Resolution
To fix this issue, make sure the contents of the AppRegistry.xml file in the root folder of the Cloudhouse Alchemy Compatibility Packagevalid.
If you still encounter problems, please contact your Cloudhouse Partner in the first instance (if relevant), otherwise contact Cloudhouse Support for further assistance.
Symptoms
When deploying an Alchemy Compatibility Package I receive the following error:
ERROR Cloudhouse.Container.Deployment.Program - Failed:
Cloudhouse.Container.Core.Exceptions.InvalidConfigurationFileException: App registry file <path>\AppRegistry.xml contains invalid xml '<path>\AppRegistry.xml' ---> System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(XmlReader reader, LoadOptions options)
at System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(Stream stream, LoadOptions options)
at Cloudhouse.Container.Core.Serialization.XmlConvert.DeserializeFromFile[T](String path)
at Cloudhouse.Container.Core.Registry.RegistryOperations.FromXml(String appRegistryPath, ConfigurationType type)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Cloudhouse.Container.Core.Registry.RegistryOperations.FromXml(String appRegistryPath, ConfigurationType type)
at Cloudhouse.Container.Core.PackageDirectory.Validate()
at Cloudhouse.Container.Core.PackageDirectory.get_SourcePackage()
at Cloudhouse.Container.Deployment.DeploymentCommandFactory.Deploy()
at Cloudhouse.Container.Deployment.Program.Main(String[] args)
ERROR Cloudhouse.Container.Deployment.Program - Exiting with code: -12
Cause
This error is caused if the contents of the AppRegistry.xml file in the root folder of the Compatibility Package are invalid.