From 86faef80d013f620ffa0d0bcd76702939756b660 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: davegallant Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 04:12:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] deploy: 7a12f8daeaac15d2e93d3b30382c5fb1ecbd328d --- blog/2020/03/16/appgate-sdp-on-arch-linux/index.html | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/2020/03/16/appgate-sdp-on-arch-linux/index.html b/blog/2020/03/16/appgate-sdp-on-arch-linux/index.html index c6894f83..8e5e0623 100644 --- a/blog/2020/03/16/appgate-sdp-on-arch-linux/index.html +++ b/blog/2020/03/16/appgate-sdp-on-arch-linux/index.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ - + AppGate SDP on Arch Linux @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@

Depending on the AppGate SDP Server that is running, you may require a client that is more recent than the latest package on AUR. As of right now, the latest AUR is 4.2.2-1.

These steps highlight how to get it working with Python3.8 by making a 1 line modification to AppGate source code.

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Package

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Packaging up

We already know the community package is out of date, so let’s clone it:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/appgate-sdp.git
 cd appgate-sdp
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ md5sums=('17101aa
 
yay -S dnsmasq gconf
 
Now, let’s install it:

 
makepkg -si
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Run

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Running the client

Ok, let’s run the client by executing appgate.

It complains about not being able to connect.

Easy fix:

sudo systemctl start appgatedriver.service

Now we should be connected… but DNS is not working?

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Fix DNS

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Fixing the DNS

Running resolvectl should display that something is not right.

Why is the DNS not being set by appgate?

$ head -3 /opt/appgate/linux/set_dns
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ module 'platform' has no attribute if platform.linux_distribution()[0] != 'Fedora':

Aha! So this is in the local AppGate source code. This should be an easy fix. Let’s just replace this line with:

if True: # Since we are not using Fedora :)
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Conclusion

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Wrapping up

It turns out there are breaking changes in Python3.8.

The docs that say Deprecated since version 3.5, will be removed in version 3.8: See alternative like the distro package.

I guess this highlights one of the caveats of relying upon system python.