V6 Issue with Admin Zimlets

[uxbod]

Hi,

Yesterday I migrated from ZCS6GA -> ZCS6GA on another server. The reason is that the original ZCS6GA had been upgraded from V5 and I wanted to work with a clean V6 install.

I followed the Wiki :: Network Edition Distaster Recovery document and all went pretty well apart from a few hickups (Thanks Mike! )

The issue I have is that due to not starting the servers once the install is complete the Zimlets do not get deployed. So I have tried to deploy them using

su - zimbra
zmzimlet deploy zimlets-network/com_zimbra_backuprestore.zip

This fires off okay but on checking /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log I see

2009-09-13 10:30:28,311 INFO  [btpool0-15] [name=zimbra;ip=192.168.1.100;] soap - DeployZimletRequest
2009-09-13 10:30:28,413 INFO  [Thread-285] [] zimlet - Deploying Zimlet com_zimbra_backuprestore in LDAP.
2009-09-13 10:30:28,549 INFO  [Thread-285] [] zimlet - Installing Zimlet com_zimbra_backuprestore on this host.
2009-09-13 10:30:28,550 INFO  [Thread-285] [] zimlet - deploy
java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
    at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
    at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:883)
    at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.writeFile(ZimletUtil.java:611)
    at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.installZimlet(ZimletUtil.java:558)
    at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.deployZimlet(ZimletUtil.java:487)
    at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.deployZimlet(ZimletUtil.java:421)
    at com.zimbra.cs.service.admin.DeployZimlet$DeployThread.run(DeployZimlet.java:98)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

I have even tried un-deploying before I install it. When I list the Zimlets I get

$ zmzimletctl listZimlets
Installed Zimlet files on this host:
[] WARN: error loading zimlet com_zimbra_cert_manager
java.io.FileNotFoundException: zimlet description not found: com_zimbra_cert_manager.xml
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.initZimletDescription(ZimletFile.java:227)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.initialize(ZimletFile.java:205)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.initialize(ZimletFile.java:162)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.<init>(ZimletFile.java:148)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.loadZimletsFromDir(ZimletUtil.java:311)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.loadZimlets(ZimletUtil.java:248)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.listInstalledZimletsOnHost(ZimletUtil.java:841)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.listAllZimlets(ZimletUtil.java:910)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.dispatch(ZimletUtil.java:1687)
	at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.main(ZimletUtil.java:1803)
	com_zimbra_mobilesync
	com_zimbra_ymemoticons

So could this be a specific issue with ZCSV6GA that requires a RFE ?

This also happens with the HSM Zimlet aswell.

[mrcoffee11]

Got the same issue when installing the vtwitter zimlet in Zimbra 6:

Output from /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log:

2009-10-11 17:55:46,488 INFO [Thread-1597] [] zimlet - deploy
java.io.FileNotFoundException: zimlet description not found: null
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.initZimletDescript ion(ZimletFile.java:227)
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.initialize(ZimletF ile.java:205)
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.<init>(ZimletFile. java:153)
at com.zimbra.cs.service.admin.DeployZimlet$DeployThr ead.run(DeployZimlet.java:98)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Zimbra version:
zcs-6.0.1_GA_1816.F7.20090911174852.tgz

[EmOperations]

I've encountered the same problem when attempting to enable the Certificate Manager extension, on a fresh install of 6.0.1

/opt/zimbra # zmcontrol -v
Release 6.0.1_GA_1816.RHEL5_20090911164519 CentOS5 NETWORK edition.

/opt/zimbra # zmzimletctl deploy zimlets/com_zimbra_cert_manager.zip
[] INFO: Deploying on z1.<domain-chain>.com
[] INFO: Deploy initiated. (check the servers mailbox.log for the status)
[] INFO: Deploying on z2.<domain-chain>.com
[] INFO: Deploy initiated. (check the servers mailbox.log for the status)
/opt/zimbra #

/opt/zimbra # tail -18 log/mailbox.log
2009-10-15 16:59:39,643 INFO [btpool0-7] [ip=127.0.0.1;] soap - AuthRequest
2009-10-15 16:59:39,732 INFO [btpool0-7] [name=zimbra;ip=127.0.0.1;] soap - GetAllServersRequest
2009-10-15 16:59:40,232 INFO [btpool0-7] [ip=10.xxx.xxx.xxx;] soap - AuthRequest
2009-10-15 16:59:40,315 INFO [btpool0-7] [ip=10.xxx.xxx.xxx;ua=Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.0;] mailbox - FileUploadServlet received Upload: { accountId=e0fafd89-1360-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx, time=Thu Oct 15 16:59:40 EDT 2009, uploadId=e5af1a4c-26d3-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx:602963b6-92ed-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx, com_zimbra_cert_manager.zip}
2009-10-15 16:59:40,319 INFO [btpool0-7] [name=zimbra;ip=10.xxx.xxx.xxx;] soap - DeployZimletRequest
2009-10-15 16:59:40,404 WARN [Thread-117] [] zimlet - zimlet description not found: com_zimbra_cert_manager.xml
2009-10-15 16:59:40,407 INFO [Thread-117] [] zimlet - Deploying Zimlet com_zimbra_cert_manager in LDAP.
2009-10-15 16:59:40,516 INFO [Thread-117] [] zimlet - Installing Zimlet com_zimbra_cert_manager on this host.
2009-10-15 16:59:40,517 INFO [Thread-117] [] zimlet - deploy
java.io.IOException: No such file or directory
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Nativ e Method)
at java.io.File.createNewFile(File.java:883)
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.writeFile(ZimletUt il.java:611)
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.installZimlet(Ziml etUtil.java:558)
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.deployZimlet(Zimle tUtil.java:487)
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletUtil.deployZimlet(Zimle tUtil.java:421)
at com.zimbra.cs.service.admin.DeployZimlet$DeployThr ead.run(DeployZimlet.java:98)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
/opt/zimbra #

Does anyone have any suggestions for a workaround?

.Dave

[Guenther983]

I encountered the same issue on 6.0.2 (among others) on Ubuntu after an upgrade. After some debugging and decompiling of code we determined it was a permissions issue.

The zimbra home folder was owned by root and was stopping the zmzimletctl program from unzipping the properties files into the /opt/zimbra/zimlet-properties folder.

See full description on this post... ZCS 6.0.2 Admin Interface Missing Features and/or Broken

[mrcoffee11]

Sounds great so I tried it. Looks like the folder was already there with the correct rights. ZChanged the /opt/zimbra rights to be sure.
Installed vtwitter... it failed. Other zimlets install without a problem.
Think it's a vtwitter issue in combination with 6.01

[Guenther983]

mrcoffee - your issue is slightly different than the others that were posted. Most were reporting a JAVA exception of "java.io.IOException: No such file or directory" as part of the installation.

Your stack trace is...

2009-10-11 17:55:46,488 INFO [Thread-1597] [] zimlet - deploy
java.io.FileNotFoundException: zimlet description not found: null
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.initZimletDescript ion(ZimletFile.java:227)
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.initialize(ZimletF ile.java:205)
at com.zimbra.cs.zimlet.ZimletFile.<init>(ZimletFile. java:153)
at com.zimbra.cs.service.admin.DeployZimlet$DeployThr ead.run(DeployZimlet.java:98)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)

Judging by the code and the message it appears that you should look into the /opt/zimbra/zimlets-deployed for a subfolder with your zimlet name. In that folder it should have an .xml file that contains a description="" attribute...

e.g. <zimlet name="com_zimbra_license" version="6.0" description="License Management for Admin UI" extension="true">

If that file is missing then it could explain the problem you are getting. And if so it is likely like you suspect that it is a zimlet designed for older versions of zimbra.

[mrcoffee11]

Thank a lot for your time