PDF creation results in 500 error

Self-Hosted | v4/Legacy
1

Hello,

This relates to I.N. v5.0.25-26.

Installed on an Apache, Nginx, MariaDB stack, with Cloudways.

I don’t have full root access, but Cloudways may be willing to make configuration adjustments if necessary.

It is not possible to do any PDF related actions on the application. Viewing invoices, or using the PDF design preview system, all result in a 500 error presented in a little white pop-up.

The System Check in I.N. shows everything ticked.

I have the PHANTOMJS_CLOUD_KEY='a-demo-key-with-low-quota-per-ip-address' .env setting in place.

Oddly, during the installation setup, the PDF generation test succeeded. However, after putting in all settings, and submitting them, the setup page simply refreshed. A partial (very incomplete) .env file was created. I had to manually add in the missing settings from the .env.example file.

On the second attempt of the Setup page, the PDF test failed.

The following is the output to the laravel.log file from attempting to view the PDF review in the Template Designer:

[2020-11-25 23:24:34] production.ERROR: The command "PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin NODE_PATH=`npm root -g` node '/home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/spatie/browsershot/src/../bin/browser.js' '{"url":"file:\/\/\/tmp\/1172840721-0226644001606346673\/index.html","action":"pdf","options":{"args":["--no-sandbox"],"viewport":{"width":800,"height":600,"deviceScaleFactor":1},"displayHeaderFooter":false,"waitUntil":"networkidle0","printBackground":true}}'" failed.

Exit Code: 1(General error)

Working directory: /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/public

Output:
================


Error Output:
================
/home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/spatie/browsershot/bin/browser.js:20
const getOutput = async (page, request) => {
                        ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token (
    at createScript (vm.js:56:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:97:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:549:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:586:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:494:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:453:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:445:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:611:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:160:9)
 {"userId":1,"exception":"[object] (Symfony\\Component\\Process\\Exception\\ProcessFailedException(code: 0): The command \"PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin NODE_PATH=`npm root -g` node '/home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/spatie/browsershot/src/../bin/browser.js' '{\"url\":\"file:\\/\\/\\/tmp\\/1172840721-0226644001606346673\\/index.html\",\"action\":\"pdf\",\"options\":{\"args\":[\"--no-sandbox\"],\"viewport\":{\"width\":800,\"height\":600,\"deviceScaleFactor\":1},\"displayHeaderFooter\":false,\"waitUntil\":\"networkidle0\",\"printBackground\":true}}'\" failed.

Exit Code: 1(General error)

Working directory: /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/public

Output:
================


Error Output:
================
/home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/spatie/browsershot/bin/browser.js:20
const getOutput = async (page, request) => {
                        ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token (
    at createScript (vm.js:56:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:97:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:549:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:586:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:494:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:453:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:445:3)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:611:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:160:9)
 at /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/spatie/browsershot/src/Browsershot.php:752)
[stacktrace]
#0 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/spatie/browsershot/src/Browsershot.php(539): Spatie\\Browsershot\\Browsershot->callBrowser(Array)
#1 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Utils/Traits/Pdf/PdfMaker.php(44): Spatie\\Browsershot\\Browsershot->pdf()
#2 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Jobs/Util/PreviewPdf.php(61): App\\Jobs\\Util\\PreviewPdf->makePdf(NULL, NULL, '<!DOCTYPE html ...')
#3 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(36): App\\Jobs\\Util\\PreviewPdf->handle()
#4 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Util.php(40): Illuminate\\Container\\BoundMethod::Illuminate\\Container\\{closure}()
#5 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(93): Illuminate\\Container\\Util::unwrapIfClosure(Object(Closure))
#6 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/BoundMethod.php(37): Illuminate\\Container\\BoundMethod::callBoundMethod(Object(Illuminate\\Foundation\\Application), Array, Object(Closure))
#7 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php(596): Illuminate\\Container\\BoundMethod::call(Object(Illuminate\\Foundation\\Application), Array, Array, NULL)
#8 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Bus/Dispatcher.php(128): Illuminate\\Container\\Container->call(Array)
#9 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(128): Illuminate\\Bus\\Dispatcher->Illuminate\\Bus\\{closure}(Object(App\\Jobs\\Util\\PreviewPdf))
#10 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(103): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(App\\Jobs\\Util\\PreviewPdf))
#11 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Bus/Dispatcher.php(132): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->then(Object(Closure))
#12 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bus/Dispatchable.php(65): Illuminate\\Bus\\Dispatcher->dispatchNow(Object(App\\Jobs\\Util\\PreviewPdf))
#13 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Http/Controllers/PreviewController.php(198): App\\Jobs\\Util\\PreviewPdf::dispatchNow('<!DOCTYPE html ...', Object(App\\Models\\Company))
#14 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Http/Controllers/PreviewController.php(132): App\\Http\\Controllers\\PreviewController->blankEntity()
#15 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Controller.php(54): App\\Http\\Controllers\\PreviewController->show()
#16 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php(45): Illuminate\\Routing\\Controller->callAction('show', Array)
#17 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php(255): Illuminate\\Routing\\ControllerDispatcher->dispatch(Object(Illuminate\\Routing\\Route), Object(App\\Http\\Controllers\\PreviewController), 'show')
#18 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php(197): Illuminate\\Routing\\Route->runController()
#19 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(691): Illuminate\\Routing\\Route->run()
#20 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(128): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->Illuminate\\Routing\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#21 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Http/Middleware/Locale.php(35): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#22 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): App\\Http\\Middleware\\Locale->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#23 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Http/Middleware/TokenAuth.php(83): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#24 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): App\\Http\\Middleware\\TokenAuth->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#25 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Http/Middleware/SetDb.php(41): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#26 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): App\\Http\\Middleware\\SetDb->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#27 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Http/Middleware/Cors.php(34): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#28 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): App\\Http\\Middleware\\Cors->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#29 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Http/Middleware/QueryLogging.php(42): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#30 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): App\\Http\\Middleware\\QueryLogging->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#31 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Middleware/SubstituteBindings.php(41): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#32 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): Illuminate\\Routing\\Middleware\\SubstituteBindings->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#33 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Middleware/ThrottleRequests.php(127): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#34 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Middleware/ThrottleRequests.php(63): Illuminate\\Routing\\Middleware\\ThrottleRequests->handleRequest(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure), Array)
#35 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): Illuminate\\Routing\\Middleware\\ThrottleRequests->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure), '300', '1')
#36 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(103): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#37 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(693): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->then(Object(Closure))
#38 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(668): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->runRouteWithinStack(Object(Illuminate\\Routing\\Route), Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#39 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(634): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->runRoute(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Illuminate\\Routing\\Route))
#40 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php(623): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->dispatchToRoute(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#41 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(166): Illuminate\\Routing\\Router->dispatch(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#42 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(128): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#43 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/app/Http/Middleware/Cors.php(34): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#44 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): App\\Http\\Middleware\\Cors->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#45 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/fideloper/proxy/src/TrustProxies.php(57): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#46 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): Fideloper\\Proxy\\TrustProxies->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#47 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TransformsRequest.php(21): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#48 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\TransformsRequest->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#49 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/TransformsRequest.php(21): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#50 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\TransformsRequest->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#51 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/ValidatePostSize.php(27): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#52 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\ValidatePostSize->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#53 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/PreventRequestsDuringMaintenance.php(87): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#54 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Middleware\\PreventRequestsDuringMaintenance->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#55 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/sentry/sentry-laravel/src/Sentry/Laravel/Tracing/Middleware.php(45): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#56 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(167): Sentry\\Laravel\\Tracing\\Middleware->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request), Object(Closure))
#57 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Pipeline/Pipeline.php(103): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->Illuminate\\Pipeline\\{closure}(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#58 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(141): Illuminate\\Pipeline\\Pipeline->then(Object(Closure))
#59 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Kernel.php(110): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->sendRequestThroughRouter(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#60 /home/436413.cloudwaysapps.com/ywqcfgpmty/public_html/public/index.php(57): Illuminate\\Foundation\\Http\\Kernel->handle(Object(Illuminate\\Http\\Request))
#61 {main}
"}

Nothing shows up in the Apache or Nginx error logs.
The following shows up in the Apache access log:

115.189.95.219 - [25/Nov/2020:23:54:32 +0000] "GET /index.php" 302 0 - 15353 27804 0.063 6291456 47.69% 31.79% "/client/invoice/NUYmnlQXMQJ2yxuaujhRg1qSsojgP4EAxhRmAtaTvijPjwF6kwoyrIYuE8ih6zz9/download"

When I do a VIEW PDF on an invoice (in this case just a draft invoice), it does actually create a PDF. But the PDF contains (rather oddly) a screenshot of the login page of my installation.

snapshot - 2020-11-26 at 12.32.22 PM
snapshot - 2020-11-26 at 12.32.22 PM992×1103 44.7 KB

So it is able to create PDF files. But obviously it’s very odd that the PDF contains a screenshot of my login page. There is no log output to laravel.log when I do the “View PDF” of an invoice. There is no output in the server errors logs. There is this entry in the Apache access log:

The .env file contains the following (I had to partly create this myself, as mentioned above, so please check I’ve not missed anything):

APP_KEY=base64:REDACTED/f4zlCVywiFdhiMJo0Ag=
APP_URL=https://billing.REDACTED.nz/
APP_ENV=production
APP_DEBUG=true

REQUIRE_HTTPS=true

DB_CONNECTION=db-ninja-01
MULTI_DB_ENABLED=false

DB_TYPE=mysql
DB_HOST1=localhost
DB_DATABASE1=REDACTED
DB_USERNAME1=REDACTED
DB_PASSWORD1=REDACTED
DB_PORT1=3306

DEMO_MODE=false

BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
LOG_CHANNEL=stack
CACHE_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_CONNECTION=database
SESSION_DRIVER=file
SESSION_LIFETIME=120

REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379

MAIL_MAILER=log
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailgun.org
MAIL_USERNAME=postmaster@mg.REDACTED.nz
MAIL_FROM_NAME='NAME'
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=EMAIL@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=REDACTED-a83a87a9-ea061e06
NINJA_ENVIRONMENT=selfhost

POSTMARK_API_TOKEN=
GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=

PHANTOMJS_KEY='a-demo-key-with-low-quota-per-ip-address'
PHANTOMJS_SECRET=

COMPOSER_AUTH='{"github-oauth": {"github.com": "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"}}'
SENTRY_LARAVEL_DSN=https://cc7e8e2c678041689e53e409b7dba236@sentry.invoicing.co/5

Note: I turned on Debug to see if this would show me anything useful in the log or GUI of the app. It didn’t.

I would appreciate some assistance in troubleshooting this issue. Also, are there alternative aways to generate PDFs from within I.N. ?

Thank you,

Jonathan

2

Hi,

It looks like the app is still trying to use node, did you run php artisan optimize after changing the .env file?

3

Hi Hillel,
Yes, that was what I was suspecting to. That it’s not using PhantomJS.
Yes, have run php artisan optimize each time I change .env.
Each time I do, I get success messages.

Configuration cache cleared!
Configuration cached successfully!
Route cache cleared!
Routes cached successfully!
Files cached successfully!

Do you have any other suggestions? I’m a bit stumped at this point.

4

I see a report here of the same issue, where PDF is a screenshot of the login screen. Errors While Generating a PDF

5

@inspirednz just following up, updating to the latest code in V5-develop should resolve this.

6

@david Hi David. Nice to hear from you. Pls excuse my ignorance, but what’s the update procedure? I had a search for info on it, but didn’t find any.

7

@inspirednz It depends how you have installed the app.

If you have installed from the invoiceninja.zip… you should be able to do

git checkout v5-develop
git pull

In V4 you should be able to

git pull
8

Yes, did an install from zip.

I more or less followed instructions here and here. Minus the server config stuff, as the server was pre-configured.

9

I get this error.

error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten by checkout:
        package-lock.json
Please commit your changes or stash them before you switch branches.
Aborting

Any tips on how to get around that?

Should I git stash existing branch package, and then git checkout the v5-develop branch?

10

So I’ve done just that.
Do I need to do an update or install command in composer, or it’s updated just through the files being pulled in?

11

@david
Thanks David.
I can now see the light of day! A PDF that actually shows something other than my login screen. Celebration!

The only remaining issue is the “Customize and Preview” can’t generate a preview. Results in 500 error. Which I’ve described above in this thread.

1 Like
12

I’m having the same issue with a fresh install of V5 (the pdf generation test at init by mydomain.com/setup succeeded and only then was I able to see PDF)

Any PDF generation fails with 500 error. Even the PDF preview while customizing invoice template fails.
@hillel @inspirednz

UPDATE:
OK, I fixed it by realizing the docs were incomplete… so for anyone looking here’s how it fixed for me:

First make sure you have node installed

Then run npm install on the invoiceninja directory

Afterwards I was still getting an error so I checkecked the logs in /invoiceninja/storage/logs and there I had this some error with the headless chrome:
/usr/share/nginx/invoiceninja/vendor/beganovich/snappdf/versions/859306-Linux_x64/chrome-linux/chrome: error while loading shared libraries: libgbm.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So I ran sudo apt-get install -y libgbm-dev, after that it worked perfectly.