Barman 2.3 errors

Hi,

I’m trying to backup a remote DB (9.6.6) using barman 2.3 but backup failed start.

In barman.log i’ve such errors :

2018-02-12 16:18:23,852 [57691] barman.server ERROR: Check 'replication slot' failed for server 'tcgepg96ddm'

2018-02-12 16:18:23,857 [57691] barman.server ERROR: Check 'receive-wal running' failed for server 'tcgepg96ddm'

2018-02-12 16:18:30,815 [57779] barman.wal_archiver INFO: No xlog segments found from streaming for tcgepg96ddm.

2018-02-12 16:18:30,824 [57781] barman.server INFO: Starting receive-wal for server tcgepg96ddm

2018-02-12 16:18:30,905 [57781] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Synchronous WAL streaming for barman_receive_wal: True

2018-02-12 16:18:30,906 [57781] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Activating WAL archiving through streaming protocol

2018-02-12 16:18:30,922 [57781] barman.cli ERROR: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe0 in position 47: invalid continuation byte

See log file for more details.

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 1126, in main

    p.dispatch(pre_call=global_config)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/argh/helpers.py", line 55, in dispatch

    return dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/argh/dispatching.py", line 174, in dispatch

    for line in lines:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/argh/dispatching.py", line 277, in _execute_command

    for line in result:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/argh/dispatching.py", line 231, in _call

    result = function(namespace_obj)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/barman/cli.py", line 792, in receive_wal

    server.receive_wal(reset=args.reset)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/barman/server.py", line 1708, in receive_wal

    archiver.receive_wal(reset)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/barman/wal_archiver.py", line 751, in receive_wal

    receive.execute()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/barman/command_wrappers.py", line 418, in execute

    self.pipe_processor_loop(processors)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/barman/command_wrappers.py", line 484, in pipe_processor_loop

    eof = stream.process()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/barman/command_wrappers.py", line 82, in process

    self._buf += data.decode('utf-8')

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/encodings/utf_8.py", line 16, in decode

    return codecs.utf_8_decode(input, errors, True)

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xe0 in position 47: invalid continuation byte

2018-02-12 16:18:32,373 [58491] barman.server ERROR: Check 'WAL archive' failed for server 'tcgepg96ddm'

2018-02-12 16:18:32,468 [58491] barman.wal_archiver INFO: Synchronous WAL streaming for barman_receive_wal: True

2018-02-12 16:18:32,485 [58491] barman.server ERROR: Check 'receive-wal running' failed for server 'tcgepg96ddm'

My remote Db server conf is :

[myclient]

conninfo = host=myclient user=barman dbname=dbclient

streaming_conninfo = host= myclient user=streaming_barman

backup_method = postgres

streaming_backup_name = barman_streaming_backup

streaming_archiver = on

slot_name = barman

A barman check gives :

$barman check tcgepg96ddm

Server tcgepg96ddm:

        WAL archive: FAILED (please make sure WAL shipping is setup)

        PostgreSQL: OK

        is_superuser: OK

        PostgreSQL streaming: OK

        wal_level: OK

        replication slot: OK

        directories: OK

        retention policy settings: OK

        backup maximum age: OK (no last_backup_maximum_age provided)

        compression settings: OK

        failed backups: OK (there are 0 failed backups)

        minimum redundancy requirements: OK (have 0 backups, expected at least 0)

        pg_basebackup: OK

        pg_basebackup compatible: OK

        pg_basebackup supports tablespaces mapping: OK

        pg_receivexlog: OK

        pg_receivexlog compatible: OK

        receive-wal running: FAILED (See the Barman log file for more details)

        archiver errors: OK

Have you ever had same problem with barman ?

Thanks for you help.

nicolas