[Bug]: Remote Server configuration failing - syntax error near unexpected token `install'

[waptik]

Error Message and Logs

hi,

i have two instances on oracle cloud and i successfully installed coolify on one of them. Now, i'm trying to use the other one for deployments where projects will be hosted on.
During config, the docker engine installation doesn't progress and this is what i'm seeing from the logs

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create two instances on oracle cloud(A1.flex)
2. Enable ports in your security list
3. run the coolify installation command on the instance solely dedicated to coolify: curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | sudo bash
4. After installation, add the other server's details in your coolify's dashboard then click on "Validate server & install Docker Engine" button
5. Wait & watch DE installation process

Example Repository URL

No response

Coolify Version

v4.0.0-beta.441

Are you using Coolify Cloud?

No (self-hosted)

Operating System and Version (self-hosted)

Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS

Additional Information

No response

[coderabbitai]

A summary of the changes CodeRabbit can apply:

• Update bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php to detect complex piped/compound shell commands and wrap them as a single sudo bash -c '…' (added docs at lines 23–51 and implemented logic at lines 88–106), and add docs/BUG_FIX_REMOTE_SERVER_DOCKER_INSTALLATION.md — outcome: fixes Docker Engine installation failures on non-root remote servers (e.g., Oracle Cloud ARM) while preserving simple command behavior.

• Update bootstrap/helpers/sudo.php to detect complex piped/multi-operator shell commands and, instead of inserting sudo throughout (which broke constructs like "curl URL | sh || curl URL2 | sh"), wrap the entire command in sudo bash -c '…' (with proper escaping) to fix Docker remote installs for non-root users; add docs/BUG_FIX_REMOTE_SERVER_DOCKER_INSTALLATION.md describing the bug, root cause, and affected lines.

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[gnacoding]

having the same issue on a freshly deployed debian 12 vm
coolify version v4.0.0-beta.441
i'm not using oracle cloud

to further clarify: i get this error when i try to add another server via the coolify gui. as a workaround i installed docker myself on the new server. after clicking on validate again, the validation succeeded

[kurkul608]

Same problem.
coolify version v4.0.0-beta.442

Added new server on ubuntu 24, tried to Validate.

Error bash: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token install'`

Downgrading to version 4.0.0-beta.434 helps.

[waptik]

Same problem.
coolify version v4.0.0-beta.442

Added new server on ubuntu 24, tried to Validate.

Error bash: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token install'`

Downgrading to version 4.0.0-beta.434 helps.

Thanks for the tip.

[sharben]

Same problem here too
coolify version v4.0.0-beta.442

Added new server on ubuntu 24, tried to Validate.

Error bash: line 8: syntax error near unexpected token install'`

[KingkorAtMaxint]

This is a critical bug btw. Can't do anything

[Cinzya]

@KingkorAtMaxint Installing docker manually on your server first and then validating again should work. Was that not the case for you?

[KingkorAtMaxint]

Yeah this away it works of course. But through the GUI, no.

[KingkorAtMaxint]

But I chose to downgrade to a working version (437 that I know of) and disable auto-updates for now.

[andrasbacsai]

Do any of you use the non-root or root user for the new server?

[KingkorAtMaxint]

We've been using non-root user in all our servers actually. It was working fine with 0 issues

[andrasbacsai]

Thanks. I identified the issue. Working on a fix.