System user UID:GID error when adding a cluster node

[DynaQ]

Hi,

We are getting below error when adding a new cluster node. Just to highlight that we created a user named "dynatrace" with root privileges and are using it to log in to cluster node and run the installation.

Exit code: 3

Errors:
The system user "dynatrace:dynatrace" for Dynatrace has wrong UID:GID: 1002:1002. It should be 1001:1001. Please recreate this user (using primary user group) and then try again.

What does this mean and how to rectify it?

Thanks,

[Julius_Loman · Accepted solution]

Based on the error you already created dynatrace user and group on the host where the node is to be installed. The UID/GID must be the same across nodes. So you need to delete it and recreate it with the same UID/GID as on the existing nodes. 

BTW. you should not create the user/group - it will be created during installation automatically.