Details
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Type:
Task
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Status: Done
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Priority:
(None)
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: None
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Labels:
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Sprint:MEN Sprint 104
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Story Points:1
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Backlog:yes
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Days in progress:2
Description
This has come up a few times, especially in cases where only the Mender debian package is installed (not full integration) or some configuration is wrong.
When trying to deploy an update of the "rootfs-image" type, the following error is shown:
“Fetching Artifact headers failed: installer: failed to read Artifact: readHeaderV3: handleHeaderReads: Cannot load handler for unknown Payload type 'rootfs-image'"
If you know the details this makes sense (no Update Module or internal logic to understand the 'rootfs-image' type), but for a user this can be very confusing. Is there something wrong with the Artifact Payload or the Device? If Device, what is wrong and what should be done to fix it?
I would recommend two changes:
- In general, instead of "..Cannot load handler for unknown Payload type 'rootfs-image'" -> "Artifact Payload type 'rootfs-image' is not supported by this Mender client."
- Specifically for "rootfs-image" type, we can add: "Ensure Mender client is fully integrated, including RootfsPartA/B is set in mender.conf."
