Cannot install on Windows Server (RDS FARM)

[erwanclx]

Hello,
I have an RDS Farm on which I want to install PassBolt for users, howerver i am unable to install it Add-AppxPackage due to infrastructure error (0x80073CF3). Is there any possibility to deploy it ?
If not, do you have an idea of a way to provide it on sessions ?

[scadra]

Hey @erwanclx,

We know that some user as some difficulties by using RDS Farm with the passbolt app. Did you try to install the msixbundle provided from the github or you are using sideloading ?

In case of sideloading, there is a tutorial here which explain how to deploy it using windows server.

Another solution, if you are allow can be to use the winget cli created by windows to install the app.

In any case 0x80073CF3 looks say :

It may be caused by the package already being installed on the target system, a package dependency not being found, or the package does not support the correct processor architecture.

Can you confirm :

• You do not have the application already installed
• You are using sideloading or msixbundle from git ?
• Which package from architecture are you using ?

[scadra]

A ticket PB-35226 has been created to track this topic

[felixlabrot]

It is not possible to install Windows Apps on Windows Server (not even with the installer downloaded from the Microsoft Store Website). When attempting to manually install the Passbolt MSIX-Bundle, it fails due to UWP dependencies not being shipped with Windows Server. One is the missing packages is Microsoft.UI.Xaml.2.8. This can't be manually installed, as the MSIX installer is not provided from Microsoft.

[scadra]

https://github.com/passbolt/passbolt-windows/releases/tag/v1.4.0
You can download lab-passbolt-install-script-ps1.zip and install the PS1 script. Let me know if it solves your issue.

Regarding MSIX or MSIXBundle they come from the windows store and retrieved from winget

[felixlabrot]

This does work but it is really ugly to run a password manager as a Windows Store App instead of a real software. The performance is a pain and also it doesn't fully work. E.g. the clicking on a URL of an entry does nothing. In the browser version it opens the website. The installed software should be a real program and work like KeePass and definitely not be a crappy app.

[scadra]

@felixlabrot Thank you for your feedback. Our application is designed to work via the Microsoft Store, which typically handles missing dependencies automatically. We have adapted this behavior for RDS environments to support the community, even though this was not part of our initial plans.

Regarding performance issues, this is something we have never encountered before and are particularly interested in addressing. We are keen to identify the root cause and work on mitigating it. Any additional information about your environment or use case would be very helpful.

Finally, clicking on links is currently restricted due to a security model we implemented to prevent unwanted webviews from opening. This is already part of our roadmap to find a balanced solution.

We’d like to remind you that this solution is developed with the goal of helping the community as much as possible. Thank you for your understanding and support.

[scadra]

A ticket has been created for the investigation of to open browser when clicking on URIS : Github issue 15

[stripthis]

So basically just throw out this UWP garbage and do a proper .NET application.

@felixlabrot please read our code of conduct: https://www.passbolt.com/terms/code-of-conduct . This is not a respectful way to communicate here.