Error message when updating or installing MinimServer 2

[guussie]

I have tried to update MinimServer to the latest version but received the following error message:

Package 'minimserver-2.1.2' conflicts with updates expiry date '20211011'
MinimServer failure: now stopped, use 'relaunch' or 'exit'

I then uninstalled MinimServer and did a fresh install, but I keep getting the same message.

Thanks for helping out!

[simoncn]

This message means your MinimServer updates license expired on 11th October 2021. To install and run the current version of MinimServer, you need to extend your updates license.

To extend your updates license, open this page and enter the information requested.

[guussie]

(15-10-2022 15:06)simoncn Wrote:  This message means your MinimServer updates license expired on 11th October 2021. To install and run the current version of MinimServer, you need to extend your updates license.

To extend your updates license, open this page and enter the information requested.

I have updated my license last week, but I am still getting the same error message when I run startc.

What could be the problem?

Thanks you,


Guus

[simoncn]

When MinimServer is started, it gets the expiry date from the online license server and updates it in your local installation. Unfortunately, the check for an expired updates license is done before this happens and is causing startup to fail. This is why you are getting the error you are seeing.

To work around this problem, you can do the following:

1) In the minimserver/data folder, check that the default.profile file is present and contains your current MinimServer configuration settings.
2) Delete or rename the minimserver.config and minimserver.config.save files. It would be a good idea to keep copies of these in case something goes wrong with the recovery procedure.
3) Start MinimServer using startc or startd
4) Because MinimServer can't find the minimserver.config and minimserver.config.save files, it will start with a starter license instead of a full license and the expiry check won't happen. MinimServer will start but you won't see your previous configuration settings.
5) After MinimServer has started, open the MinimServer configuration web page and select the License tab. This will update the license from starter to full and will apply your recently extended expiry date. It will also apply all your previous configuration settings that were saved in the default.profile file.
6) Click Restart from the License tab page and MinimServer should now be up and running as normal.

The next MinimServer update will have a fix for the problem with the expiry check preventing MinimServer startup.

[guussie]

(22-10-2022 08:50)simoncn Wrote:  When MinimServer is started, it gets the expiry date from the online license server and updates it in your local installation. Unfortunately, the check for an expired updates license is done before this happens and is causing startup to fail. This is why you are getting the error you are seeing.

To work around this problem, you can do the following:

1) In the minimserver/data folder, check that the default.profile file is present and contains your current MinimServer configuration settings.
2) Delete or rename the minimserver.config and minimserver.config.save files. It would be a good idea to keep copies of these in case something goes wrong with the recovery procedure.
3) Start MinimServer using startc or startd
4) Because MinimServer can't find the minimserver.config and minimserver.config.save files, it will start with a starter license instead of a full license and the expiry check won't happen. MinimServer will start but you won't see your previous configuration settings.
5) After MinimServer has started, open the MinimServer configuration web page and select the License tab. This will update the license from starter to full and will apply your recently extended expiry date. It will also apply all your previous configuration settings that were saved in the default.profile file.
6) Click Restart from the License tab page and MinimServer should now be up and running as normal.

The next MinimServer update will have a fix for the problem with the expiry check preventing MinimServer startup.

I cried victory too early!

MinimServer runs but produces an error message:

Quote:Integrity check failed for file minimserver.config; select a profile and relaunch

Under Profiles, the default Profile is listed, but the "Select profile" button is greyed.

The "Create" menu option is also greyed.

The "Reset" menu option says that there is no active Profile.


I got an error message when running MinimWatch, but I solved that problem by installing a new Java version.

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[simoncn]

I have just tried this and MinimServer started without any errors. Did you edit the minimserver.config file? This would cause the error message you are seeing. You need to stop MinimServer, then delete both the minimserver.config and minimserver.config.save files, then start MinimServer.

[guussie]

That has worked. Created a new profile and it is working as expected.

Thanks for the quick reply!