Re: invalid connection option "passfile"

This is the exception from the pgadmin4 log file

2024-03-13 19:22:50,053: ERROR pgadmin: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'version'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1823, in full_dispatch_request
rv = self.dispatch_request()
File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1799, in dispatch_request
return self.ensure_sync(self.view_functions[rule.endpoint])(**view_args)
File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/flask/views.py", line 107, in view
return current_app.ensure_sync(self.dispatch_request)(**kwargs)
File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/browser/utils.py", line 309, in dispatch_request
return method(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/browser/utils.py", line 344, in children
children = self.get_children_nodes(*args, **kwargs)
File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/browser/utils.py", line 365, in get_children_nodes
children.extend(module.get_nodes(*args, **kwargs))
File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/browser/server_groups/servers/__init__.py", line 279, in get_nodes
version=manager.version,
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'version'

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On Wednesday, March 13th, 2024 at 7:54 AM, hubbamubba <hubbamubba(at)proton(dot)me> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Amazon linux 2
> Python 3.7
> Pgadmin 8.4/8.3 in server_mode installed via pip
> Apache with mod_wsgi
> ldap authentication
> psycopg==3.1.12
> psycopg-binary==3.1.12
>
> I'm having issues using passfile on a new pgadmin4 install.
> I have the app running and I can login with ldap and an internal user.
> I'm also able to run setup.py and run load-servers (It reports the correct number of servers added) and I can
> verify in sqlite3 db.
>
> I can see the new server tab in the gui but when I click the new servers tab,
> I get a load of errors:
>
> Tue Mar 12 19:15:39.851547 2024] [wsgi:error] [pid 9262] [remote 172.18.1.88:38112] psycopg.ProgrammingError: invalid connection option "passfile"
> [
> File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/server_manager.py", line 116, in update
> self.create_connection_string(self.db, self.user)
> File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pgadmin4/pgadmin/utils/driver/psycopg3/server_manager.py", line 696, in create_connection_string
> self.display_connection_string = make_conninfo(**display_dsn_args)
> File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/psycopg/conninfo.py", line 59, in make_conninfo
> _parse_conninfo(conninfo)
> File "/opt/pgadmin4/venv/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/psycopg/conninfo.py", line 98, in _parse_conninfo
> raise e.ProgrammingError(str(ex))
> psycopg.ProgrammingError: invalid connection option "passfile"
>
> I get the same error if I use the gui to add a new DB connection using the passfile option.
>
> I can't tell if this error is a really an unsupported connection param or pgadmin can't find my pgpass file. I've moved the pspass file to multiple locations but no progress.
>
> Here is a snippet from servers.json
> { "Servers": {
> "1": {
> "Name": "dev-product",
> "Group": "Servers",
> "Host": "xxx",
> "Port": 5432,
> "Shared": true,
> "SharedUsername": "yyy",
> "Username": "yyy",
> "MaintenanceDB": "postgres",
> "SSLMode": "disable",
> "PassFile": "../../pgpass"
> },
>
> Any thoughts?
> Thanks,Tom
>
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