge Config UI X v4.7.0 update~~ FreeNAS Jail - Will not start after Homebridge Config UI X v4.7.0 update Jan 11, 2020

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