Configuration validation, configuration invalid

Installation Home Assistant OS
1

After playing around with getting custom UI working (and didn’t) I decided to remove all and try some time later. I got an error about loading config ‘packages’ so I decided to roll back a snapshot. Ok, so the snapshot was a bit older than I hoped :frowning: but the worst part is, the error does not go away.

To be complete; I am running hass.io 0.65.0 on a Pi3B, clean install on a new SD card. Have z-wave and RfxTrx installed. When I click on check config in the configuration section I get the following:

Configuration invalid

Testing configuration at /config
Fatal error while loading config: 'packages'
Failed config
  General Errors:
   - 'packages'

Successful config (partial)

Any help in fixing this would be greatly appreciated

2

You’ll need to post your config…

3

configuration.yaml

homeassistant:
  # Name of the location where Home Assistant is running
  name: Home
  # Location required to calculate the time the sun rises and sets
  latitude: 51
  longitude: 5
  # Impacts weather/sunrise data (altitude above sea level in meters)
  elevation: -1
  # metric for Metric, imperial for Imperial
  unit_system: metric
  # Pick yours from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
  time_zone: Europe/Amsterdam
  # Customization file
  customize: !include_dir_merge_list customize/

ios:

# Show links to resources in log and frontend
#introduction:

# Enables the frontend
frontend:

# Enables configuration UI
config:

http:
  # Secrets are defined in the file secrets.yaml
  api_password: my_api
  # Uncomment this if you are using SSL/TLS, running in Docker container, etc.
  # base_url: example.duckdns.org:8123

# Checks for available updates
# Note: This component will send some information about your system to
# the developers to assist with development of Home Assistant.
# For more information, please see:
# https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/10/25/explaining-the-updater/
updater:
  # Optional, allows Home Assistant developers to focus on popular components.
  # include_used_components: true

# Discover some devices automatically
discovery:
  ignore:
    - apple_tv

# Allows you to issue voice commands from the frontend in enabled browsers
conversation:

# Enables support for tracking state changes over time
history:

# View all events in a logbook
logbook:

# Enables a map showing the location of tracked devices
map:

# Track the sun
sun:

# Text to speech
tts:
  - platform: google

# Cloud
cloud:

#zha:
#  usb_path: /dev/ttyUSB0
#  database_path: zigbee.db

rfxtrx:
  device: /dev/ttyUSB0

# Z-Wave
zwave:
  usb_path: /dev/ttyACM0

device_tracker:
  - platform: bluetooth_tracker
    new_device_defaults:
      track_new_devices: True
      hide_if_away: False

# MQTT
mqtt:
  broker: core-mosquitto
  birth_message:
    topic: 'hass/status'
    payload: 'online'
  will_message:
    topic: 'hass/status'
    payload: 'offline'

sensor: !include sensors.yaml
switch: !include switches.yaml
group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include_dir_merge_list automations/
script: !include scripts.yaml

light:
  - platform: rfxtrx
    automatic_add: True
binary_sensor:
  platform: rfxtrx
  automatic_add: True

hassio host hardware:

{
    "result": "ok",
    "data": {
        "serial": [
            "/dev/ttyUSB0",
            "/dev/ttyAMA0",
            "/dev/ttyACM0"
        ],
        "input": [],
        "disk": [],
        "gpio": [
            "gpiochip0",
            "gpiochip100"
        ],
        "audio": {
            "0": {
                "name": "bcm2835 - bcm2835 ALSA",
                "type": "ALSA",
                "devices": {
                    "0": "digital audio playback",
                    "1": "digital audio playback"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

hassio ha start:

DEBUG [CmdHomeassistant]: action->'start', endpoint='start', serverOverride->'', GET->'false', options->'', rawjson->'false', filter->''
DEBUG [ExecCommand]: basepath->'homeassistant', endpoint->'start', serverOverride->'', get->'false', Options->'', Filter->'', RawJSON->'false'
DEBUG [GenerateURI]: basepath->'homeassistant', endpoint->'start', serverOverride->''
DEBUG [RestCall]: data->'http://hassio/homeassistant/start', GET->'false', payload->''
DEBUG [RestCall]: ResponseBody->'{"result": "error", "message": null}'
ERROR
panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not string

goroutine 1 [running]:
panic(0x2c5f60, 0x1070b380)
        /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.6.linux.amd64/src/runtime/panic.go:500 +0x33c
github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/helpers.DisplayOutput(0x107f0000, 0x24, 0x200, 0x0)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/helpers/common.go:118 +0x3c8
github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/helpers.ExecCommand(0x2f5e63, 0xd, 0x7efcde51, 0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, ...)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/helpers/common.go:155 +0x308
github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command.CmdHomeassistant(0x10778420)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/homeassistant.go:48 +0x540
github.com/urfave/cli.HandleAction(0x2ae6d8, 0x323754, 0x10778420, 0x0, 0x0)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/urfave/cli/app.go:503 +0xf0
github.com/urfave/cli.Command.Run(0x2f5e63, 0xd, 0x0, 0x0, 0x409d10, 0x1, 0x1, 0x300cfa, 0x2f, 0x0, ...)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/urfave/cli/command.go:165 +0x6b8
github.com/urfave/cli.(*App).Run(0x107668c0, 0x1070a140, 0x4, 0x4, 0x0, 0x0)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/urfave/cli/app.go:259 +0x8b0
main.main()
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/main.go:22 +0x108
4

There is another user who posted a few hours ago who seems to have the same problem:

5

I have managed to restore the initial config files (the complete config directory) and the error message about ‘packages’ went away (I could reproduce it by calling
hassio -d ha check

Unfortunately that did not mean it is now solved. When I run
hassio -d ha start
I get the following output:

DEBUG [CmdHomeassistant]: action->'start', endpoint='start', serverOverride->'', GET->'false', options->'', rawjson->'false', filter->''
DEBUG [ExecCommand]: basepath->'homeassistant', endpoint->'start', serverOverride->'', get->'false', Options->'', Filter->'', RawJSON->'false'
DEBUG [GenerateURI]: basepath->'homeassistant', endpoint->'start', serverOverride->''
DEBUG [RestCall]: data->'http://hassio/homeassistant/start', GET->'false', payload->''
DEBUG [RestCall]: ResponseBody->'{"result": "error", "message": null}'
ERROR
panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not string

goroutine 1 [running]:
panic(0x2c5f60, 0x107ac460)
        /home/travis/.gimme/versions/go1.7.6.linux.amd64/src/runtime/panic.go:500 +0x33c
github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/helpers.DisplayOutput(0x107b8200, 0x24, 0x200, 0x0)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/helpers/common.go:118 +0x3c8
github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/helpers.ExecCommand(0x2f5e63, 0xd, 0x7ead5e3b, 0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, ...)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/helpers/common.go:155 +0x308
github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command.CmdHomeassistant(0x107784d0)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/command/homeassistant.go:48 +0x540
github.com/urfave/cli.HandleAction(0x2ae6d8, 0x323754, 0x107784d0, 0x0, 0x0)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/urfave/cli/app.go:503 +0xf0
github.com/urfave/cli.Command.Run(0x2f5e63, 0xd, 0x0, 0x0, 0x409d10, 0x1, 0x1, 0x300cfa, 0x2f, 0x0, ...)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/urfave/cli/command.go:165 +0x6b8
github.com/urfave/cli.(*App).Run(0x107668c0, 0x1070a180, 0x4, 0x4, 0x0, 0x0)
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/urfave/cli/app.go:259 +0x8b0
main.main()
        /home/travis/gopath/src/github.com/home-assistant/hassio-cli/main.go:22 +0x108
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I rebooted the RPI and the problem is now gone (so using the initial config). I will slowly migrate back my old config and see where it fails again.

7

It seems that the errors have gone away. It took forever because it kept popping back up. In the end I think it had something to do with my customizations and even though I am not 100% confident, I think it was in an icon. If you do run into the same problem, I would start by commenting out your customizations and see if that resolves the problem.

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Hi. Same here. I try to hide some devices in the customizations with wild cards, but that fails the Configuration. My customizations file is really simple;

customize_glob:
# Customize entities matching a pattern
“Alarm*”:
hidden: true
homebridge_hidden: true
“FIBARO System FGD212*”:
hidden: true
homebridge_hidden: true

Any idea’s?

9

mmmh, my bad was in the assumption I had to place global in the separate file. Have it in main config file now with;

customize_glob:
“sensor.fibaro_system_fgd212_dimmer_2*”:
hidden: true

and this works

10

If someone is interested in a solution.

Today I ran into the same error message and found a solution to my problem. In my costumize.yaml file was a missing space between a colon and a value.

For example:

binary_sensor.mystrom_single:
  hidden:true

instead of:

binary_sensor.mystrom_single:
  hidden: true

maybe this can help someone in the future. :grimacing:

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For what it is worth, I recently also ran into this error, which wasn’t as easy to debug as things usually are, given that the error message given by hass --script check_config wasn’t as helpful as usual, not pointing to where the error actually lied. The error message was the one mentioned above:

General errors:
  - packages

For me, also, the problem was in customize:, specifically I had forgotten a line, leaving it as something akin to

customize:
    entity.id:

instead of, for instance

customize: 
  entity.id:
    friendly_name: Myname

Adding friendly_name: Myname or removing both entity_id and friendly_name fixed the error.

12

Same issue here… was painfull looking for error on file with 3k lines… :rage:

The command “hass --script check_config” - does not show the error :thinking: , but when try to start has the error is raised on syslog or default output if start manually :grinning:.

Check this example


(homeassistant) homeassistant@rpi-model3:~ $ hass --script check_config
Testing configuration at /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant
Fatal error while loading config: 'packages'
Failed config
  General Errors:
    - 'packages'

Successful config (partial)


journalctl -f -u [email protected]
-- Logs begin at Sat 2018-04-14 20:03:05 -03. --
Apr 14 20:03:09 rpi-model3 systemd[1]: Started Home Assistant.
Apr 14 20:03:37 rpi-model3 hass[495]: 2018-04-14 20:03:37 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [homeassistant]: string value is None for dictionary value @ data['customize']['script.net_canal_']['friendly_name']. Got None. (See /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 2).

Hope help others with same issue.

13

You are a lifesaver! I had made a few changes and tried to restart and was getting this error message. I reverted back all of my files EXCEPT for customize.yaml where I had made a seemingly small change.

Fixed it right up after I saw your comment.

14

If you still have this issue, you can try with to comment “whitelist_external_dirs”. It was the solution in my case.

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