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Keith Petersen 67 posts 111 karma points

Aug 16, 2011 @ 18:44

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Value cannot be null exception in Courier 2.1.1

Using Courier 2.1.1 and Umbraco 4.7.0 I'm unable to transfer content from an existing production site to a new test site. When I right click on the site root, select Courier, select Deploy (with all children) it shows the deploying animation, and then I get this error:

System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: The string which needs to be encrypted can not be null. at Umbraco.Courier.Core.Helpers.Encryption.Encrypt(String originalString) at Umbraco.Courier.RepositoryProviders.CourierWebserviceRepositoryProvider.getloginAndPass(Int32 userId, String& login, String& pass) in d:\TeamCity6\buildAgent\work\10d13058beb058ea\Umbraco.Courier.RepositoryProviders\WebserviceProvider\CourierWebserviceRepositoryProvider.cs:line 140 at Umbraco.Courier.RepositoryProviders.CourierWebserviceRepositoryProvider.TransferResources(ResourceTransfer[] resources) in d:\TeamCity6\buildAgent\work\10d13058beb058ea\Umbraco.Courier.RepositoryProviders\WebserviceProvider\CourierWebserviceRepositoryProvider.cs:line 279 at Umbraco.Courier.Core.ExtractionManager.ExtractItemResources(Item item, ResourceExtractionOrder order) at Umbraco.Courier.Core.ExtractionManager.ExtractResources(ResourceExtractionOrder order) at Umbraco.Courier.UI.Dialogs.CommitItem.TransferAndExtractOnSelectedRepo(String repo) at Umbraco.Courier.UI.Dialogs.CommitItem.oneSteptransfer(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

I also get the error when I click on the location node under the Courier section. I haven't changed anything from the default in the courier.config and my user id has rights to the repository. I wonder if it's because we use Active Directory for authorization? I'm an AD user, so I have an empty string in the userPassword column of the umbracoUser table. This didn't cause a problem with Courier 1.3, but I know version 2 is quite different. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

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Donald St. Martin 83 posts 128 karma points

Aug 17, 2011 @ 18:35

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I just had the same issue. I installed Courier with my AD account that had "1" as the userID. I made sure my source and target installs both has "0" in the <user> field in courier.config. Since I have access to the "super-admin" account, this worked for me.

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Keith Petersen 67 posts 111 karma points

Aug 17, 2011 @ 23:51

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Thanks, that works for now. I think this should still be fixed since it used to work with AD accounts.

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Donald St. Martin 83 posts 128 karma points

Aug 18, 2011 @ 00:01

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Your welcome.

I agree - I was in a time crunch so I wasn't able to invest a lot of time into it to get it working with my AD accounts. I am hoping there is a simple fix.

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misugi 1 post 71 karma points

Dec 01, 2015 @ 05:58
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Hi all,

I also get the same error with Umbraco version 7.2.8 and Courier 2.51.3 (trial version) on my local. I installed Courier with my AD account that had "0" as the userID. When I right click on the node, select Courier, select Continue then I get this error:

System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.

Parameter name: compareRepository

at Umbraco.Courier.Core.Tasks.PackagingTask..ctor(ExecutionContext ctx, Repository source, Repository destination, Repository compareRepository, String revisionAlias) at Umbraco.Courier.UI.Dialogs.CommitItem.RenderSummary(String target)
at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)

I also try to change courier.config to:
```
<repositories>
    <repository name="Sample" alias="sample" type="CourierWebserviceRepositoryProvider" visible="true">
        <user>0</user>
    </repository>
</repositories>
```
But I get another error:

System.Net.WebException: The network path was not found.

System.IO.IOException: The network path was not found. at System.IO._Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITYATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath, Boolean checkHost)
at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing) at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetRequestStreamCallback(Object state)

Any one knows the cause of this error?
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