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New Otter installation failing when "Requesting Free license key..."



  • Hello,

    I'm attempting to install Otter for the first time, but I'm receiving the following error during installation.

    "An error occurred which forced installation to stop.  The specific error message was:
    The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error."
    

    I've tried using both the included SQL Server Express and an existing SQL Server instance and both scenarios yield the same error.

    When attempting to re-install with the SQL Server Express option, I also get the following error.

    "An error occurred which forced installation to stop.  The specific error message was:
    SQL Express installer returned exit code -2068643838."
    

    Both of the error logs can be found below.


       Debug: Product = Otter (2.1.2)
       Debug: OS = Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
       Debug: Edition = Free
       Debug: TargetPath = C:\Program Files\Otter
       Debug: WebAppPath = C:\Program Files\Otter\Web
       Debug: ServicePath = C:\Program Files\Otter\Service
       Debug: ASPNETTempPath = C:\ProgramData\Otter\Temporary ASP.NET Files
       Debug: ExtensionsPath = C:\ProgramData\Otter\Extensions
       Debug: ExtensionsTempPath = C:\ProgramData\Otter\ExtensionsTemp
       Debug: ExecutionTempPath = C:\ProgramData\Otter\Executions
       Debug: ConnectionString = Data Source=<REMOVED>\<REMOVED>; Initial Catalog=Otter; Integrated Security=True;
       Debug: Port = 8626
       Debug: UseIntegratedWebServer = True
       Debug: WebServerPrefixes = http://*:8626/
       Debug: InstallSqlExpress = False
       Debug: UserAccount = LocalSystem
       Debug: WebAppUserAccount = LocalSystem
       Debug: ServiceUserAccount = LocalSystem
       Debug: LicenseKey = 
       Debug: EmailAddress = <REMOVED>
       Debug: FullName = <REMOVED>
       Debug: ConfigureIIS = False
       Debug: BackupDatabase = True
       Debug: DatabaseBackupPath = C:\OtterBackups
       Debug: LogFile = C:\Users\<REMOVED>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3575.tmp.txt
       Debug: Upgrade = False
    Information: Requesting Free license key...
       Error: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
       at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
       at Inedo.Otter.Setup.InstallOtterTask.Install()
       at Inedo.Installer.InstallationTask`1.Inedo.Installer.IInstallationTask.RunInternal()
    

       Debug: Product = Otter (2.1.2)
       Debug: OS = Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0
       Debug: Edition = Free
       Debug: TargetPath = C:\Program Files\Otter
       Debug: WebAppPath = C:\Program Files\Otter\Web
       Debug: ServicePath = C:\Program Files\Otter\Service
       Debug: ASPNETTempPath = C:\ProgramData\Otter\Temporary ASP.NET Files
       Debug: ExtensionsPath = C:\ProgramData\Otter\Extensions
       Debug: ExtensionsTempPath = C:\ProgramData\Otter\ExtensionsTemp
       Debug: ExecutionTempPath = C:\ProgramData\Otter\Executions
       Debug: ConnectionString = Data Source=localhost\Inedo; Initial Catalog=Otter; Integrated Security=True;
       Debug: Port = 8626
       Debug: UseIntegratedWebServer = True
       Debug: WebServerPrefixes = http://*:8626/
       Debug: InstallSqlExpress = True
       Debug: UserAccount = LocalSystem
       Debug: WebAppUserAccount = LocalSystem
       Debug: ServiceUserAccount = LocalSystem
       Debug: LicenseKey = 
       Debug: EmailAddress = <REMOVED>
       Debug: FullName = <REMOVED>
       Debug: ConfigureIIS = False
       Debug: BackupDatabase = True
       Debug: DatabaseBackupPath = C:\OtterBackups
       Debug: LogFile = C:\Users\<REMOVED>\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp93B6.tmp.txt
       Debug: Upgrade = False
    Information: Downloading SQL Express 2016 (this may take a while)...
    Information: Installing SQL Express 2016 (this may take a while)...
       Error: SQL Express installer failed.
       Error: System.InvalidOperationException: SQL Express installer returned exit code -2068643838.
       at Inedo.Installer.Subtasks.DownloadAndInstallSqlExpressSubtask.Run()
       at Inedo.Installer.InstallationTask`1.RunSubtask(InstallationSubtask subtask)
       at Inedo.Otter.Setup.InstallOtterTask.Install()
       at Inedo.Installer.InstallationTask`1.Inedo.Installer.IInstallationTask.RunInternal()
    

    Product: Otter
    Version: 2.1.2


  • inedo-engineer

    Apologies - I broke that endpoint earlier ironically by accidentally disabling logging :(

    It should work now; I also note that you can request a key at https://my.inedo.com and manually enter it.



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