StackScript #1 syntax error (not a valid identifier)
When I tried to use a function apache_virtualhost in my StackScript with source <ssinclude StackScriptID="1">, I got an error:
/root/ssinclude-1: line 542: local: `[': not a valid identifier
/root/ssinclude-1: line 542: local: `==': not a valid identifier
/root/ssinclude-1: line 542: local: `]': not a valid identifier
The line numbered code for stackscript #1 (/root/ssinclude-1) is as follows:
534 │ function apache_virtualhost {
535 │ # $1 - required - the hostname of the virtualhost to create
536 │ [ ! -n "$1" ] && {
537 │ printf "apache_virtualhost() requires the hostname as the first argument\n"
538 │ return 1;
539 │ }
540 │ local -r vhostname="$1"
541 │ [ "${detected_distro[family]}" == 'debian' ] && \
542 │ local -r vhostfile="/etc/apache2/sites-available/$vhostname.conf" \
543 │ [ "${detected_distro[family]}" == 'redhat' ] && \
544 │ local -r vhostfile="/etc/httpd/conf.d/vhost.conf"
545 │
Based on the error message, the backslash at the end of line 542 is probably unnecessary.
I would like to fix this and use it without errors. I could not figure out how to contact the person who maintains stackscript.
Thanks in advance,
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I could not figure out how to contact the person who maintains stackscript.
I wouldn't even bother… Unless this person is extremely diligent and/or maintaining the script is part of his/her (job) performance evaluation criteria, the errors are probably not going to get fixed.
Find the script's repository (probably on github), fix it yourself and generate a pull request. That's about the best you can do…
-- sw
Another line #551 mkdir -p "/var/www/html/$vhostname/{public_html,logs}" does not seem to be working correctly either.
# ls -la /var/www/html/example.com/
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 31 17:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 31 17:25 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 31 17:25 {public_html,logs}
Is the function not used?
Thanks for your comment!
Unfortunately, I couldn't find the stackscript file in the linode organization on github.
https://github.com/orgs/linode/repositories
So, following the advice you gave me, I make new functions and use them by myself.
Thanks again for your helpful suggestions.