Errbot not starting

[axil76]

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• Errbot version: 5.2.0
• OS version: CentOS 7
• Python version: 3.4
• Using a virtual environment: no

Issue description

Errbot not starting.

Steps to reproduce

Command : errbot -G -c ./errbot/config.py
Error Message :

12:57:07 ERROR    yapsy                     Unable to create plugin object: /usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/backends/graphic
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/yapsy/PluginManager.py", line 538, in loadPlugins
    plugin_info.plugin_object = self.instanciateElementWithImportInfo(element, element_name, plugin_module_name, candidate_filepath)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/yapsy/PluginManager.py", line 587, in instanciateElementWithImportInfo
    return self.instanciateElement(element)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/specific_plugin_manager.py", line 59, in instanciateElement
    return element(self._config)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/backends/text.py", line 193, in __init__
    self.bot_identifier = self.build_identifier(self.bot_config.BOT_IDENTITY['username'])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/backends/text.py", line 373, in build_identifier
    raise ValueError('An identifier for the Text backend needs to start with # for a room or @ for a person.')
ValueError: An identifier for the Text backend needs to start with # for a room or @ for a person.
12:57:07 ERROR    errbot.bootstrap          Unable to load or configure the backend.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/bootstrap.py", line 153, in setup_bot
    bot = backendpm.get_plugin_by_name(backend_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/specific_plugin_manager.py", line 86, in get_plugin_by_name
    raise Exception('Error loading plugin %s:\nError:\n%s\n' % (name, formatted_error))
Exception: Error loading plugin Graphic:
Error:
<class 'ValueError'>:
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/yapsy/PluginManager.py", line 538, in loadPlugins
    plugin_info.plugin_object = self.instanciateElementWithImportInfo(element, element_name, plugin_module_name, candidate_filepath)
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/yapsy/PluginManager.py", line 587, in instanciateElementWithImportInfo
    return self.instanciateElement(element)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/specific_plugin_manager.py", line 59, in instanciateElement
    return element(self._config)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/backends/text.py", line 193, in __init__
    self.bot_identifier = self.build_identifier(self.bot_config.BOT_IDENTITY['username'])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/errbot/backends/text.py", line 373, in build_identifier
    raise ValueError('An identifier for the Text backend needs to start with # for a room or @ for a person.')

can you help me ?
Thanks

[andrewthetechie]

What does your config.py look like?

[axil76]

my config.py

#  This is the config-template for Err. This file should be copied and   #
#  renamed to config.py, then modified as you see fit to run Errbot      #
#  the way you like it.    
```                                              #
#                                                                        #
#  As this is a regular Python file, note that you can do variable       #
#  assignments and the likes as usual. This can be useful for example if #
#  you use the same values in multiple places.                           #
#                                                                        #
#  Note: Various config options require a tuple to be specified, even    #
#  when you are configuring only a single value. An example of this is   #
#  the BOT_ADMINS option. Make sure you use a valid tuple here, even if  #
#  you are only configuring a single item, else you will get errors.     #
#  (So don't forget the trailing ',' in these cases)                     #
#                                                                        #
##########################################################################

import logging

##########################################################################
# Core Errbot configuration                                              #
##########################################################################

# BACKEND selection.
# This configures the type of chat server you wish to use Errbot with.
#
# The current choices:

# Debug backends to test your plugins manually:
# 'Text'     - on the text console
# 'Graphic'  - in a GUI window

# Commercial backends:
# 'Campfire' - see https://campfirenow.com/ (follow instructions from https://github.com/errbotio/err-backend-campfire)
# 'Hipchat'  - see https://www.hipchat.com/
# 'Slack'    - see https://slack.com/
# 'Gitter'   - see https://gitter.im/ (follow instructions from https://github.com/errbotio/err-backend-gitter)

# Open protocols:
# 'TOX'      - see https://tox.im/ (follow instructions from https://github.com/errbotio/err-backend-tox)
# 'IRC'      - for classic IRC or bridged services like https://gitter.im
# 'XMPP'     - the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (https://xmpp.org/)
# 'Telegram' - cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus
#              on security and speed. (https://telegram.org/)

# BACKEND = 'XMPP'  # defaults to XMPP

# STORAGE selection.
# This configures the type of persistence you wish to use Errbot with.
#
# The current choices:

# Debug:
# 'Memory'        - local memory storage to test your bot in memory:

# Filesystem:
# 'Shelf'         - python shelf (default)

# STORAGE = 'Shelf'  # defaults to filestorage (python shelf).

# BOT_EXTRA_STORAGE_PLUGINS_DIR = None  # extra search path to find custom storage plugins

# The location where all of Err's data should be stored. Make sure to set
# this to a directory that is writable by the user running the bot.
BOT_DATA_DIR = '/var/lib/err'

### Repos and plugins config.

# Set this to change from where errbot gets its installable plugin list.
# By default it gets the index from errbot.io which is a file generated by tools/plugin-gen.py.
# BOT_PLUGIN_INDEXES = 'http://version.errbot.io/repos.json'
#
# You can also specify a local file:
# BOT_PLUGIN_INDEXES = 'tools/repos.json'
#
# Or a list. note: if some plugins exists in 2 lists, only the first hit will be taken into account.
# BOT_PLUGIN_INDEXES = ('/data/repos.json', 'https://my.private.tld/errbot/myrepos.json')

# Set this to a directory on your system where you want to load extra
# plugins from, which is useful mostly if you want to develop a plugin
# locally before publishing it. Note that you can specify only a single
# directory, however you are free to create subdirectories with multiple
# plugins inside this directory.
BOT_EXTRA_PLUGIN_DIR = None

# If you use an external backend as a plugin,
# this is where you tell Errbot where to find it.
# BOT_EXTRA_BACKEND_DIR = '/opt/errbackends'

# If you want only a subset of the core plugins that are bundled with errbot, you can specify them here.
# CORE_PLUGINS = None # This is default, all core plugins.
# For example CORE_PLUGINS = ('ACLs', 'Backup', 'Help') you get those names from the .plug files Name entry.
# For absolutely no plug: CORE_PLUGINS = ()

# Defines an order in which the plugins are getting their callbacks. Useful if you want to have plugins do
# pre- or post-processing on messages.
# The 'None' tuple entry represents all the plugins that aren't to be explicitly ordered. For example, if
# you want 'A' to run first, then everything else but 'B', then 'B', you would use ('A', None, 'B').
PLUGINS_CALLBACK_ORDER = (None, )

# Should plugin dependencies be installed automatically? If this is true
# then Errbot will use pip to install any missing dependencies automatically.
#
# If you have installed Errbot in a virtualenv, this will run the equivalent
# of `pip install -r requirements.txt`.
# If no virtualenv is detected, the equivalent of `pip install --user -r
# requirements.txt` is used to ensure the package(s) is/are only installed for
# the user running Err.
#AUTOINSTALL_DEPS = True

# To use your own custom log formatter, uncomment and set BOT_LOG_FORMATTER
# to your formatter instance (inherits from logging.Formatter)
#   For information on how to create a logging formatter and what it can do, see
#   https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/logging.html#formatter-objects
# BOT_LOG_FORMATTER =

# The location of the log file. If you set this to None, then logging will
# happen to console only.
BOT_LOG_FILE = BOT_DATA_DIR + '/err.log'

# The verbosity level of logging that is done to the above logfile, and to
# the console. This takes the standard Python logging levels, DEBUG, INFO,
# WARN, ERROR. For more info, see http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html
#
# If you encounter any issues with Err, please set your log level to
# logging.DEBUG and attach a log with your bug report to aid the developers
# in debugging the issue.
BOT_LOG_LEVEL = logging.INFO

# Enable logging to sentry (find out more about sentry at www.getsentry.com).
# This is optional and disabled by default.
BOT_LOG_SENTRY = False
SENTRY_DSN = ''
SENTRY_LOGLEVEL = BOT_LOG_LEVEL

# Set an optional Sentry transport other than the default Threaded.
# For more info, see https://docs.sentry.io/clients/python/transports/
# SENTRY_TRANSPORT = ('RequestsHTTPTransport', 'raven.transport.requests')

# Execute commands in asynchronous mode. In this mode, Errbot will spawn 10
# separate threads to handle commands, instead of blocking on each
# single command.
# BOT_ASYNC = True

# Size of the thread pool for the asynchronous mode.
# BOT_ASYNC_POOLSIZE = 10

##########################################################################
# Account and chatroom (MUC) configuration                               #
##########################################################################

# The identity, or credentials, used to connect to a server
BOT_IDENTITY = {
    # XMPP (Jabber) mode
    'username': 'err@localhost',  # The JID of the user you have created for the bot
    'password': 'changeme',       # The corresponding password for this user
    # 'server': ('host.domain.tld',5222), # server override

    ## HipChat mode (Comment the above if using this mode)
    # 'username': '12345_123456@chat.hipchat.com',
    # 'password': 'changeme',
    ## Group admins can create/view tokens on the settings page after logging
    ## in on HipChat's website
    # 'token': 'ed4b74d62833267d98aa99f312ff04',
    ## If you're using HipChat server (self-hosted HipChat) then you should set
    ## the endpoint below. If you don't use HipChat server but use the hosted version
    ## of HipChat then you may leave this commented out.
    # 'endpoint': 'https://api.hipchat.com'

    ## Slack mode (comment the others above if using this mode)
    # 'token': 'xoxb-4426949411-aEM7...',
    ## you can also include the proxy for the SlackClient connection
    # 'proxies': {'http': 'some-http-proxy', 'https': 'some-https-proxy'}

    ## Telegram mode (comment the others above if using this mode)
    # 'token': '103419016:AAbcd1234...',

    ## IRC mode (Comment the others above if using this mode)
    # 'nickname': 'err-chatbot',
    # 'username': 'err-chatbot',    # optional, defaults to nickname if omitted
    # 'password': None,             # optional
    # 'server': 'irc.freenode.net',
    # 'port': 6667,                  # optional
    # 'ssl': False,                  # optional
    # 'ipv6': False,                 # optional
    # 'nickserv_password': None,     # optional
    ## Optional: Specify an IP address or hostname (vhost), and a
    ## port, to use when making the connection. Leave port at 0
    ## if you have no source port preference.
    ##    example: 'bind_address': ('my-errbot.io', 0)
    # 'bind_address': ('localhost', 0),
}

# Set the admins of your bot. Only these users will have access
# to the admin-only commands.
#
# Unix-style glob patterns are supported, so 'gbin@localhost'
# would be considered an admin if setting '*@localhost'.
BOT_ADMINS = ('gbin@localhost',)

# Set of admins that wish to receive administrative bot notifications.
#BOT_ADMINS_NOTIFICATIONS = ()

# Chatrooms your bot should join on startup. For the IRC backend you
# should include the # sign here. For XMPP rooms that are password
# protected, you can specify another tuple here instead of a string,
# using the format (RoomName, Password).
CHATROOM_PRESENCE = ('err@log.intra.laposte.fr',)

# The FullName, or nickname, your bot should use. What you set here will
# be the nickname that Errbot shows in chatrooms. Note that some XMPP
# implementations, notably HipChat, are very picky about what name you
# use. In the case of HipChat, make sure this matches exactly with the
# name you gave the user.
CHATROOM_FN = 'Errbot'

##########################################################################
# Prefix configuration                                                   #
##########################################################################

# Command prefix, the prefix that is expected in front of commands directed
# at the bot.
#
# Note: When writing plugins,you should always use the default '!'.
# If the prefix is changed from the default, the help strings will be
# automatically adjusted for you.
#
# BOT_PREFIX = '!'
#
# Uncomment the following and set it to True if you want the prefix to be
# optional for normal chat.
# (Meaning messages sent directly to the bot as opposed to within a MUC)
#BOT_PREFIX_OPTIONAL_ON_CHAT = False

# You might wish to have your bot respond by being called with certain
# names, rather than the BOT_PREFIX above. This option allows you to
# specify alternative prefixes the bot will respond to in addition to
# the prefix above.
#BOT_ALT_PREFIXES = ('Err',)

# If you use alternative prefixes, you might want to allow users to insert
# separators like , and ; between the prefix and the command itself. This
# allows users to refer to your bot like this (Assuming 'Err' is in your
# BOT_ALT_PREFIXES):
# "Err, status" or "Err: status"
#
# Note: There's no need to add spaces to the separators here
#
#BOT_ALT_PREFIX_SEPARATORS = (':', ',', ';')

# Continuing on this theme, you might want to permit your users to be
# lazy and not require correct capitalization, so they can do 'Err',
# 'err' or even 'ERR'.
#BOT_ALT_PREFIX_CASEINSENSITIVE = True

##########################################################################
# Access controls and message diversion                                  #
##########################################################################

# Access controls, allowing commands to be restricted to specific users/rooms.
# Available filters (you can omit a filter or set it to None to disable it):
#   allowusers: Allow command from these users only
#   denyusers: Deny command from these users
#   allowrooms: Allow command only in these rooms (and direct messages)
#   denyrooms: Deny command in these rooms
#   allowprivate: Allow command from direct messages to the bot
#   allowmuc: Allow command inside rooms
# Rules listed in ACCESS_CONTROLS_DEFAULT are applied by default and merged
# with any commands found in ACCESS_CONTROLS.
#
# The options allowusers, denyusers, allowrooms and denyrooms support
# unix-style globbing similar to BOT_ADMINS.
#
# Command names also support unix-style globs and can optionally be restricted
# to a specific plugin by prefixing the command with the name of a plugin,
# separated by a colon. For example, `Health:status` will match the `!status`
# command of the `Health` plugin and `Health:*` will match all commands defined
# by the `Health` plugin.
#
# Please note that the first command match found will be used so if you have
# overlapping patterns you must used an OrderedDict instead of a regular dict:
# https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/collections.html#collections.OrderedDict
#
# Example:
#
#ACCESS_CONTROLS_DEFAULT = {} # Allow everyone access by default
#ACCESS_CONTROLS = {'status': {'allowrooms': ('someroom@conference.localhost',)},
#                   'about': {'denyusers': ('*@evilhost',), 'allowrooms': ('room1@conference.localhost', 'room2@conference.localhost')},
#                   'uptime': {'allowusers': BOT_ADMINS},
#                   'help': {'allowmuc': False},
#                   'help': {'allowmuc': False},
#                   'ChatRoom:*': {'allowusers': BOT_ADMINS},
#                  }

# Uncomment and set this to True to hide the restricted commands from
# the help output.
#HIDE_RESTRICTED_COMMANDS = False

# Uncomment and set this to True to ignore commands from users that have no
# access for these instead of replying with error message.
#HIDE_RESTRICTED_ACCESS = False

# A list of commands which should be responded to in private, even if
# the command was given in a MUC. For example:
# DIVERT_TO_PRIVATE = ('help', 'about', 'status')
DIVERT_TO_PRIVATE = ()

# A list of commands which should be responded to in a thread if the backend supports it.
# For example:
# DIVERT_TO_THREAD = ('help', 'about', 'status')
DIVERT_TO_THREAD = ()

# Chat relay
# Can be used to relay one to one message from specific users to the bot
# to MUCs. This can be useful with XMPP notifiers like for example the
# standard Altassian Jira which don't have native support for MUC.
# For example: CHATROOM_RELAY = {'gbin@localhost' : (_TEST_ROOM,)}
CHATROOM_RELAY = {}

# Reverse chat relay
# This feature forwards whatever is said to a specific user.
# It can be useful if you client like gtalk doesn't support MUC correctly
# For example: REVERSE_CHATROOM_RELAY = {_TEST_ROOM : ('gbin@localhost',)}
REVERSE_CHATROOM_RELAY = {}

##########################################################################
# Miscellaneous configuration options                                    #
##########################################################################

# Define the maximum length a single message may be. If a plugin tries to
# send a message longer than this length, it will be broken up into multiple
# shorter messages that do fit.
#MESSAGE_SIZE_LIMIT = 10000

# XMPP TLS certificate verification. In order to validate offered certificates,
# you must supply a path to a file containing certificate authorities. By
# default, "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" is used, which on most Linux
# systems holds the default system trusted CA certificates. You might need to
# change this depending on your environment. Setting this to None disables
# certificate validation, which can be useful if you have a self-signed
# certificate for example.
#XMPP_CA_CERT_FILE = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"

# Influence the security methods used on connection with XMPP-based
# backends. You can use this to work around authentication issues with
# some buggy XMPP servers.
#
# The default is to try anything:
#XMPP_FEATURE_MECHANISMS = {}
# To use only unencrypted plain auth:
#XMPP_FEATURE_MECHANISMS = {'use_mech': 'PLAIN', 'unencrypted_plain': True, 'encrypted_plain': False}

# Modify the default keep-alive interval. By default, Errbot will send
# some whitespace to the XMPP server every 300 seconds to keep the TCP
# connection alive. On some servers, or when running Errbot from behind
# a NAT router, the default might not be fast enough and you will need
# to set it to a lower value.
#
# It has been reported that HipChat also times out without setting this
# to a lower value (60 seems to work well with HipChat)
#
# If you're having issues with your bot getting constantly disconnected,
# try to gradually lower this value until it no longer happens.
#XMPP_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL = 300

# Modify default settings for IPv6 usage. This key affect both
# XMPP and HipChat backend.
#XMPP_USE_IPV6 = False

# XMPP supports some formatting with XEP-0071 (http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0071.html).
# It is disabled by default because XMPP clients support has been found to be spotty.
# Switch it to True to enable XHTML-IM formatting.
# XMPP_XHTML_IM = False

# Message rate limiting for the IRC backend. This will delay subsequent
# messages by this many seconds (floats are supported). Setting these
# to a value of 0 effectively disables rate limiting.
#IRC_CHANNEL_RATE = 1  # Regular channel messages
#IRC_PRIVATE_RATE = 1  # Private messages
#IRC_RECONNECT_ON_KICK = 5  # Reconnect back to a channel after a kick (in seconds)
                            # Put it at None if you don't want the chat to
                            # reconnect
#IRC_RECONNECT_ON_DISCONNECT = 5  # Reconnect back to a channel after a disconnection (in seconds)

# The pattern to build a user representation from for ACL matches.
# The default is "{nick}!{user}@{host}" which results in "zoni!zoni@ams1.groenen.me"
# for the user zoni connecting from ams1.groenen.me.
# Available substitution variables:
#   {nick}  ->  The nickname of the user
#   {user}  ->  The username of the user
#   {host}  ->  The hostname the user is connecting from
#IRC_ACL_PATTERN = "{nick}!{user}@{host}"

# Allow messages sent in a chatroom to be directed at requester.
#GROUPCHAT_NICK_PREFIXED = False

# Disable table borders, making output more compact (supported only on IRC, Slack and Telegram currently).
# COMPACT_OUTPUT = True

# Disables the logging output in Text mode and only outputs Ansi.
# TEXT_DEMO_MODE = False

# Prevent ErrBot from saying anything if the command is unrecognized.
# SUPPRESS_CMD_NOT_FOUND = False



#BOT_IDENTITY = {}
CHATROOM_PRESENCE = ()
BACKEND = 'Skype'
#BOT_EXTRA_BACKEND_DIR

[andrewthetechie]

Ouch, the rendering of that made it unreadable. I'm trying to sort through it, but its rough going. Can you post it as a gist so its easier to read @axil76 ?

[axil76]

it's better ? ^^

[sijis]

I reformatted it a little better, by removing the <

[axil76]

I edit the following line add a # in front (#errbot@localhost)

 BOT_IDENTITY = {
     'username': '#errbot@localhost',  
     'password': 'changeme', 

so I do not have the same error message

AttributeError:

 'TextBackend' object has no attribute 'bot_identifier'                                                                  
13:47:27 ERROR    errbot.bootstrap          Unable to load or configure the backend.
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                      
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/bootstrap.py", line 153, in setup_bot                          
    bot = backendpm.get_plugin_by_name(backend_name)                                                                                    
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/specific_plugin_manager.py", line 86, in get_plugin_by_name    
    raise Exception('Error loading plugin %s:\nError:\n%s\n' % (name, formatted_error))                                                 
Exception: Error loading plugin Text:                                                                                                   
Error:                                                                                                                                  
<class 'AttributeError'>:                                                                                                               
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yapsy/PluginManager.py", line 538, in loadPlugins                     
    plugin_info.plugin_object = self.instanciateElementWithImportInfo(element, element_name, plugin_module_name, candidate_filepath)    
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/yapsy/PluginManager.py", line 587, in instanciateElementWithImportInfo
    return self.instanciateElement(element)                                                                                             
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/specific_plugin_manager.py", line 59, in instanciateElement    
    return element(self._config)                                                                                                        
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/backends/text.py", line 193, in __init__                       
    self.bot_identifier = self.build_identifier(self.bot_config.BOT_IDENTITY['username'])                                               
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/backends/text.py", line 371, in build_identifier               
    return self.query_room('#' + rem)                                                                                                   
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/backends/text.py", line 392, in query_room                     
    text_room = TextRoom(room[1:], self)                                                                                                
  File "/home/lachoraledujeudi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/errbot/backends/text.py", line 101, in __init__                       
    TextOccupant(bot.bot_identifier, self)] 

can you help me ?
Thanks

[andrewthetechie]

@axil76 this looks like a config issue. It looks like you're trying to setup the Skype backend but don't seem to have configured it per the repo's instructions. I suggest stripping your config down to just what you need and starting from there.

[sijis]

Closing. Reopen once more information is available.