Error: Path Not Found During Unified Collection Framework (UCF) Deployment

Products

• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

Deployment of Unified Collection Framework(UCF)  fails with a path not found error after successful pre-flight validation․​​​​‌​‍

ERROR MESSAGE: "time=YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.### level=error msg=path "/<path_to>/netops-<version>/helm-chart/netops\u00a0--values" not found Failed to install the helm chart
Error: path "/root/netops-<version>/helm-chart/netops\u00a0--values" not found"

SYMPTOMS:

• CAAS installation complete

• Pre-flight validation passes

• Deployment fails during tcxctl execution

CONTEXT: Occurs when running the deployment command

IMPACT: Prevents successful deployment of UCF

Environment

Unified Collection Framework, all supported versions

Cause

The issue occurs due to a hidden non-breaking space Unicode character (\u00a0) introduced by copying and pasting the deployment command․
The system interprets this character incorrectly, causing the path to be invalid․

Resolution

Resolution:

PREREQUISITES:

• Command line access to the environment

STEPS:

1․ MANUALLY TYPE THE DEPLOYMENT COMMAND

Command: tcxctl deploy product --name netops --path ${NETOPS_HELM_PATH}/netops --values ${NETOPS_HELM_PATH}/netops/netops-config․yaml

EXPECTED: Command executes successfully without path errors NOTE: Do not copy and paste the command as it may introduce hidden Unicode characters

VERIFY SUCCESS:

• Deployment completes without path not found errors