Uploading a bundle using bundle transfer utility in SDDC Manager fails with "BUNDLE_MANIFEST_FILE_NOT_FOUND"

Products

• VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x
• VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x
• VMware SDDC Manager

Issue/Introduction

Uploading a bundle using bundle transfer utility fails with the below error. This issue is seen when the default download path (/root/downloadedBundles) is used.

/lcm-bundle-transfer-util -upload -bundleDirectory /root/downloadedBundles

Unexpected error occurred uploading bundle {"status":404,"code":"Not Found","message":"BUNDLE_MANIFEST_FILE_NOT_FOUND; bundle manifest file not found /root/downloadedBundles/manifests/bundle-XXXXX.manifest, verify that bundle manifest file is accessible to vcf group vcf_lcm user

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Cause

This issue is caused by file permissions issue.

Resolution

To resolve the issue, modify owner of /root and /root/downloadedBundles to be owned by vcf_lcm:vcf

1. Update the file permissions.
   1. Take a snapshot of the SDDC manager vm.
   2. Update the permissions.

      chown vcf_lcm:vcf /root
      chown vcf_lcm:vcf /root/downloadedBundles

2. Upload the bundle. 

   /lcm-bundle-transfer-util -upload -bundleDirectory /root/downloadedBundles