Install fails on RaspiOS 4

[jfarl]

The installer fails after restarting SSH:
2025-08-25 17:45:37,219 p=1724 u=REDACTED n=ansible | TASK [Restart SSH (All)] ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
2025-08-25 17:45:37,575 p=1724 u=REDACTED n=ansible | fatal: [127.0.0.1]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Could not find the requested service sshd: host"}

install_tpot.log
tpot.yml

• What OS are you T-Pot running on?
  RaspiOS 4: 2024-03-15-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite -- Linked from the Readme file.

• What is the version of the OS lsb_release -a and uname -a?
  Distributor ID: Debian
  Description: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
  Release: 12
  Codename: bookworm

Linux nova-prime 6.12.34+rpt-rpi-2712 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.34-1+rpt1~bookworm (2025-06-26) aarch64 GNU/Linux

• What T-Pot version are you currently using (only T-Pot 24.04.x is currently supported)?
  24.04.1 and also the latest pull.

• What architecture are you running on (i.e. hardware, cloud, VM, etc.)?
  Hardware. Raspberry Pi 5 with 4gb ram and 64gb micro sd.

• Review the ~/install_tpot.log, attach the log and highlight the errors.
  Errors are on the last lines.

• How long has your installation been running?

  • Retry a fresh installation and only open the issue if the error keeps coming up and is not resolved using the documentation as described here.
    Tried installing it a few times. Clearing out the home directory, trying the official release.

• Did you install upgrades, packages or use the update script?
  No.

• Did you modify any scripts or configs? If yes, please attach the changes.
  No.

• Please provide a screenshot of htop and docker stats.
  Docker stats shows up blank when run with sudo.

• How much free disk space is available (df -h)?
  50G

• What is the current container status (dps)?
  N/A: dps: command not found.

• On Linux: What is the status of the T-Pot service (systemctl status tpot)?
  Unit spot.service could not be found.

[t3chn0m4g3]

Based on the information you provided it seems the SSH server was never installed or enabled (which is typically the default). Please provide the output to the following commands:

• sudo systemctl status ssh
• sudo systemctl cat ssh
• cat /etc/os-release

Did you install Raspiberry Pi OS using the Raspberry Pi OS Imager?
If yes, what edition did you choose?

[jfarl]

This is resolved. SSH was installed but inactive. I should have figured this out.
Solution: Run raspi-config, go to Interface Options, enable SSH.
$ sudo raspi-config
--> "3 Interface Options"

Debugging steps for posterity:
I installed the image linked in the docs: 2024-03-15-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img.xz

Using dd:
xzcat 2024-03-15-raspios-bookworm-arm64-lite.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/disk6 bs=4M status=progres

$ sudo systemctl status ssh
ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     **Active: inactive (dead)**
       Docs: man:sshd(8)
             man:sshd_config(5)



$ sudo systemctl cat ssh
# /lib/systemd/system/ssh.service
[Unit]
Description=OpenBSD Secure Shell server
Documentation=man:sshd(8) man:sshd_config(5)
After=network.target auditd.service
ConditionPathExists=!/etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/ssh
ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sshd -D $SSHD_OPTS
ExecReload=/usr/sbin/sshd -t
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
KillMode=process
Restart=on-failure
RestartPreventExitStatus=255
Type=notify
RuntimeDirectory=sshd
RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Alias=sshd.service



$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

[jfarl]

Also, thank you!

[t3chn0m4g3]

Great to hear. Thanks for the feedback 😊