Bigbluebutton Setup - ArgumentError 'secret_key_base' for production environment must be a type of string

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sudo docker run --rm --env-file env bigbluebutton/greenlight:v2 bundle exec rake conf:check rake aborted! ArgumentError: secret_key_base for production environment must be a type of String /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:583:invalidate_secret_key_base' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:432:in secret_key_base' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:176:inkey_generator' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:205:in message_verifier' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activestorage-5.2.3/lib/active_storage/engine.rb:81:inblock (2 levels) in ' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:69:in block in execute_hook' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:62:inwith_execution_control' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:67:in execute_hook' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:52:inblock in run_load_hooks' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:51:in each' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:51:inrun_load_hooks' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/application/finisher.rb:75:in block in <module:Finisher>' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:ininstance_exec' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in run' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:61:inblock in run_initializers' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:60:in run_initializers' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:361:ininitialize!' /usr/src/app/config/environment.rb:23:in <top (required)>' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:22:inrequire' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:22:in block in require_with_bootsn ap_lfi' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/loaded_features_index.rb:92:inregister' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:21:in require_with_bootsnap_lfi' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/bootsnap-1.4.4/lib/bootsnap/load_path_cache/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:30:inrequire' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in block in require' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:257:inload_dependency' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/activesupport-5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in require' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:337:inrequire_environment!' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/railties-5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:520:in block in run_tasks_blocks' /usr/src/app/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.5.0/gems/rake-13.0.1/exe/rake:27:in' /usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in load' /usr/local/bin/bundle:23:in' Tasks: TOP => conf:check => environment (See full trace by running task with --trace)

Answer 1

I assume that you are trying to run greenlight. You need to setup BIGBLUEBUTTON_SECRET variable in .ENV file

You can take a look at BBB documentation here (greenlight section): https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/greenlight/gl-install.html