🐛 NodeKit Bootstrap Stuck on apt-get install -y algorand

[janouser11]

Describe the bug
After a power outage, my Algorand node went down. I attempted to restart it, but it failed. To resolve this, I completely uninstalled both Algorand (installed via package manager) and NodeKit before attempting a fresh installation using NodeKit only.

However, NodeKit gets stuck on installing Algorand during the bootstrap process.

To Reproduce

1. Uninstall Algorand & NodeKit

sudo systemctl disable algorand

# Remove NodeKit
rm -rf ~/.nodekit
rm -rf /usr/local/bin/nodekit
rm -rf /usr/bin/nodekit
rm -rf /var/lib/nodekit
rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/nodekit.service
rm -rf ~/nodekit*

# Remove Algorand installed via apt
sudo apt remove --purge algorand -y
sudo apt autoremove -y
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/algorand
sudo rm -rf /etc/apt/sources.list.d/algorand.list
sudo rm -rf /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/algorand.asc

2. Rebooted system
3. Ran wget -qO- https://nodekit.run/install.sh | bash
4. Hit Y & Y for do you want to run after install and catchup
5. Install stops on command sudo apt-get install -y algorand

Error logs: ./nodekit debug

INFO Collecting debug information...
WARN (You may be prompted for your password)
panic: runtime error: slice bounds out of range [:3] with length 0

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/algorandfoundation/nodekit/cmd.init.func1(0xc0001f6f08, {0xd51707?, 0x4?, 0xd515b3?})
        /home/runner/work/nodekit/nodekit/cmd/debug.go:81 +0x62e
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0xc0001f6f08, {0x1616480, 0x0, 0x0})
        /home/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.1/command.go:985 +0xaaa
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0xc0001f7208)
        /home/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.1/command.go:1117 +0x3ff
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).Execute(...)
        /home/runner/go/pkg/mod/github.com/spf13/cobra@v1.8.1/command.go:1041
github.com/algorandfoundation/nodekit/cmd.Execute(...)
        /home/runner/work/nodekit/nodekit/cmd/root.go:116
main.main()
        /home/runner/work/nodekit/nodekit/main.go:41 +0x1b3

Expected behavior

NodeKit should complete the bootstrap process successfully.
The Algorand node should install and start running.

Screenshots

This is after trying and it freezing:

System Info

OS: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat)
Kernel: 6.8.0-52-generic
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics (16 threads)
RAM: 11GB total, 9.1GB free
Storage: NVMe SSD, 100GB allocated to LVM

[tasosbit]

Hey, apologies - just saw this. Do you still have access to the broken setup?

1. How long did the apt install step freeze for?
2. Could you show files in the following directories? /var/lib/algorand and /var/lib/algorand/mainnet-v1.0/
3. Can you try to start the node manually and show errors? a) Run sudo systemctl start algorand. b) provide the last few hundred lines of the log, e.g. tail -n 100 /var/lib/algorand/node.log

[tasosbit]

The debug command panic should be fixed in nodekit 1.4.1, you can try that again when you have a chance.