influxdata / influxdata/influxdata-docker

Bad encoding in environment variable for admin token can cause InfluxDB v2 startup failure

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Description

See https://github.com/influxdata/influxdata-docker/issues/492#issuecomment-855691078. If the environment variable for (at least) the initial admin token has an encoding problem, some piece of our entrypoint script will fail silently after initial setup runs.

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Research direction

Start by reading the entrypoint script and the linked issue comment, then trace how an improperly encoded initial admin-token environment variable is handled after setup. Done means the startup failure is detected rather than silently ignored, with the resulting behavior verified in the repository's existing checks.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, shell
Domain
devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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