# General Discussions

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## [The API in the official documents can not be found in the GitHub code](https://hub.mender.io/t/the-api-in-the-official-documents-can-not-be-found-in-the-github-code/2193)

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**Author:** [@ruanhailiang](https://hub.mender.io/u/ruanhailiang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/the-api-in-the-official-documents-can-not-be-found-in-the-github-code/2193 "2020-07-22T05:33:41Z")

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I’m using the latest master version of the code.I started the “Gui” and “useradm” servers normally, but there were some errors in the GUI, Errors in the chrome console,such as: Failed to load resource: the server respon…

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## [Raspberry Pi 3B boot partition filesystem](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberry-pi-3b-boot-partition-filesystem/2158)

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**Author:** [@conker00](https://hub.mender.io/u/conker00)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberry-pi-3b-boot-partition-filesystem/2158 "2020-07-21T16:08:28Z")

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From what I have read, a raspberry pi 3b should be able to boot with the boot partition’s file system either FAT16 or FAT32. My issue is that some of my raspberry pis don’t boot unless I remake the filesystem as FAT32 a…

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## [Artifact deployment failed in RPi](https://hub.mender.io/t/artifact-deployment-failed-in-rpi/2185)

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**Author:** [@usman](https://hub.mender.io/u/usman)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/artifact-deployment-failed-in-rpi/2185 "2020-07-21T13:40:57Z")

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Hi, I’m new to Mender, so I might ask some basic questions. For exploring Mender, I converted a raw image into Mender client. Then copied the image file into another SD card and added a new directory and file in home/pi…

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## [Unable to upload artifacts to mender server 2.3](https://hub.mender.io/t/unable-to-upload-artifacts-to-mender-server-2-3/2165)

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**Author:** [@evk1206](https://hub.mender.io/u/evk1206)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/unable-to-upload-artifacts-to-mender-server-2-3/2165 "2020-07-21T08:41:38Z")

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Hello, I have been using Mender for our IOT projects for the past 2 years. For our new IOT project, I am using mender server v 2.3.x Git commit: git log -1 commit 49b6501cad00aec999218f012fbeffacc1507f36 (HEAD -\> my-…

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## [Server compatibility](https://hub.mender.io/t/server-compatibility/2207)

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**Author:** [@SuicidalLabRat](https://hub.mender.io/u/SuicidalLabRat)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/server-compatibility/2207 "2020-07-21T05:31:22Z")

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We are migrating server environments, and plan to upgrade from v2.0 during the migration. Given we have two different major versions of the client in the field, is it appropriate/advisable to go ahead and update the ser…

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## [State scripts not getting called](https://hub.mender.io/t/state-scripts-not-getting-called/2189)

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**Author:** [@krystof](https://hub.mender.io/u/krystof)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/state-scripts-not-getting-called/2189 "2020-07-20T18:54:36Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to implement custom state scripts, but they are not getting called. They are in /etc/mender/scripts in both the old and new artifact: root@comp:/etc/mender# tree . ├── artifact\_info ├── mender.conf └── …

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## [Systemctl start mender not working](https://hub.mender.io/t/systemctl-start-mender-not-working/2095)

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**Author:** [@arun](https://hub.mender.io/u/arun)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/systemctl-start-mender-not-working/2095 "2020-07-20T18:24:26Z")

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Hi, actually i am tring to start mender client in my raspbian buster image which running in rpi.i am not able to connect to mender server i will attack my snapshot for reference best regards arun

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## [Mender-convert - Include state scripts in the artifact](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-include-state-scripts-in-the-artifact/2195)

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**Author:** [@c3ntry](https://hub.mender.io/u/c3ntry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-include-state-scripts-in-the-artifact/2195 "2020-07-20T17:29:16Z")

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Hi, I couldn’t find any further documentation on this topic and trial and error is taking me a long time because mender-convert takes quite a while to create a new image version: What is the correct approach to embeddi…

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## [How to get this specific attribute from the GET devices API](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-get-this-specific-attribute-from-the-get-devices-api/2171)

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**Author:** [@nishad1092](https://hub.mender.io/u/nishad1092)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 10:54am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-get-this-specific-attribute-from-the-get-devices-api/2171 "2020-07-15T10:54:44Z")

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Hi, Is there API to get only the description of every id using the GET /devices API. FYI: ( I would like to retrieve the id of each device but depending on the “description” ) json: \[ { “id” : “291ae0e5956c69c226748…

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## [Mender option --log-file is not working](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-option-log-file-is-not-working/2191)

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**Author:** [@ichergui](https://hub.mender.io/u/ichergui)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-option-log-file-is-not-working/2191 "2020-07-15T08:50:13Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m using mender client version eef7471 to perform system updates on Nvidia Jetson TX2. I tried to use the option –log-file but is not working for me. I mean the log file was not created. Here is the ve…

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## [Startup time impact of mender](https://hub.mender.io/t/startup-time-impact-of-mender/2190)

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**Author:** [@danie](https://hub.mender.io/u/danie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/startup-time-impact-of-mender/2190 "2020-07-15T07:25:32Z")

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Hi, I’ve successfully integrated mender into NXP’s iMX 6UL by Yocto Warrior. And I’m analysing the startup time of the board with ‘systemd-analyze’. My concern is, Mender is not shown in the services list obtained by r…

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## [Mender-convert activate PARTUUID option](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-activate-partuuid-option/2110)

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**Author:** [@dellgreen](https://hub.mender.io/u/dellgreen)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-activate-partuuid-option/2110 "2020-07-15T06:18:45Z")

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Looking at the grub.cfg in the EFI partition I can see that there is provision for using PARTUUID’s instead of device names. However in the mender-convert code i cannot see anything that actually sets the mender\_rootfsa\_…

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## [Can't authorize devices: auth\_set empty if identity too long](https://hub.mender.io/t/cant-authorize-devices-auth-set-empty-if-identity-too-long/2173)

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**Author:** [@edgar444](https://hub.mender.io/u/edgar444)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/cant-authorize-devices-auth-set-empty-if-identity-too-long/2173 "2020-07-13T17:51:39Z")

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Some devices, if they have too long identity fields, become impossible to authorize, and even after purging (only purging is still possible at least via cURL, where as WebUI hides buttons for both actions). That is due …

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## [Secure Kiosk Mode](https://hub.mender.io/t/secure-kiosk-mode/2188)

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**Author:** [@Austriker](https://hub.mender.io/u/Austriker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/secure-kiosk-mode/2188 "2020-07-11T18:03:54Z")

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Hello, I am searching how to launch an app in kiosk mode. I have looked at this tutorial How to create your first recipe and enable auto-start using systemd which explains how to launch an app at boot. I also looked at…

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## [State scripts for tricky update scheduling logic](https://hub.mender.io/t/state-scripts-for-tricky-update-scheduling-logic/2170)

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**Author:** [@krystof](https://hub.mender.io/u/krystof)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/state-scripts-for-tricky-update-scheduling-logic/2170 "2020-07-10T21:39:04Z")

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Hi everyone, I’d like to get some input on how to implement some potentially tricky update timing/scheduling logic. Here’s the device behavior I am going for: updates are downloaded to the device automatically instal…

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## [Returning 1 in Download\_Enter not mark the update as failed](https://hub.mender.io/t/returning-1-in-download-enter-not-mark-the-update-as-failed/2166)

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**Author:** [@dimant](https://hub.mender.io/u/dimant)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/returning-1-in-download-enter-not-mark-the-update-as-failed/2166 "2020-07-09T06:41:08Z")

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Hi all, I’m facing an issue: In the Download\_Enter state, i’m trying to check the version of the update before to proceed to the download. This is a little sketch of the code in the Download\_Enter if ! is\_installable …

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## [Support for Amazon S3 in Mender Server 2.3.0](https://hub.mender.io/t/support-for-amazon-s3-in-mender-server-2-3-0/2015)

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**Author:** [@ckelloug2](https://hub.mender.io/u/ckelloug2)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/support-for-amazon-s3-in-mender-server-2-3-0/2015 "2020-07-08T20:54:45Z")

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Hi, We’re having trouble getting our S3 configuration from 2.0.0 to work in 2.3.0. I took a look at the configurations and realized that the merge of the 2.3.0 changes has removed integration/docker-compose.storage.s3…

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## [How to set custom systemd network configuration files search path in yocto based linux image with meta-mender](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-set-custom-systemd-network-configuration-files-search-path-in-yocto-based-linux-image-with-meta-mender/2161)

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**Author:** [@anishmonachan](https://hub.mender.io/u/anishmonachan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/how-to-set-custom-systemd-network-configuration-files-search-path-in-yocto-based-linux-image-with-meta-mender/2161 "2020-07-07T10:29:09Z")

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I’ve a custom yocto based linux image with meta-mender. I have a use case where I want to set a systemd-network configuration files in a user defined path. So that I can avoid losing the custom .network file in default p…

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## [Strange reboot behaviour after sucessfull board integration](https://hub.mender.io/t/strange-reboot-behaviour-after-sucessfull-board-integration/2146)

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**Author:** [@niklas](https://hub.mender.io/u/niklas)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/strange-reboot-behaviour-after-sucessfull-board-integration/2146 "2020-07-07T09:20:50Z")

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Hey! I’ve been integrating mender in our product and I think I’m 99% done. However I encounter a strange behavior which I cannot explain. Setup: Allwinner S3 boot from eMMC Partition table uboot at start sector of …

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## [Update docs links: New Get started and Overview chapters](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-docs-links-new-get-started-and-overview-chapters/2155)

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**Author:** [@eystein](https://hub.mender.io/u/eystein)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-docs-links-new-get-started-and-overview-chapters/2155 "2020-07-06T17:44:22Z")

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Hi everyone! With the growing capabilities of Mender, the docs site is being reorganized! Now there are new Get started and Overview chapters, and more is coming. We hope you like it and are happy to receive any feedba…

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## [Network Management](https://hub.mender.io/t/network-management/2133)

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**Author:** [@ruben](https://hub.mender.io/u/ruben)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/network-management/2133 "2020-07-06T06:06:40Z")

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Hi, we have a custom hardware which has 3 possible network connections: cable (ethernet) WiFi GSM/Cellular Currently I am investigating how to manage and configure this connections We want to: be able to configure…

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## [Mender client HTTP proxy support](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-http-proxy-support/1366)

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**Author:** [@freibrun](https://hub.mender.io/u/freibrun)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-http-proxy-support/1366 "2020-07-03T07:45:15Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m trying to understand whether the mender client does support HTTP proxy to connect to a mender server. The only thing I found is this discussion saying it’s currently not supported: https://groups.google…

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## [Impact of updating Ubuntu version on Mender Client install](https://hub.mender.io/t/impact-of-updating-ubuntu-version-on-mender-client-install/2119)

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**Author:** [@PJK](https://hub.mender.io/u/PJK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/impact-of-updating-ubuntu-version-on-mender-client-install/2119 "2020-07-03T07:23:45Z")

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Currently we are using Ubuntu Server 19.04 for our Brix devices in conjunction with Mender. My colleague wants to update our rootfs to version 20.04 because that is a LTS version while 19.04 isn’t (we had to switch to 19…

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## [What is the Expiry Time for JWT Token for API management](https://hub.mender.io/t/what-is-the-expiry-time-for-jwt-token-for-api-management/2111)

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**Author:** [@vishruti](https://hub.mender.io/u/vishruti)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/what-is-the-expiry-time-for-jwt-token-for-api-management/2111 "2020-07-03T07:05:15Z")

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Hello, I have generated the JWT Token for working with Mender API’s and I tested an API to get list of users and devices and it worked fine, but after restarting the server the JWT Token is just gone, I am able to execu…

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## [Jetson-TX2 - updating device-tree](https://hub.mender.io/t/jetson-tx2-updating-device-tree/2124)

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**Author:** [@naro](https://hub.mender.io/u/naro)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/jetson-tx2-updating-device-tree/2124 "2020-07-03T02:01:24Z")

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Hi guys, We are struggling to understand if and how the device tree gets updated on a Jetson-TX2. A rootfs image created by yocto (“zeus”) does not seem to update the device tree when updating through mender. How can …

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## [Restart device and update existing python file in RPi](https://hub.mender.io/t/restart-device-and-update-existing-python-file-in-rpi/1998)

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**Author:** [@nishad1092](https://hub.mender.io/u/nishad1092)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/restart-device-and-update-existing-python-file-in-rpi/1998 "2020-07-02T04:30:34Z")

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Hi, I would like to know, how to restart a RPi through mender, and also update modify a existing python file through mender.?

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## [Update Module and Yocto](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-module-and-yocto/2121)

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**Author:** [@Austriker](https://hub.mender.io/u/Austriker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/update-module-and-yocto/2121 "2020-06-30T12:03:37Z")

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Hi, We use mender and yocto to generate our complete image but each updates are large to deploy through 4G. Our application is located in a /opt/ folder. Is it possible to use the directory update module to make some a…

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## [Raspberrypi CM3 warrior broken](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberrypi-cm3-warrior-broken/2115)

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**Author:** [@MarekBelisko](https://hub.mender.io/u/MarekBelisko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/raspberrypi-cm3-warrior-broken/2115 "2020-06-26T16:27:41Z")

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Hi, I have build for RPI CM3 from warrior branch and board boot to u-boot but last message is (when enabled console in u-boot) \[ 1.748729\] of\_cfs\_init: OK \[ 1.752027\] uart-pl011 3f201000.serial: no DMA platform d…

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## [Mender Client inside Docker container](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-inside-docker-container/1971)

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**Author:** [@Dewey](https://hub.mender.io/u/Dewey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-client-inside-docker-container/1971 "2020-06-26T11:10:59Z")

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Hello, Would it be possible to run the Mender client inside a docker container that runs in privileged mode ? The container could access /dev and other requirements. Mender would on an x86 board with grub as bootloader …

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## [Delta apply fail with "xdelta3: target window checksum mismatch: XD3\_INVALID\_INPUT"](https://hub.mender.io/t/delta-apply-fail-with-xdelta3-target-window-checksum-mismatch-xd3-invalid-input/1805)

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**Author:** [@malveo](https://hub.mender.io/u/malveo)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/delta-apply-fail-with-xdelta3-target-window-checksum-mismatch-xd3-invalid-input/1805 "2020-06-26T11:06:33Z")

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Hello Everyone, I’m trying to generate and apply a delta from $MENDER\_ARTIFACT\_FROM to $MENDER\_ARTIFACT\_TO\` these are the steps I took: $ export MENDER\_ARTIFACT\_FROM="1/image-qemux86-64-20200420165809.mender" $ export…

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