Plugins not installing, MiddlewareError

[donsev]

Hello,

I recently downgraded from Corral 10.0.3 to FreeNAS-9.10-MASTER-201704130409 (14b59ab), that is the latest 9.10 nightly. I'm having problems installing plugins. Upon clicking install I am met with "[MiddlewareError: b"'warden_exception' object has no attribute 'encode'"]" and the following traceback: http://paste2.org/cnht8aA8

This message comes up on so far all plugins I tried to install. I found a similar user with problems and he was asked to provide a dmesg, so my dmesg can be found here: http://paste2.org/500hMbkC

Server stats:

• FreeNAS-9.10-MASTER-201704130409 (14b59ab)
• i3 4330 CPU, 3.50 GHz
• 16 Gb ECC RAM

If anyone could help me out I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[dlavigne]

Did you have an earlier version of FreeNAS or had you started with a Corral install? The configuration databases are not compatible at all and it sounds like you have a Corral config on a 9.10 system.

If you had an earlier version of FreeNAS, you should instead boot from that in the boot menu. If you never had FreeNAS before Corral, you should do a fresh install and recreate your configuration.

 

[donsev]

Ah, good point.

I had 9.10 before Corral was released, then upgraded to Corral, and now downgraded back to 9.10. I used my pre-Corral configuration file to restore settings in my new post-Corral server. Would resetting to factory settings and then changing my everything manually do the trick?

 

[donsev]

Attempted a factory reset, got the following: [MiddlewareError: b'Factory reset has failed, check /var/log/messages']

Traceback:


Environment:

Software Version: FreeNAS-9.10-MASTER-201704130409 (14b59ab)
Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://192.168.1.250/system/config/restore/


Traceback:
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py" in inner
39. response = get_response(request)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in _legacy_get_response
249. response = self._get_response(request)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in _get_response
178. response = middleware_method(request, callback, callback_args, callback_kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/decorators.py" in _wrapped_view
23. return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)

Exception Type: MiddlewareError at /system/config/restore/
Exception Value: [MiddlewareError: b'Factory reset has failed, check /var/log/messages']


Log here: http://paste2.org/83FEbfwW

(Aware of my failing ad1, am in the process of replacing it)

 

[dlavigne]

Are you able to reboot into your initial FreeNAS 9 installation? If so, that version of the OS and its config will still be there.

 

[donsev]

No, my initial Freenas 9 installation is no longer available. I reformatted the USB a couple times since then.

 

[dlavigne]

Bummer. I'd suggest a fresh install and recreating your config (unless you still have a 9.x config saved someplace). Remaking the config is a definite PITA, but at least the data in the storage pool is unaffected by that.

 

[donsev]

I was afraid of that. Regarding that 9.x config: actually my current install is a fresh install of 9.10 nightly, and then I imported a 9.10 config file.

I'll try a fresh install and then manually redoing the settings, will report back later tonight.

 

[donsev]

Yup, did a full fresh install and then imported my 9.10 config again. This time everything works great, so not sure what the issue was.