I have problems deploying. It’s a canister that is already running but i’m unable to update as deploying keeps failing. Seems to be a wallet issue and I’m unsure which wallet nor which principal i used to deploy that canister. My question is how do i check which principal id is running with a wallet. Everyone I’ve tried seem to have no wallet. I’ve switched identities but all seem to have no wallet. But the site is running. I’m stuck abit . Any help will be appreciated.
dfx deploy --network ic
Please enter a passphrase for your identity: [hidden]
Decryption complete.
Error: Failed to get wallet canister caller for identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ on network ‘ic’.
Caused by: Failed to get wallet canister caller for identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ on network ‘ic’.
Failed to get wallet for identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ on network ‘ic’.
Wallet not configured.
Diagnosis was added here.
Error explanation:
This command requires a configured wallet, but the combination of identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ and network ‘ic’ has no wallet set.
How to resolve the error:
To use an identity with a configured wallet you can do one of the following:
- Run the command for a network where you have a wallet configured. To do so, add ‘–network ’ to your command.
- Switch to an identity that has a wallet configured using ‘dfx identity use ’.
- Configure a wallet for this identity/network combination: ‘dfx identity --network set-wallet ’.
use : dfx deploy --network ic --no-wallet canister_name
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Thanks for your response. By canister name do you mean the ID?
you can check your canister name, from dfx.json or canister_ids.json file in root.
This is what i got:
dfx deploy --network ic --no-wallet pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai
Error: Failed while trying to deploy canisters.
Caused by: Failed while trying to deploy canisters.
Failed to collect canisters and their dependencies.
Failed to get canisters with their dependencies (for pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai).
Failed to add dependencies for canister ‘pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai’.
Cannot find canister ‘pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai’.
check your dfx.json file and canister_ids.json file. Can you share me your folder structure?
You can come on PM.
try this dfx identity get-principal to get your principal and check it maches the controller of the deployed canister. to check run dfx canister --network ic status --all in the your project.
it they match check if the caniser has a wallet by dfx identity --network ic get-wallet
you should het the wallet for your live project. if not you might have to make and deploy it.
Thank you. This is what i get when i run the second command: I followed all instructions in the error message but nothing works:
dfx canister --network ic status --all
Error: Failed to get canister status for ‘website’.
Caused by: Failed to get canister status for ‘website’.
Failed to get canister status of pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai.
Failed to call update function ‘canister_status’ regarding canister ‘pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai’.
Update call (without wallet) failed.
The replica returned an HTTP Error: Http Error: status 403 Forbidden, content type “application/cbor”, content: Only controllers of canister pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai can call ic00 method canister_status
Error explanation:
Each canister has a set of controllers. Only those controllers have access to the canister’s management functions (like install_code or stop_canister).
The principal you are using to call a management function is not part of the controllers.
How to resolve the error:
To make the management function call succeed, you have to make sure the principal that calls the function is a controller.
To see the current controllers of a canister, use the ‘dfx canister (–network ic) info’ command.
To figure out which principal is calling the management function, look at the command you entered:
If you used ‘–wallet ’, then the wallet’s principal (the ‘’) is calling the function.
If you used ‘–no-wallet’ or none of the flags, then your own principal is calling the function. You can see your own principal by running ‘dfx identity get-principal’.
To add a principal to the list of controllers, one of the existing controllers has to add the new principal. The base command to do this is ‘dfx canister (–network ic) update-settings --add-controller <canister id/name or --all>’.
If your wallet is a controller, but not your own principal, then you have to make your wallet perform the call by adding ‘–wallet ’ to the command (before the ‘update-settings’ subcommand).
it seems your principal isnt a controller, i checked it for you by running dfx canister --network ic info pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai Controllers: o3vsw-mqaaa-aaaan-qaa3a-cai Module hash: 0xe0df779f65fe44893d8991bef0f9af442bff019b79ec756eface2b58beec236f. which i believe is your wallet.you able to log in to it you can check by putting your wallet address followed by ic0.app o3vsw-mqaaa-aaaan-qaa3a-cai.ic0.app
i did this for the wallet above. and by running and it seems to be already deployed since it asked me authenticate. then by running dfx canister --network ic info o3vsw-mqaaa-aaaan-qaa3a-cai Controllers: hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe Module hash: 0x9183a38dd2eb1a4295f360990f87e67aa006f225910ab14880748e091248e086
i got to know the controller of the wallet which is
you.
its a simple fix just use your wallet to add your principal as a controller.
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you can add your principal as a controller by running dfx wallet --network ic add-controller <your principal>
you get your principal by dfx identity get-principal.
this should fix your issues
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dfx wallet --network ic add-controller
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Thank you for all the details. It still didnt work. Not really sure whats wrong.
dfx wallet --network ic add-controller bve5y-t2wk7-i2k65-5syel-gq5r6-iuolu-awwyd-t6ekq-kyjwn-g5u6q-vqe
Please enter a passphrase for your identity: [hidden]
Decryption complete.
Error: Failed to call update function ‘add_controller’ on wallet.
Caused by: Failed to call update function ‘add_controller’ on wallet.
Failed to setup wallet caller.
Failed to get wallet canister caller for identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ on network ‘ic’.
Failed to get wallet for identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ on network ‘ic’.
Wallet not configured.
Diagnosis was added here.
Error explanation:
This command requires a configured wallet, but the combination of identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ and network ‘ic’ has no wallet set.
How to resolve the error:
To use an identity with a configured wallet you can do one of the following:
- Run the command for a network where you have a wallet configured. To do so, add ‘–network ’ to your command.
- Switch to an identity that has a wallet configured using ‘dfx identity use ’.
- Configure a wallet for this identity/network combination: ‘dfx identity --network set-wallet ’.
I also tried to deploy the wallet again and here is what i got:
dfx identity --network ic deploy-wallet o3vsw-mqaaa-aaaan-qaa3a-cai
Please enter a passphrase for your identity: [hidden]
Decryption complete.
Creating a wallet canister on the ic network.
Error: Failed to create wallet for identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ on network ‘ic’.
Caused by: Failed to create wallet for identity ‘hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe’ on network ‘ic’.
Failed while installing wasm.
The replica returned an HTTP Error: Http Error: status 403 Forbidden, content type “application/cbor”, content: Only controllers of canister o3vsw-mqaaa-aaaan-qaa3a-cai can call ic00 method install_code
Error explanation:
Each canister has a set of controllers. Only those controllers have access to the canister’s management functions (like install_code or stop_canister).
The principal you are using to call a management function is not part of the controllers.
How to resolve the error:
To make the management function call succeed, you have to make sure the principal that calls the function is a controller.
To see the current controllers of a canister, use the ‘dfx canister (–network ic) info’ command.
To figure out which principal is calling the management function, look at the command you entered:
If you used ‘–wallet ’, then the wallet’s principal (the ‘’) is calling the function.
If you used ‘–no-wallet’ or none of the flags, then your own principal is calling the function. You can see your own principal by running ‘dfx identity get-principal’.
To add a principal to the list of controllers, one of the existing controllers has to add the new principal. The base command to do this is ‘dfx canister (–network ic) update-settings --add-controller <canister id/name or --all>’.
If your wallet is a controller, but not your own principal, then you have to make your wallet perform the call by adding ‘–wallet ’ to the command (before the ‘update-settings’ subcommand).
The most common way this error is solved is by running ‘dfx canister --network ic --wallet “$(dfx identity get-wallet)” update-settings --all --add-controller “$(dfx identity get-principal)”’.
this is wrong. from your ealier post it looks that the principal running the project is
this one.
To make sure run dfx identity get-principal in your project then use that for dfx wallet --network ic add-controller hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe
after this deploying should work.
Its weird but i ran and keep getting alternating principals. one this bve5y-t2wk7-i2k65-5syel-gq5r6-iuolu-awwyd-t6ekq-kyjwn-g5u6q-vqe and the one one hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe I have tried running both and keep getting same message. Not sure if all these has anything to do with the dfx upgrade. All was good before.
When i run dfx identity get-principal, this is what i get bve5y-t2wk7-i2k65-5syel-gq5r6-iuolu-awwyd-t6ekq-kyjwn-g5u6q-vqe and when i do dfx identity list, it doesnt appear on list.
dfx identity get-principal
Please enter a passphrase for your identity: [hidden]
Decryption complete.
bve5y-t2wk7-i2k65-5syel-gq5r6-iuolu-awwyd-t6ekq-kyjwn-g5u6q-vqe
free_will5@DESKTOP-NIBTLAT:~/web2$ dfx identity list
anonymous
default
hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe *
free_will5@DESKTOP-NIBTLAT:~/web2$
Careful, it looks like you are confusing identity name and its principal. dfx identity list shows the available identity names whereas dfx identity get-principal shows the currently selected identity’s principal. The error messages usually refer to the identity name, not the identity principal
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as the error said the problem is your wallet is the controller use it to add your self as the controller.
this is the common way above.
dfx canister --network ic --wallet “$(dfx identity get-wallet)” update-settings --all --add-controller “$(dfx identity get-principal)”
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dfx canister --network ic --wallet o3vsw-mqaaa-aaaan-qaa3a-cai update-settings --all --add-controller hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqePlease enter a passphrase for your identity: [hidden]
Decryption complete.
Error: Failed to get canister status of pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai.
Caused by: Failed to get canister status of pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai.
Failed to call update function ‘canister_status’ regarding canister ‘pw3wy-dyaaa-aaaan-qaa4q-cai’. Failed to construct wallet canister caller.
The Replica returned an error: code 4, message: “Only a controller or custodian can call this method.”
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can u show me what these comands print out
dfx identity --network ic get-wallet
and
dfx identity --network ic get-principal
if for you they return
o3vsw-mqaaa-aaaan-qaa3a-cai
and
hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe
then doing this should work
dfx wallet --network ic add-controller hmwcx-gwrbg-7rscj-aihzk-ddqua-426xw-rg62j-tfhse-rdxxu-32bef-bqe