Unable to Run cbssl Due to Unknown IO error

Products

• Carbon Black EDR

Issue/Introduction

When running /usr/share/cb/cbssl sso --make-metadata an error message of Unknown IO Error is shown

Environment

• Carbon Black EDR Server: All Supported Versions

Cause

Incorrectly configured environment variable causing a failure when cbssl calls on xmlsec1 --list-transforms

Resolution

1. Confirm the issue is failing with xmlsec1

   xmlsec1 --list-transforms

2. Run the following and check for incorrect environmental variables

   export

3. An example seen is http_proxy and https_proxy. This requires the full url. 

   declare -x http_proxy="myproxy:8181"
   should be
   declare -x http_proxy="http://myproxy:8181"

Additional Information

• xmlsec1 is not owned by CB, but is a supporting library used with the cbssl sso --make-metadata call.