Installation failure - cannot install both postfix-2:3.5.8-2.el8.x86_64 and postfix-3:3.5.15-1.apnscp.x86_64\

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I get the following failure on Alma Linux:

2022-03-13 15:22:51,799 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | appstream: using metadata from Fri 11 Mar 2022 04:00:43 PM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:51,799 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | repo: using cache for: extras
2022-03-13 15:22:51,800 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | extras: using metadata from Thu 11 Nov 2021 04:40:51 PM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:51,800 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | repo: using cache for: powertools
2022-03-13 15:22:51,818 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | powertools: using metadata from Fri 11 Mar 2022 04:04:51 PM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:51,818 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | repo: using cache for: epel
2022-03-13 15:22:51,966 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | epel: using metadata from Fri 11 Mar 2022 01:28:12 PM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:51,966 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | repo: using cache for: epel-modular
2022-03-13 15:22:51,969 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | epel-modular: using metadata from Fri 11 Mar 2022 02:17:21 PM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:51,969 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | repo: using cache for: mariadb
2022-03-13 15:22:52,024 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | mariadb: using metadata from Sat 12 Feb 2022 03:58:35 AM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:52,025 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | repo: using cache for: pgdg-common
2022-03-13 15:22:52,047 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | pgdg-common: using metadata from Thu 10 Mar 2022 03:21:04 PM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:52,051 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | repo: using cache for: pgdg14
2022-03-13 15:22:52,058 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | pgdg14: using metadata from Thu 10 Mar 2022 03:21:10 PM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:52,063 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:13 ago on Sun 13 Mar 2022 03:22:39 PM UTC.
2022-03-13 15:22:52,545 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | timer: sack setup: 1033 ms
2022-03-13 15:22:52,597 p=1671 u=root n=dnf.[fork.4618] | timer: depsolve: 12 ms
2022-03-13 15:22:52,607 p=1648 u=root n=ansible | fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {“attempts”: 2, “changed”: false, “failures”: [], “msg”: “Depsolve Error occured: \n Problem: problem with installed package postfix-mysql-2:3.5.8-2.el8.x86_64\n - package postfix-mysql-2:3.5.8-2.el8.x86_64 requires postfix = 2:3.5.8-2.el8, but none of the providers can be installed\n - cannot install both postfix-3:3.5.15-1.apnscp.x86_64 and postfix-2:3.5.8-2.el8.x86_64\n - cannot install both postfix-2:3.5.8-2.el8.x86_64 and postfix-3:3.5.15-1.apnscp.x86_64\n - cannot install the best update candidate for package postfix-2:3.5.8-2.el8.x86_64”, “rc”: 1, “results”: []}
2022-03-13 15:22:52,612 p=1648 u=root n=ansible | PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
2022-03-13 15:22:52,612 p=1648 u=root n=ansible | localhost : ok=112 changed=17 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=60 rescued=0 ignored=0

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rpm -qa | grep postfix | xargs rpm --nodeps -e

Looks like your instance came with postfix + postfix-mysql pre-installed.

Run installation again after removing these packages,

cd /usr/local/apnscp/resources/playbooks
ansible-playbook bootstrap.yml
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Thanks; it was from the OS7 > Alma upgrade.

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Yup that’ll reapply installation, correcting any drifts. If anything isn’t reconciled after this, let me know and we’ll go from there.

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OK, from a n00b perspective I am lost.

I am now getting:

TASK [system/pam : Edit /home/virtual/FILESYSTEMTEMPLATE system-auth] ******************************************************************************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => changed=false
msg: Destination /home/virtual/FILESYSTEMTEMPLATE/siteinfo/etc/pam.d/system-auth does not exist !
rc: 257

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
localhost : ok=1012 changed=3 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=527 rescued=0 ignored=0

but when I run grep -m1 failed=1 -B20 /root/apnscp-bootstrapper.log

I get the same output from my first post.

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I think you have a borked install overall. Perhaps reinstalling pam package would fix the issue (should relink dirs and whatsoever), but I’d rather fully reinstall the OS itself if it’s not too late…

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OK, did a fresh Cent OS8 > Alma install and I seen to be caught in a loop. grep -m1 failed=1 -B20 /root/apnscp-bootstrapper.log returns several hundred lines, last few are:

ons.lo Zend/zend_ini.lo Zend/zend_sort.lo Zend/zend_multibyte.lo Zend/zend_ts_hash.lo Zend/zend_stream.lo Zend/zend_iterators.lo Zend/zend_interfaces.lo Zend/zend_exceptions.lo Zend/zend_strtod.lo Zend/zend_gc.lo Zend/zend_closures.lo Zend/zend_weakrefs.lo Zend/zend_float.lo Zend/zend_string.lo Zend/zend_signal.lo Zend/zend_generators.lo Zend/zend_virtual_cwd.lo Zend/zend_ast.lo Zend/zend_objects.lo Zend/zend_object_handlers.lo Zend/zend_objects_API.lo Zend/zend_default_classes.lo Zend/zend_inheritance.lo Zend/zend_smart_str.lo Zend/zend_cpuinfo.lo Zend/zend_execute.lo sapi/apache2handler/mod_php7.lo sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.lo sapi/apache2handler/apache_config.lo sapi/apache2handler/php_functions.lo main/internal_functions.lo -lcrypt -lc-client -ltidy -lresolv -lcrypt -laspell -lpspell -lpq -lpq -lrt -lldap -llber -lstdc++ -lcrypt -lpam -lgmp -ldb-5.3 -lgdbm -lbz2 -lrt -lm -ldl -lsystemd -lpthread -lxml2 -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lssl -lcrypto -lsqlite3 -lz -lcurl -lxml2 -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lpng16 -lz -lwebp -ljpeg -lfreetype -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lssl -lcrypto -licuio -licui18n -licuuc -licudata -lonig -lsqlite3 -lxml2 -lxml2 -lsodium -lcrypt -lxml2 -lxml2 -lxml2 -lxml2 -lxslt -lm -lxml2 -lexslt -lxslt -lm -lgcrypt -ldl -lgpg-error -lxml2 -lzip -lz -lssl -lcrypto -lcrypt -o libphp7.la"]}
2022-03-14 02:53:40,559 p=5005 u=root n=ansible | PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
2022-03-14 02:53:40,560 p=5005 u=root n=ansible | localhost : ok=228 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=140 rescued=0 ignored=0

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Obviously the log is totally garbage, doesn’t really help identifying the issue. Could you provide a more meaningful extract?

Also, it would be nice knowing what provider or what VM specs you have…

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Would need to see the full line (or preceding lines). Based on similar situations you’re most likely OOM on a 1 GB server or / partition is filled, verify with df.

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Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 1992148 0 1992148 0% /dev
tmpfs 2011176 0 2011176 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 2011176 17000 1994176 1% /run
tmpfs 2011176 0 2011176 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/cl_uniquerobust-root 206972928 7972508 199000420 4% /
tmpfs 956416 0 956416 0% /tmp
/dev/sda1 1038336 318020 720316 31% /boot
tmpfs 402232 0 402232 0% /run/user/990
tmpfs 402232 0 402232 0% /run/user/0

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the results scroll off of the window and too big to post, suggested command?

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This should work. First filter out the last 1500 lines from the most recent failure, then send it as an attachment to my email.

grep -b1499 failed=1 /root/apnscp-bootstrapper.log  | tail -n 1500 > /tmp/log.txt
mail -s "Log" -a /tmp/log.txt matt@apisnetworks.com < /dev/null

Confirm the email was dispatched in /var/log/maillog.

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tail /var/log/maillog
Mar 14 23:44:45 localhost postfix/postdrop[3262619]: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No such file or directory

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cd /usr/local/apnscp/resources/playbooks
ansible-playbook bootstrap.yml --tags=mail/configure-postfix

Give that a go first otherwise rsync the log somewhere else and PM me the URL.

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4753128-2022-03-14 03:30:41,968 p=420979 u=root n=ansible | fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “cmd”: “/bin/gmake --jobs=1”, “msg”: “libtool: link: `ext/exif/exif.lo’ is not a valid libtool object\ngmake: *** [Makefile:170: libphp7.la] Error 1”, “rc”: 2, “stderr”: "libtool: link: …

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cd /usr/local/apnscp/build/php/php-7.4.28
make clean
make 2>&1 | tee /tmp/log.txt

If it fails to compile successfully send me log.txt. I’m unable to reproduce this on a fresh install with PHP 7.4/Alma. It may have to do with your image if postfix-mysql was present at provisioning.

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There is no php-7.4.28 directory, only php.config

Also, just to clarify; the postfix-mysql issue was from the first install attempt (cent OS7 upgrade to Alma), at the suggestion of anatoli I scrapped the install when a pam error came up and started again.

This is now a second install from Cent OS8 upgrade to Alma, no postfix-mysql error.

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Directory would be /var/cache/httpd/php-7.4.28 then. Looked like from the build log it was building panel PHP, not the server PHP. Same process with make clean + tee.