holoRouter 9.0.1 prompts for offline depot user name but defaults to admin

[djsincla]

Describe the bug

holoRouter VCF installer assumes account for offline depot is admin. You can specify a different account but installer uses admin:

Enter offline depot IP/FQDN: offlinedepot.vcflab.local
Enter offline depot port: 80
Enter offline depot protocol (http/https): http
Enter offline depot username: offadmin
Enter offline depot password: **********
21-10-2025 18:36:22 HoloDeck[20991]: [INFO] Testing offline depot connectivity to HoloRouter
21-10-2025 18:36:22 HoloDeck[20991]: [SUCCESS] HoloRouter is able to reach the offline depot
21-10-2025 18:36:22 HoloDeck[20991]: [INFO] Testing offline depot web server connectivity...
21-10-2025 18:36:23 HoloDeck[20991]: [ERROR] Failed to validate offline depot configuration.
21-10-2025 18:36:23 HoloDeck[20991]: [ERROR] Response status code does not indicate success: 401 (Unauthorized).
Exception: Offline depot validation failed

On my Offline Depot:

/ar/log/nginx/error.log

2025/10/21 15:59:34 [error] 720#0: *333 user "admin" was not found in "/etc/nginx/.htpasswd", client: 10.7.145.98, server: offlinedepot.vcflab.local, request: "HEAD /PROD/metadata/manifest/v1/vcfManifest.json HTTP/1.1", host: "10.7.145.97:80"

Reproduction steps

1. Specify any userid other than admin

Expected behavior

When prompted for a offline depot userid, this should be used for offline depot authentication.

Additional context

No response

[bensier]

Thank you for the feedback.. that's odd.. we'll do some testing and check into it.. we don't actually send the username when we test the connection. It's just a ping check:

                               $offline_depot_ip = Read-Host "Enter offline depot IP/FQDN"
                                while($offline_depot_ip -eq ""){
                                    Write-Host "No input provided for offline depot IP/FQDN. Please provide an input"
                                    $offline_depot_ip = Read-Host "Enter offline depot IP/FQDN"
                                }

                                $offline_depot_port = Read-Host "Enter offline depot port"
                                while($offline_depot_port -eq ""){
                                    Write-Host "No input provided for offline depot port. Please provide an input"
                                    $offline_depot_port = Read-Host "Enter offline depot port"
                                }

                                $offline_depot_protocol = Read-Host "Enter offline depot protocol (http/https)"
                                while($offline_depot_protocol -eq ""){
                                    Write-Host "No input provided for offline depot protocol. Please provide an input"
                                    $offline_depot_protocol = Read-Host "Enter offline depot protocol (http/https)"
                                    if(($offline_depot_protocol -ne "http") -and $offline_depot_protocol -ne "https"){
                                        Write-Host "Invalid input. Please enter http or https"
                                        $offline_depot_protocol = ""
                                    }
                                }

                                $offline_depot_username = Read-Host "Enter offline depot username"
                                if($offline_depot_username -eq ""){
                                    $offline_depot_username = "admin"
                                }

                                $offline_depot_password = Read-Host "Enter offline depot password" -AsSecureString
                                if([string]::IsNullorWhiteSpace([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringBSTR([Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($offline_depot_password)))){                                  
                                    Write-Host "No input provided for offline depot password. Please provide an input"
                                    $offline_depot_password = ConvertTo-SecureString "admin" -AsPlainText -Force
                                }

                                Write-Log -Message "Testing offline depot connectivity to HoloRouter"
                                $offline_depot_test = Test-Connection -TargetName $offline_depot_ip -TcpPort $offline_depot_port
                                if($offline_depot_test){
                                    Write-Log -Message "HoloRouter is able to reach the offline depot" -Level "SUCCESS"
                                } else{
                                    Write-Log -Message "HoloRouter is unable to access the offline depot on port ${$offline_depot_port}" -Level "WARN"
                                    $offline_depot_test_continue = Read-Host "Would you like to continue? (yes | no)"
                                    if($offline_depot_test_continue -ne "yes"){
                                        Write-Log -Message "Exiting based on user selection"
                                        throw "Exiting Function New-HoloDeckInstance"
                                    }
                                }

[dhruv-tyagi-broadcom]

Thank you for pointing this out. This has been identified as a bug when using the offline depot with self signed certs and Auth. This will be fixed in the next release. Current workaround is to disable Auth on the offline depot and it should work.