Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1026399
Windows 2008 - Unable to install the agent to different disk drive
Last modified: 2013-11-05 04:09:17 EST
Description of problem: Setting rhq.agent.basedir in rhqctl.properties to different disk drive causes installer failure. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Version: 3.2.0.ER4 Build Number: e413566:057b211 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Setup a Windows system (Windows Server 2008) that has a secondary/additional disk drive (E:). 2. unzip jon-server-3.2.0.ER4.zip to c:\opt 3. set rhq.agent.basedir in rhqctl.properties to e:\opt\jboss\jon 4, rhqctl install Actual results: Installer output: (start) 01:31:24,862 INFO [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] Configuring the RHQ agent with default configuration file: e:optjbossjon\conf\agent-configuration.xm l 01:31:24,862 ERROR [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] An error occurred wh ile configuring the agent: e:optjbossjon\conf\agent-configuration.xml (The syste m cannot find the path specified) (end) rhq.agent.basedir in rhqctl.properties is malformed to rhq.agent.basedir = e:optjbossjon Expected results: Agent is installed to e:\opt\jboss\jon without errors Additional info: This corner scenario was used to set up environment for bug 903402
Workaround: use following path rhq.agent.basedir = e:\\opt\\jboss\\jon Installation was finished successfully but the agent was not installed. I can see 02:31:07,004 INFO [org.rhq.server.control.command.Install] The RHQ agent is alr eady installed in [e:\opt\jboss\jon]. It will not be installed. But e:\opt\jboss\jon is empty. How does this check work?
The problem here is using backslashes in a properties file. With forward slashes you should not have a problem. Or with the escaped backslashes, as you tried above. From the wiki: https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/RHQ/RHQ+Control+Script "Values are treated like Java strings. So: - Use forward slashes where possible, especially in directory or file paths (including Windows!). For example: /var/lib or C:/my/folder. - If you need an explicit backslash, escape it using a double-backslash. " I will also add this to the Windows specific page: As for the agent installation test, it looks only for the agent base directory. So, if it finds it, even if empty, it will assume the agent is already installed. I don't think any code changes are required, please retest or let me know otherwise. Thanks, Jay. (assigning to myself for any future action, but setting to NeedInfo)
Thank you for info Jay. Forward slashes work and the agent was installed. Closing as NOTABUG