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Troubleshooting

BEFORE YOU BEGIN TROUBLESHOOTING

Before you begin troubleshooting we suggest you check all of the following:

  • Check that your current binary version is the latest listed on the Current Network Parameters
    • Check the version on your localhost using oasis-node --version
    • Check the version on your server using oasis-node --version
  • If upgrading, make sure that you’ve wiped state (unless that is explicitly not required)
  • If you’re doing anything with the entity:
    • Do you have the latest genesis?
    • Do you have the correct private key (or Ledger device).
    • If you’re signing a transaction:
      • Do you sufficient account balance to make the transaction?
        • Run oasis-node stake account info
      • Are you using the correct nonce?
        • Run oasis-node stake account info
  • If you’re generating a transaction:
    • Do you have the latest genesis?
  • If you’re submitting a transaction:
    • Do you have the latest genesis?
    • Is your node synced? If not, the transaction will fail to run properly

Running a Node

Invalid Permissions

Permissions for node and entity

Error Message:

common/Mkdir: path '/serverdir/node' has invalid permissions: -rwxr-xr-x

The entity and node directories both need to have permissions rwx------. Make sure you initialize the directory with correct permissions or change them using chmod:

mkdir --mode 700 --parents {entity,node}
chmod 700 /serverdir/node
chmod 700 /serverdir/entity

Permissions for .pem files

Error Message example:

signature/signer/file: invalid PEM file permissions 700 on /serverdir/node/identity.pem

All .pem files should have the permissions 600. You can set the permissions for all .pem files in a directory using the following command:

chmod -R 600 /path/*.pem

Serverdir Ownership

Another possible cause of permission issues is not giving ownership of your serverdir to the user running the node (e.g. docker-host or replace with your user):

chown -R docker-host:docker-host /serverdir

In general, to avoid problems when running docker, specify the user when running docker commands by adding the flag --user $(id -u):$(id -g).

Cannot Find File

Error Message examples:

no such file or directory
file does not exist
ts=2019-11-17T03:42:09.778647033Z level=error module=cmd/registry/node caller=node.go:127 msg="failed to load entity" err="file does not exist"

More often than you’d expect, this error is the result of setting the path incorrectly. You may have left something like --genesis.file $GENESIS_FILE_PATH in the command without setting $GENESIS_FILE_PATH first, or set the path incorrectly. Check that echo $GENESIS_FILE_PATH matches your expectation or provide a path in the command.

Another possible cause: the files in your localhost directory cannot be read from the container. Make sure to run commands in the same session within the container.

Staking and Registering

Transaction Out of Gas

Error message:

module=cmd/stake caller=stake.go:70 msg="failed to submit transaction" err="rpc error: code = Unknown desc = staking: add escrow transaction failed: out of gas" attempt=1

The docs are now updated to show that you need to add --stake.transaction.fee.gas and --stake.transaction.fee.amount flags when generating your transaction. Note that if you’re re-generating a transaction, you will need to increment the --nonce flag.

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