App install not working from dashboard (Deb12)

[Velenski]

Describe the bug
When clicking the install button on the dashboard nothing happens.
this goes for all packages, the screen popsup but it stays blank and nothing happens.

I have tried different machines and browsers to reproduce and all same result.
Using Debian 12 on a hetzner VM with AMD Ryzen CPU (4 cores)
I reinstalled the VM but that did not give a different result.
No browser plugins that could have effect.

Windows 11
Browsers: Edge Chromium, Chrome, Firefox

[tautcony]

Please check the log file located at /srv/dashboard/db/output.log for execution details and post any error info for further debugging.

[Velenski]

Please check the log file located at /srv/dashboard/db/output.log for execution details and post any error info for further debugging.

there is nothing refering to the problem in that log it only shows rtorrent install from the initial box setup/install

output.log

[tautcony]

Are there any errors in the `/root/quickbox.*.log' log file during Quickbox-Lite setup, especially when installing the dashboard?

If the network and boot time are displayed correctly, it should have been installed successfully. then it's possible that the command has not been sent to the server correctly, you can check if there is an error printed in the browser F12.

[Velenski]

when i try installing emby as example and use F12 it gives a 502 bad gateway error. in the dev console.

ws/socket.io/?EIO=4&transport=polling&t=OpBCOHy that is the error shown

[tautcony]

Check the service with systemctl status quickbox-ws, you can try restarting the service with systemctl restart quickbox-ws.

[Velenski]

tried to restart it but getting the same result from the status:

● quickbox-ws.service - QuickBox Status Update WebSocket Interface
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/quickbox-ws.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2024-01-03 20:36:39 CET; 17s ago
Process: 91098 ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 91098 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 101ms

Do note that i tried reinstalling and got the same result with debian 12
have not tried anything else

[tautcony]

Try to start the service directly with the command /usr/bin/node /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js, failure reason may be displayed.

[Popol069]

Hello,
I have the same issue. I installed version 1.5.9 from scratch :

/usr/bin/node /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1137
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'express'
Require stack:
- /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1134:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:975:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1225:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:177:18)
    at 860 (/srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js:1:5447)
    at o (/srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js:1:5819)
    at /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js:1:5873
    at /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js:1:6359
    at Object.<anonymous> (/srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js:1:6363)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1356:14) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js' ]
}

Node.js v18.19.0

[Velenski]

i am getting near same results as described above.
i have tested install on hetzner VM intel and amd cpu and on dedicated servers on hetzner and leaseweb.
all debian 12
all same result.
cannot install from the dashboard

[tautcony]

Reinstall dependencies by following command

apt-get remove -y nodejs
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs

cd /srv/dashboard/ws/
npm ci --production
# check result
/usr/bin/node /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js
# if start successfully
systemctl restart quickbox-ws

[Velenski]

Reinstall dependencies by following command

cd /srv/dashboard/ws/
npm ci --production
# check result
/usr/bin/node /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js
# if start successfully
systemctl restart quickbox-ws

-bash: npm: command not found

tried different abriviations of that but nothing

[Velenski]

[tautcony]

Reinstall dependencies by following command

cd /srv/dashboard/ws/
npm ci --production
# check result
/usr/bin/node /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js
# if start successfully
systemctl restart quickbox-ws

-bash: npm: command not found

tried different abriviations of that but nothing

Okay, I know what the problem is.

please reinstall nodejs and re-execute the previous set of commands(The npm should exists).

apt-get remove -y nodejs
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs

[Velenski]

Reinstall dependencies by following command

cd /srv/dashboard/ws/
npm ci --production
# check result
/usr/bin/node /srv/dashboard/ws/dist/server.js
# if start successfully
systemctl restart quickbox-ws

-bash: npm: command not found
tried different abriviations of that but nothing

Okay, I know what the problem is.

please reinstall nodejs and re-execute the previous set of commands(The npm should exists).

apt-get remove -y nodejs
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs

yes this fixed it.
had to remove dpkg locks when done but that was easy with the fix
i assume the fix is implemented in the code for fresh installs?
i am planning on installing quite a few of these lol

[tautcony]

Yes, the fresh install script need a few fixes

[Velenski]

```shell
systemctl restart quickbox-ws

fantastic
we well await the fixes then, won't be installing anything before next week anyway :)
thanks for the help

[Popol069]

Hi,
just for information, when are you going to modify the script?

Regards,

P.

[tautcony]

This issue only occasionally affects fresh installations. Script change has been pushed to development branch, will be merged into master after more testing.

[Popol069]

Hello,

Thanks,

So I can test with --dev ?

Regards,

[tautcony]

Hello,

Thanks,

So I can test with --dev ?

Regards,

Yes.