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[looking for maintainers] Debian 12 bare metal and Proxmox installs fail

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python, shell
Domain
backend, devops

Research direction

Start by reading the Debian 12 install script at install/debian12/install.debian12.sh and the attached install log, then trace the startup path shown in server/main.py and server/app_state.py. Check why startup cannot write /app/api/app_state.json after the settings-file warning. Done means the Debian 12 bare-metal and Proxmox installs complete without this failure.

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Description

bare-metal ❗ bug 🐛 help wanted 🆘

log.txt

Is there an existing issue for this?
The issue occurs in the following browsers. Select at least 2.
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Edge
  • Safari (unsupported) - PRs welcome
  • N/A - This is an issue with the backend
Current Behavior

Install via curl -o install.debian12.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jokob-sk/NetAlertX/main/install/debian12/install.debian12.sh && sudo chmod +x install.debian12.sh && sudo ./install.debian12.sh script fails with

[INSTALL] 🚀 Starting app - navigate to your <server IP>: 10:24:05 [Settings] ⚠ File not found: /app/api/table_settings.json Traceback (most recent call last): File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code File "/app//server/__main__.py", line 255, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ^^^^^^ File "/app//server/__main__.py", line 75, in main updateState("Initializing", None, None, None, 0) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app//server/app_state.py", line 99, in updateState return app_state_class(newState, settingsSaved, settingsImported, showSpinner, graphQLServerStarted, processScan) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/app//server/app_state.py", line 86, in __init__ with open(stateFile, 'w') as json_file: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/app/api/app_state.json'

Full install log attached

Expected Behavior

To not fail...

Steps To Reproduce

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app.conf
docker-compose.yml
What installation are you running?

Production (netalertx)

app.log

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