[Dashboard] No css

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I’ve installed version 1.0.13.13, but I’ve got an error when browsing the dashboard : there is no CSS rendered.

The /Content/Octopus.less?v=1.0.13.13 throw a 500 error.

In the event log, I see the following error :

Exception information: 
Exception type: NullReferenceException 
Exception message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at dotless.Core.Response.CssResponse.HandleCompression()
   at dotless.Core.Response.CssResponse.WriteCss(String css)
   at dotless.Core.Response.CachedCssResponse.WriteCss(String css)
   at dotless.Core.HandlerImpl.Execute()
   at dotless.Core.LessCssHttpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

Server is Win 2008 R2 w/ sp1.

I also get this warning in the even log after installing portal :

There was an error during processing of the managed application service auto-start for application pool: 'Octopus Portal'.  Some application services may not have been processed correctly.  Please check the configuration for application service auto-start for the application(s) assigned to this application pool.  The data field contains the error code.

And the error code is 02000780.

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I’ve discovered that this error only happens when I browse the portal using a additionnal binding added manually.

Suppose octopus portal was installed using the port 8090, I can browse http://localhost:8090/ with success.

Bug if I add manually under IIS a binding to, for example http://octopus.example.com (on port 80), then this binding will not serve .less requests.

Edit : this error finally only happens from my remote computer. On local machine (the server), the url http://octopus.example.com/ works perfectly. Must be something related to proxy or something else…

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Finally I think this error must be related only to dotless in our configuration.

I’ll try to diagnose this and inform the dotless project.

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This problem have been adressed in last dotless version (1.3.0.4) according to this commit : https://github.com/dotless/dotless/commit/8a88d6cf711dd8d53df1e2cc32d702aca8543535

I’ve manually replaced the dll in the bin folder and it now works.

You can consider this problem as closed.

PS : the web.config from the portal has debug=“true”.

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Wow, nice find, thanks Thomas! I’ll update the dotless version tonight and do a new release.

Paul