trouble-shooting.md

Common errors

If one of the following possible errors happened to you, try to apply the solutions listed below.

Note that the errors presented here are language agnostic and as a matter of illustration, the example is given in python, but similar logic can be applied for the other languages.

1. Error PoolLedgerConfigAlreadyExistsError.

   Delete config before creating:

   try:
       await pool.create_pool_ledger_config(config_name=pool_name, config=pool_config)
   except IndyError:
       await pool.delete_pool_ledger_config(config_name=pool_name)
       await pool.create_pool_ledger_config(config_name=pool_name, config=pool_config)

2. Error WalletAlreadyExistsError.

   Delete wallet before creating:

   try:
       await wallet.create_wallet(wallet_config, wallet_credentials)
   except IndyError:
       await wallet.delete_wallet(wallet_name, wallet_credentials)
       await wallet.create_wallet(wallet_config, wallet_credentials)

3. Error CommonIOError.

   Make sure that you have set genesis_file_path to point to your indy-sdk/cli/docker_pool_transactions_genesis.

4. Error PoolLedgerTimeout.

   Make sure that the pool of local nodes in Docker is running on the same ip/ports as in the docker_pool_transactions_genesis (for further details see How to start local nodes pool with docker)