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Answer and Explanation
The "superset keyerror: 'conf_password'" typically arises when you are developing with Apache Superset and there’s an issue during the setup of the database configuration, particularly with password confirmation fields during the admin user creation. This specific error message indicates that the key ‘conf_password’ expected by a part of the code, typically in forms handling, is not present.
Here are some common reasons for this and how to resolve them:
1. Form Submission Issues:
The HTML form responsible for handling user registration or changes to a password likely includes a field with a name ‘password’ but lacks the expected field to ‘conf_password’. In Superset during a user signup or editing profile, two fields - the new password and the confirm new password- usually go into form submission.
Solution: Review the forms (html templates or similar views used during forms setup) and ensure the second confirmatory password input is named conf_password or whatever is used internally for the confirmation by your particular version of superset
. Also, confirm it is properly included in your database logic/ORM mapping to database.
2. Version Mismatch or Outdated Code:
Sometimes specific form key names could have changed or new validations logic for them was introduced during your superset updates and some previous configurations have become broken by the newer changes. Check release notes or changelog of the versions your upgrade includes if some major configuration or handling logic change were included in that version that relates to password fields and adjust your templates to account for them.
Solution: Consult the official Superset documentation and upgrade the source/repo you are using, if available, making sure everything is up-to-date and according with each component that works alongside, or rebuild after adjusting everything based on documentation if it comes to required new changes during upgrade, if your codebase is old.
3. Typos or Incorrect Configuration:
Sometimes, incorrect syntax with forms configuration, particularly how these two values ‘password’ and 'conf_password’ interact inside form validations rules.
Solution: Verify each line/script of your relevant file logic against the documentation if needed, or your expected values for password rules using, a basic checklist method of double checks, if syntax problems.
4. Customization Conflicts:
If you've customized Superset with themes or by overwriting core form handling or specific authentication features/logic (or other third party components are trying to deal with these values during sign in), the ‘conf_password’ field might have been missed out or some related variable not declared with the right key.
Solution:
Verify your template/form structure overrides do not interfere with the core mechanism that deals with ‘conf_password’. Always test if code is added for changes or overrides during your process so there aren't problems afterward. Debug using prints/logs of these values before final action if it will help debugging process.
5. Form Values Not Passing Properly:
Sometimes form values during frontend interactions don't fully send or become filtered by middlewares and this causes keys missing during process, including the conf_password.
Solution: Use the web browsers' network inspector (inspect the submit/request payloads ) during login/account setup or edit to examine what are actually values that is being submitted or check other involved backend code, middleware or server that does processing of forms.
In summary, careful examination of your forms in both frontend and how form keys are actually passed along for proper process handling inside your Superset implementation for any key differences, can reveal the nature of "keyerror ‘conf_password’”. Always remember during implementation changes to backup before applying in critical live implementations/databases as it is safer for a proper rollback. It might need basic debugging on values and how it affects your setup in real world.