Command Line Interface (cli) --info option not working as per documentation, always gives invalid choice

[AjayaVeeramalli]

Installed Janssen community edition on Ubuntu 22.04 as per instructions at: https://docs.jans.io/v1.0.20/admin/install/vm-install/ubuntu/

Tried configuring the server using the CLI, tried to CLI' s --info option to start with but that doesn't work as expected. The following is the output:
python3 /opt/jans/jans-cli/cli/config_cli.py --info DefaultAuthenticationMethod
usage: config_cli.py [-h] [--host HOST] [--client-id CLIENT_ID] [--client-secret CLIENT_SECRET] [--access-token ACCESS_TOKEN] [--plugins PLUGINS] [-debug] [--debug-log-file DEBUG_LOG_FILE] [--operation-id OPERATION_ID] [--url-suffix URL_SUFFIX] [--info {}] [--op-mode {get,post,put,patch,delete}] [--endpoint-args ENDPOINT_ARGS] [--schema SCHEMA] [-CC CONFIG_API_MTLS_CLIENT_CERT] [-CK CONFIG_API_MTLS_CLIENT_KEY] [--key-password KEY_PASSWORD] [-noverify] [-use-test-client] [--patch-add PATCH_ADD] [--patch-replace PATCH_REPLACE] [--patch-remove PATCH_REMOVE] [-no-color] [--log-dir LOG_DIR] [-revoke-session] [-scim] [-auth] [--data DATA] [--output-access-token] config_cli.py: error: argument --info: invalid choice: 'DefaultAuthenticationMethod' (choose from )

As per the documentation at: https://docs.jans.io/v1.0.20/admin/config-guide/config-tools/jans-cli/, this should give:
**Operation ID: get-acrs Description: Gets default authentication method. Operation ID: put-acrs Description: Updates default authentication method. Schema: /components/schemas/AuthenticationMethod

To get sample shema type /opt/jans/jans-cli/config-cli.py --schema , for example /opt/jans/jans-cli/config-cli.py --schema /components/schemas/AuthenticationMethod**

[nynymike]

@devrimyatar Can you check?

[ossdhaval]

Hi @AjayaVeeramalli I have the same build and the same command I tried. Seems to be working. To be sure, you can compare the build number that you are using with what is available in the screenshot below 👇

[AjayaVeeramalli]

Thanks @ossdhaval for the response.

Versions seem to be correct:
administrator@ubuntu-2204:~$ sudo /opt/jans/bin/show_version.py
Title:
Version:
Builddate:
Build:

Title: Jans authentication server
Version: 1.0.20
Builddate:
Build: cc9d64f

Title: SCIM API Server
Version: 1.0.20
Builddate:
Build: cc9d64f

Title:
Version:
Builddate:
Build:

Title: casa
Version: 1.0.20
Builddate:
Build: cc9d64f

Title: Fido2 API Server
Version: 1.0.20
Builddate:
Build: cc9d64f

Title: jans-config-api-server
Version: 1.0.20
Builddate:
Build: 690fa33

Is there any other installation / configuration step that I am missing. By the way, this is what I get when I tried the --schema option:
administrator@ubuntu-2204:~$ /opt/jans/jans-cli/cli/config_cli.py --schema AuthenticationMethod
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/jans/jans-cli/cli/config_cli.py", line 1555, in
main()
File "/opt/jans/jans-cli/cli/config_cli.py", line 1525, in main
cli_object = JCA_CLI(host, client_id, client_secret, access_token, test_client, wrapped=False)
File "/opt/jans/jans-cli/cli/config_cli.py", line 280, in init
self.host += '/jans-config-api'
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +=: 'NoneType' and 'str'

I strongly feel that I might have missed some step. Checked the documentation, but not able to figure out. Also, just to bring to your attention, I am using Ubuntu 22.04.

[ossdhaval]

@AjayaVeeramalli

• You don't need any other config step to run this successfully. Just that Janssen Server installation should have completed property.
• Ubuntu 22.04 is well supported. Shouldn't be an issue.

May I ask what backend are you using ❔ I have checked this on a system running LDAP backend.

[AjayaVeeramalli]

I am using the embedded ldap that comes with janssen installation.

[ossdhaval]

@AjayaVeeramalli I see. Not sure why is it giving issues. If it is possible for you, try with latest build and see if results are better. Alternatively, Janssen offers TUI (text-based user interface) to manage configuration. Can you check if you are able to launch TUI? Use /opt/jans/jans-cli/jans_cli_tui.py command to launch.

[AjayaVeeramalli]

I did the reinstall and tried. The reinstall seems to have fixed some other issues that I was having. However, I was still getting this isssue. But then it just went away when I did the same with sudo.

The following is the latest: (with and without sudo)
$ python3 /opt/jans/jans-cli/config-cli.py --info DefaultAuthenticationMethod
usage: config-cli.py [-h] [--host HOST] [--client-id CLIENT_ID] [--client-secret CLIENT_SECRET] [--access-token ACCESS_TOKEN]
[--plugins PLUGINS] [-debug] [--debug-log-file DEBUG_LOG_FILE] [--operation-id OPERATION_ID]
[--url-suffix URL_SUFFIX] [--info {}] [--op-mode {get,post,put,patch,delete}] [--endpoint-args ENDPOINT_ARGS]
[--schema SCHEMA] [-CC CONFIG_API_MTLS_CLIENT_CERT] [-CK CONFIG_API_MTLS_CLIENT_KEY] [--key-password KEY_PASSWORD]
[-noverify] [-use-test-client] [--patch-add PATCH_ADD] [--patch-replace PATCH_REPLACE] [--patch-remove PATCH_REMOVE]
[-no-color] [--log-dir LOG_DIR] [-revoke-session] [-scim] [-auth] [--data DATA] [--output-access-token]
config-cli.py: error: argument --info: invalid choice: 'DefaultAuthenticationMethod' (choose from )

$ sudo python3 /opt/jans/jans-cli/config-cli.py --info DefaultAuthenticationMethod
Operation ID: get-acrs
Description: Gets default authentication method.
Operation ID: put-acrs
Description: Updates default authentication method.
Schema: AuthenticationMethod

To get sample schema type /opt/jans/jans-cli/config-cli.py --schema , for example /opt/jans/jans-cli/config-cli.py --schema AuthenticationMethod

So, it seems not using sudo was the issue. Thanks @ossdhaval for the help.