NGINX Issue after updating from 25.03.1 -> 25.05.0

[SzymekPL29]

Hello everyone,

I'm relatively new to Malcolm. I started with version 25.03.1 and Malcolm works like a charm!

I wanted to upgrade Malcolm to the latest version and used the official upgrade guide as a reference. (Scenario 2) https://malcolm.fyi/docs/malcolm-upgrade.html
Everything seemed to go perfectly fine, but when I start Malcolm, I get the following error in the debug logs:
nginx-proxy-1 | nginx: [emerg] invalid number of arguments in "map" directive in /etc/nginx/conf.d/01_template_variables.conf:25

NGINX then exits with status 1, which is unexpected.

After that, I entered the docker environment while Malcolm was running and noticed that on line 25, compared to other lines, the value $host is missing between map and $arkime_protocol.

Setting $host manually in this file fixes the issue and solves the problem. However, when I restart Malcolm, the value reverts back to the original without $host.

I tried troubleshooting further by checking differences in the .env files and the docker-compose.yml files. The only change that seems to fix my issue is reverting the nginx-proxy image from version 25.05.0 back to 25.03.1. Changing any other values or .env entries does not seem to have any effect.

All I'm trying to accomplish is a successful upgrade.
My question is: is this a bug in version 25.05.0? Or am I doing something wrong?
I will upload both my original 25.03.1 and 25.05.0 docker-compose.yml files as attachments.

docker-compose25-03-1.yml.txt
docker-compose25-05-0.yml.txt

Kind regards,
Szymon

[mmguero]

Sorry for the trouble you've had, the process for upgrades is a weak point and one we hope to improve this year.

I think what's happening is somehow we're missing this new configuration variable, ARKIME_SSL, from arkime.env. What should have happened was the control script should have populated that variable from the defaults the first time it was run, but for some reason it didn't or it didn't in time, I'm not sure.

Could you look at ./config/arkime.env and see if ARKIME_SSL is present there, and if it's set to a value? If not, it should be set to ARKIME_SSL=true. Then restart Malcolm and I think you'll be okay as it should map correctly after that.

[SzymekPL29]

First of all, thanks for the very quick response!

In ./config/arkime.env, the ARKIME_SSL variable was not present at all. I added it with the value true, and after restarting Malcolm, everything started up successfully without any issues.

Thanks again for the help! I was stuck on this for a little while and wouldn’t have figured it out without your guidance.

[mmguero]

No problem! I'll take some time in the near future see if I can reproduce the value not being added to the .env file automatically the first time you ran the control script, which is what should have happened. Have a good one!