Public bug reported: When using the available packages for salt-master in the ubuntu repos, I get this error on the minions. It doesn't download the file, it just fails. This is the output.
[WARNING ] Data transport is broken, got: b'', type: bytes, exception: byte indices must be integers or slices, not str, attempt 1 of 3 [WARNING ] Data transport is broken, got: b'', type: bytes, exception: byte indices must be integers or slices, not str, attempt 2 of 3 [WARNING ] Data transport is broken, got: b'', type: bytes, exception: byte indices must be integers or slices, not str, attempt 3 of 3 [WARNING ] Data transport is broken, got: b'', type: bytes, exception: byte indices must be integers or slices, not str, attempt 4 of 3 [ERROR ] Data transport is broken, got: b'', type: bytes, exception: byte indices must be integers or slices, not str, retry attempts exhausted [ERROR ] Unable to cache file 'salt://vmware/VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle' from saltenv 'prod'. [ERROR ] Source file 'salt://vmware/VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle' not found ---------- ID: /root/VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle Function: file.managed Result: False Comment: Source file 'salt://vmware/VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle' not found Started: 10:26:29.076656 Duration: 4677.208 ms Changes: This is the relevant state: /root/VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle: file.managed: - source: - salt://vmware/VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle - user: root - group: root - mode: '775' This works fine when using version 2018.3.0 installing from the bootstrap.saltstack.com repo. Metadata Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 salt-master: Installed: 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1 ** Affects: salt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769947 Title: file.managed doesn't copy files in 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/salt/+bug/1769947/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs