Troubleshooting

cargo build fails because cannot build openssl-sys

This is due to missing packages in your system, install libssl-dev to fix this.

• Ubuntu: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libssl-dev protobuf-compiler
• Fedora: sudo dnf update && sudo dnf install -y openssl-devel protobuf-compiler protobuf-devel

protoc failed: Explicit 'optional' labels are disallowed in the Proto3 Syntax

This is due to the version of protoc you are using, you need to use version 3.14 or later.

controller failed to run: panic, Permission denied

Controller component tries to create a folder in /var/lib/rik/data to store your cluster data. You can either run the controller as root or change the saved directory by setting DATABASE_LOCATION to another folder location.