Hi,

I would still like to hear if this is intentional and if it will remain so,
before altering anything ourselves.

best regards,
Pekka


On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 10:37 AM Pekka Länsiaho <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Oliver,
>
> Thanks for the info, I'll probably reach out in the enterprise channels.
>
> As for the issue: We are using *select* realm mode, with *list* layout. I
> tried using *path* mode as suggested, and created a quick map to test the
> realms, now manually entering */webui/index* takes you back to the realm
> list, but otherwise the functionality is the same.
> This behaviour is consistent with the demo install.
>
> Some of our users have a workflow where they might need to go between
> realms in a quick succession, so this will become a bit of an
> inconvenience, if it is a design choice with no option to change the
> behaviour.
> Previous functionality was much more convenient in our use (where if you
> logged off a realm, you were returned by default to the realm index).
>
> best regards,
> Pekka
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM Oliver Welter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Pekka,
>>
>> glad you figured this out - no idea what went wrong with the apache
>> symlink, we really try to keep the upgrade path as smooth as possible but
>> especially if you miss some releases in between or play around with the
>> config yourself its hard to tackle this in the CE versions. Perfect move
>> over to your question on EE support: The deployment model for EE is
>> different to CE and yes of course we assist our customers with the upgrade
>> so no need for you to mess around with this - we maintain a working
>> configuration for you and provide tools (rpm, ansible, Makefiles) to get it
>> installed in your environment in a reproducible and safe manner :)
>>
>> Regarding the realm selection issue - what type of realm selection mode
>> are you using? We recommend using the url path layout which is the most
>> robust version and also allows parallel logins on different realms. You can
>> then always move back to the selection page using /webui/index - the next
>> release (3.34 - likely hitting the public in May) will even bring some more
>> improvments here.
>>
>> Oliver
>> On 4/27/26 13:03, Pekka Länsiaho wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> After setting up a new VM and comparing the two, I figured out the issue
>> was with apache; openxpki site configuration file did not correctly get
>> replaced with a symlink to the new location during *apt install* and
>> caused the aforementioned error. Once fixed, I can finally access the
>> application properly again.
>> However, I am left with one last issue (hopefully): After logging out
>> from a realm or using reset login after selecting a realm, I am not able to
>> go back to realm selection without clearing session cookies. Is this a bug?
>>
>> best regards,
>> Pekka
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 4:44 PM Pekka Länsiaho <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I ruled out the browser cookie by trying out different browsers and
>>> incognito mode. Results are mostly the same, but there was no SessionCookie
>>> error in webui.log.
>>> After that, I went through the socket settings again, just in case, but
>>> couldn't pinpoint a leftover setting anywhere. Then I walked back the whole
>>> install process and lo-and-behold: Even a demo / sampleconfig fresh install
>>> is no different. I deleted mariadb database, /var/log/openxpki*
>>> -directories and /etc/openxpki -directory, reinstalled debian packages,
>>> rebuilt schemas and ran sampleconfig.sh after the initial setup steps from
>>> debian quickstart section -- And I still get the same result, albeit now I
>>> have nothing indicating an error in logs, since the
>>> earlier /var/log/openxpki/webui.log no longer exists by default.
>>>
>>> I will fire up a fresh debian VM and see if I can replicate the
>>> behaviour, but other ideas are welcome in the meantime.
>>>
>>> Also, let me ask just in case: Did you provide tools for easier upgrade
>>> to 3.32 in enterprise environments? If the experience is better there, I
>>> might have something to discuss with our mr. moneybags :)
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>> Pekka
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM Oliver Welter <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Pekka,
>>>>
>>>> did you try to clear your browser cookies? This sounds a bit like you
>>>> have changed the settings for the session management and now the system
>>>> tries to decode/decrypt stuff from an older session/setting.
>>>>
>>>> Oliver
>>>> On 4/17/26 11:27, Pekka Länsiaho wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello again,
>>>>
>>>> We have been a bit slow with the system updates, and since v3.32 was a
>>>> breaking change we had to put off updates entirely for a while, so I am
>>>> trying to remediate that now.
>>>> I have managed to upgrade configuration following instructions in the
>>>> change log
>>>> https://openxpki.readthedocs.io/en/master/upgrading.html#release-v3-32,
>>>> and got both server and client services running after upgrade to v3.32.15
>>>> and using community config v3.32.8. (Old system version was v3.30.9, not
>>>> quite sure which config version, but I believe the community branch commit
>>>> was 17b96e5)
>>>> System is running Debian 12.13.
>>>>
>>>> *openxpkictl status server* and *client* both report running and
>>>> accepting requests, and both clients and serviced logs have no indication
>>>> of errors.
>>>>
>>>> However, when accessing webui at
>>>> https://openxpki/webui/index/#/openxpki/welcome, application error
>>>> appears: "*The webserver did not return the expected data. Possible
>>>> causes: OpenXPKI client is not running; authentication session has expired;
>>>> an internal error. HTTP code: 503*".
>>>>
>>>> And upon inspecting /var/log/openxpki/webui.log, I am met with these
>>>> lines:
>>>> *ERR Unable to decrypt cookie (AES: Data size must be multiple of
>>>> blocksize (16 bytes) at /usr/share/perl5/Crypt/CBC.pm line 492.) at
>>>> /usr/share/perl5/OpenXPKI/Client/Service/WebUI/SessionCookie.pm line 214.*
>>>> *ERR Error creating backend client: Unable to connect to socket
>>>> [sid=....]*
>>>> *ERR Backend service is not reachable or not responding [sid=....]*
>>>>
>>>> I tried to look at the newly provided 'sampleconfig.sh' file to see if
>>>> there was a step I might have missed compared to a fresh system install,
>>>> but couldn't immediately point to any particular step, unfortunately.
>>>>
>>>> Help would be much appreciated, my eyes grow tired of comparing things.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> best regards,
>>>> Pekka
>>>>
>>>>
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