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Mac Agent does not connect 'Unable to install Broker'

JulianMukajJulianMukaj USMember ✭
in Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin

This is the VS output.

Starting connection to Mac Xamarins-Mac.local...
Checksum failed for '/Users/Xamarins/Library/Caches/Xamarin/XMA/Broker/4.2.0.703'
Installing Broker 4.2.0.703...
Unable to install the Broker
Couldn't connect to Xamarins-Mac.local. Please try again.
Disconnected from Mac Xamarins-Mac.local (192.168.21.129)

I can SSH into the Mac fine. Troubleshooting guide doesn't help.

/Users/Xamarins/Library/Caches/Xamarin/XMA/Broker/4.2.0.703 This location does not exist on my Mac?? I also cannot install any new updates because the packages keep failing for some reason. I have tried reinstalling Xamarin many times.

Please help as I am behind on clients project due to this.

Thank you,

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  • ThalesRaymundoThalesRaymundo USMember ✭

    Same problem here, the logs:

    Starting connection to Mac MacBook-Pro-de-Macbook.local...
    Installing Broker 4.2.1.64...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (544/5404 KB) 10%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (1088/5404 KB) 20%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (1632/5404 KB) 30%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (2176/5404 KB) 40%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (2704/5404 KB) 50%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (3248/5404 KB) 60%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (3792/5404 KB) 70%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (4336/5404 KB) 80%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.64 (4880/5404 KB) 90%...
    Uploaded Broker 4.2.1.64 100%
    Unable to install the Broker
    Couldn't connect to MacBook-Pro-de-Macbook.local. Please try again.
    Disconnected from Mac MacBook-Pro-de-Macbook.local (10.11.30.216)

    Some other solution than reinstalling the whole mac os?

  • AlanClarkAlanClark USForum Administrator, Xamarin Team Xamurai
    edited November 2016

    @ThalesRaymundo Could you try updating Xamarin Studio on the Mac and see if that helps?

    Xamarin Studio > Check for Updates...

    Your full version info for both Windows and Mac might help:

    Visual Studio
    Help -> About Microsoft Visual Studio -> Copy Info [button]

    Xamarin Studio in OS X
    Xamarin Studio -> About Xamarin Studio -> Show Details -> Copy Information [button]

  • ThalesRaymundoThalesRaymundo USMember ✭

    @AlanClark said:
    @ThalesRaymundo Could you try updating Xamarin Studio on the Mac and see if that helps?

    Xamarin Studio > Check for Updates...

    Your full version info for both Windows and Mac might help:

    Visual Studio
    Help -> About Microsoft Visual Studio -> Copy Info [button]

    Xamarin Studio in OS X
    Xamarin Studio -> About Xamarin Studio -> Show Details -> Copy Information [button]

    Visual Studio:
    Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015
    Version 14.0.25431.01 Update 3
    Microsoft .NET Framework
    Version 4.6.01038

    Installed Version: Community

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    Microsoft Visual Basic 2015

    Visual C# 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA003
    Microsoft Visual C# 2015

    Visual C++ 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA003
    Microsoft Visual C++ 2015

    Windows Phone SDK 8.0 - ENU 00322-20000-00000-AA003
    Windows Phone SDK 8.0 - ENU

    Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio Package 7.12.01117.1
    Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio

    ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015.1 (Beta8) 14.1.11107.0
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    ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2012.2 4.1.41102.0
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    ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2013 5.2.40314.0
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    Xamarin 4.2.1.60 (47830f6)
    Visual Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.

    Xamarin.Android 7.0.2.37 (ce955cc)
    Visual Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.Android.

    Xamarin.iOS 10.2.1.5 (44931ae)
    Visual Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.iOS.

    Xamarin Studio on the mac:
    === Xamarin Studio Community ===

    Version 6.1.2 (build 44)
    Installation UUID: 79abcd41-847b-4457-b5cd-020aeaaa4abb
    Runtime:
    Mono 4.6.2 (mono-4.6.0-branch/08fd525) (64-bit)
    GTK+ 2.24.23 (Raleigh theme)

    Package version: 406020007

    === NuGet ===

    Version: 3.4.3.0

    === Xamarin.Profiler ===

    Not Installed

    === Xamarin.Android ===

    Version: 7.0.2.37 (Xamarin Studio Community)
    Android SDK: /Users/raphaelnascimento/Library/Developer/Xamarin/android-sdk-macosx
    Supported Android versions:
    6.0 (API level 23)

    SDK Tools Version: 25.1.2
    SDK Platform Tools Version: 24.0.0
    SDK Build Tools Version: 23.0.2

    Java SDK: /usr
    java version "1.8.0_51"
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_51-b16)
    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.51-b03, mixed mode)

    Android Designer EPL code available here:
    https://github.com/xamarin/AndroidDesigner.EPL

    === Xamarin Android Player ===

    Not Installed

    === Apple Developer Tools ===

    Xcode 8.1 (11544)
    Build 8B62

    === Xamarin.iOS ===

    Version: 10.2.1.5 (Xamarin Studio Community)
    Hash: 44931ae
    Branch: xcode8.1
    Build date: 2016-11-01 20:52:28-0400

    === Xamarin.Mac ===

    Version: 2.10.0.113 (Xamarin Studio Community)

    === Build Information ===

    Release ID: 601020044
    Git revision: 0ccfcd52b95305ebd5b7eca0d88c1017035910ae
    Build date: 2016-10-28 15:12:43-04
    Xamarin addins: a39a869d8a78d87bdc6775f696c13a4cc9024501
    Build lane: monodevelop-lion-cycle8

    === Operating System ===

    Mac OS X 10.12.1
    Darwin MacBook-Pro-de-Macbook.local 16.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.1.0
    Thu Oct 13 21:26:57 PDT 2016
    root:xnu-3789.21.3~60/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

    I Already tried to reinstall the whole Xamarin. Funny thing: Others machines connect to this same mac just fine, but this one in particular give me this error:

    Xamarin.Messaging.Client.Ssh.XmaCommands Error: 0 : [2016-11-29 14:32:31.4052] Local checksum of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin\Xamarin\4.2.1.60\Broker.zip couldn't be verified

    The version seems to be up to date (Stable Channel)

  • AlanClarkAlanClark USForum Administrator, Xamarin Team Xamurai

    @ThalesRaymundo Cheers! Everything looks fine there. Could you try closing Visual Studio, and deleting the contents of the cache located on the Mac here:

    $HOME/Library/Caches/Xamarin

  • ThalesRaymundoThalesRaymundo USMember ✭
    edited December 2016

    @AlanClark , thanks for the response. I deleted the caches, tried again and got the same error. The Caches/Xamarin/XMA/Broker/4.2.1.64 folder is re-generated but still not working.

    Moving to Beta/Alpha Channel didn't solve the issue. Im thinking about reinstalling visual studio, some advice on the folders I need to delete to guarantee a 100% fresh install afterwards?

    In my case, the problem is not the Mac, since others machines can connect with no problem

  • AlanClarkAlanClark USForum Administrator, Xamarin Team Xamurai

    @ThalesRaymundo You can find a guide here:

    https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/getting_started/visual_studio_with_xamarin/troubleshooting/uninstall-xamarinvs/

  • Alexander.RojasAlexander.Rojas USMember ✭✭

    did someone find a solution?

    I am getting the same error

    Starting connection to Mac 10.111.111.147...
    Installing Broker 4.2.1.73...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (544/5405 KB) 10%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (1088/5405 KB) 20%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (1632/5405 KB) 30%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (2176/5405 KB) 40%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (2704/5405 KB) 50%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (3248/5405 KB) 60%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (3792/5405 KB) 70%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (4336/5405 KB) 80%...
    Uploading Broker 4.2.1.73 (4880/5405 KB) 90%...
    Uploaded Broker 4.2.1.73 100%
    Unable to install the Broker
    Couldn't connect to Verticals-Mac-mini.local. Please try again.
    Disconnected from Mac Verticals-Mac-mini.local (10.111.111.147)

    Visual Studio Information
    Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
    Version 14.0.25431.01 Update 3
    Microsoft .NET Framework
    Version 4.6.01586

    Installed Version: Enterprise

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    Mac information
    === Xamarin Studio Community ===

    Version 6.1.2 (build 44)
    Installation UUID: 92c6e546-6e61-4a66-a7d7-6fac328434a9
    Runtime:
    Mono 4.6.2 (mono-4.6.0-branch/08fd525) (64-bit)
    GTK+ 2.24.23 (Raleigh theme)

    Package version: 406020007

    === NuGet ===

    Version: 3.4.3.0

    === Xamarin.Profiler ===

    Not Installed

    === Apple Developer Tools ===

    Xcode 8.2 (11766)
    Build 8C38

    === Xamarin.Mac ===

    Version: 2.10.0.113 (Xamarin Studio Community)

    === Xamarin.iOS ===

    Version: 10.3.0.0 (Xamarin Studio Community)
    Hash: e02d272
    Branch: xcode8.2
    Build date: 2016-12-12 23:00:41-0500

    === Xamarin.Android ===

    Not Installed

    === Xamarin Android Player ===

    Not Installed

    === Build Information ===

    Release ID: 601020044
    Git revision: 0ccfcd52b95305ebd5b7eca0d88c1017035910ae
    Build date: 2016-10-28 15:12:43-04
    Xamarin addins: a39a869d8a78d87bdc6775f696c13a4cc9024501
    Build lane: monodevelop-lion-cycle8

    === Operating System ===

    Mac OS X 10.11.6
    Darwin Verticals-Mac-mini.local 15.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0
    Thu Sep 1 15:01:16 PDT 2016
    root:xnu-3248.60.11~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

  • AlirezaToosi.0040AlirezaToosi.0040 USMember ✭
    edited December 2016

    Same problem, did someone do any solution? After update to Xamarin 4.2.1.73 it was working for several times and
    I have encountered to this issue again.

  • AlanClarkAlanClark USForum Administrator, Xamarin Team Xamurai

    @AlexanderRojas Are you signed into the Mac with the user under which Xamarin is installed?

    @AlirezaToosi.0040 Please check that your Mac tooling is also up to date - Xamarin Studio > Check for Updates...

  • AlirezaToosi.0040AlirezaToosi.0040 USMember ✭

    Thanks Alan for your answer, Yes it is update too.

  • Alexander.RojasAlexander.Rojas USMember ✭✭

    @AlanClark yes, was weird, one day was working perfectly, then I shutdown the computers. windows got updates, and the next day I couldn't connect again, I tried all that is in the troubleshooting page and nothing.
    Here is my logs

  • AlirezaToosi.0040AlirezaToosi.0040 USMember ✭
    edited December 2016

    @AlexanderRojas what is your mac OS version??? Is it Sierra??? For ssh connection mac needs SSH key. It should create in ~/.ssh directory. But for Xamarin I could not find this directory in my mac. I tried to mac connection using Putty (third party for make SSH connection on Windows). so I received this warning message :

            The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You
        have no guarantee that the server is the computer you
        think it is.
        The server's rsa2 key fingerprint is:
        ssh-rsa 1024 7b:e5:6f:a7:f4:f9:81:62:5c:e3:1f:bf:8b:57:6c:5a
        If you trust this host, hit Yes to add the key to
        PuTTY's cache and carry on connecting.
        If you want to carry on connecting just once, without
        adding the key to the cache, hit No.
        If you do not trust this host, hit Cancel to abandon the
        connection.

    and after click yes it created ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.
    I have found this article too:
    https://medium.freecodecamp.com/upgrading-to-macos-sierra-will-break-your-ssh-keys-and-lock-you-out-of-your-own-servers-f413ac96139a#.kdjsmmwyn

    Maybe this help to find solution faster.

  • Alexander.RojasAlexander.Rojas USMember ✭✭

    hi @AlirezaToosi.0040 I am using Sierra and I can establish ssh connection with Git Bash, but I couldn't do it with the Xamarin Mac Agent, btw, I have this issue with the Mac OS before, I don't remember if that was "El Capitan" so I upgrade to see if that solves the issue but nothing changed.

    I will read that articule and tell you what I'll get, many thanks

  • Alexander.RojasAlexander.Rojas USMember ✭✭

    Hi @AlirezaToosi.0040 I read the articule, but it doesn't seem to be my issue, but thanks I really appreciate

  • ThalesRaymundoThalesRaymundo USMember ✭

    @AlirezaToosi.0040 said:
    Same problem, did someone do any solution? After update to Xamarin 4.2.1.73 it was working for several times and
    I have encountered to this issue again.

    Same thing here.

  • Alexander.RojasAlexander.Rojas USMember ✭✭

    Yes, I updated to 4.2.2.6 and was working for some days, But since yesterday it is not working.
    It is showing me the same error, Local checksum of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin\Xamarin\4.2.2.6\Broker.zip couldn't be verified

    some ideas ?

  • Alexander.RojasAlexander.Rojas USMember ✭✭

    @ThalesRaymundo did you find any solution ?

  • ThalesRaymundoThalesRaymundo USMember ✭

    @Alexander.Rojas said:
    @ThalesRaymundo did you find any solution ?

    Yes! what worked for me was:

    • Create another user in the windows machine
    • Delete all caches in the mac build host
    • Connect to mac through the new windows user
    • no more erros

    After this test I just deleted the corrupt profile from the machine and re-created (just to keep using my own company username). Using a few days and ultil now, no more problems.

  • Alexander.RojasAlexander.Rojas USMember ✭✭
    edited January 2017

    @ThalesRaymundo Thanks, I am working how you suggested, I hope to find what is causing this, because I don't want to delete my user :'(

  • ThalesRaymundoThalesRaymundo USMember ✭

    @Alexander.Rojas said:
    @ThalesRaymundo Thanks, I am working how you suggested, I hope to find what is causing this, because I don't want to delete my user :'(

    if you find the real cause, please tell us hahaha. I too don't think that delete the entire user profile is an acceptable solution

  • KeithAxlineKeithAxline USMember ✭

    My issue ended up being that I had fish running as my shell on the Mac I was trying to connect to. Changing back to bash solved it.

    Here's the log error in case any Xamarin peeps want to chase after it:

    Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.SshCommandRunner|Warning|0|Failed to execute 'find "/Users/kaxline/Library/Caches/Xamarin/XMA/Broker/4.3.0.795/" -type f | while read line ; do md5 -q "$line" ; done': ExitStatus = 127
Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.SshCommandRunner|Warning|0|Missing end to balance this while loop
fish: find "/Users/kaxline/Library/Caches/Xamarin/XMA/Broker/4.3.0.795/" -type f | while read line ; do md5 -q "$line" ; done
                                                                                   ^

Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.XmaCommands|Error|0|An error occurred while verifying installed C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin\Xamarin\Broker.zip
Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.Exceptions.SshCommandException: Missing end to balance this while loop
fish: find "/Users/kaxline/Library/Caches/Xamarin/XMA/Broker/4.3.0.795/" -type f | while read line ; do md5 -q "$line" ; done
                                                                                   ^

   at Renci.SshNet.SshCommandExtensions.ThrowIfError(SshCommand command)
   at Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.SshCommands.<RunCommandAsync>d__42.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.SshCommands.<GetDirectoryChecksumAsync>d__11.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.XmaCommands.<VerifyInstallationAsync>d__6.MoveNext()
  • mjschirlemjschirle USMember ✭✭

    @SachinPatel said:
    For me, deleting the contents of the "C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Temp\Xamarin" folder helped solve the issue.

    Thank you! That did the trick for me as well.

  • mattimusmattimus USMember ✭

    Deleting the Xamarin cached files by itself didn't work for me.

    Creating a new user and deleting the Xamarin cache files (on the mac side) fixed it for me.

  • MarkBatemanMarkBateman USMember ✭

    I believe I understand at a very high level why this issue has been happening for me and my team.

    For a long time I've connected to the Mac, via Xamarin Mac Agent, using UsernameA. I wanted to test a new user account set up so using the Xamarin Mac Agent I "clicked Forget this Mac" and re-connected using UsernameB. This is where I got the error "Couldn't connect to . Please try again". Through VS2017 Looking at the logs (Help->Xamarin->Open Logs...) I saw the error people had been mentioning: -

    Xamarin.Messaging.Ssh.MessagingService|Error|0|Unable to install the Broker
Xamarin.VisualStudio.Remote.State.DisconnectedState|Error|0|Couldn't connect to <MAC NAME>. Please try again.

    Following @SachinPatel advice above to delete the contents of "C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Temp\Xamarin" I found once the XMA folder had been deleted I was able to connect to the MAC using UsernameB.

    The interesting thing is now I am unable to connect as UsernameA until I delete the "C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Temp\Xamarin" folder.

    I can only assume that the Xamarin Mac Agent is only able to work with a single user account and so when the user account changes it's necessary to delete these temporary folders.

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