# Errors from update\_ood\_portal

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/errors-from-update-ood-portal/4954>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [August 18, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/errors-from-update-ood-portal/4954 "2026-08-18T20:29:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fangpingmu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/fangpingmu/32/532_2.png) [@fangpingmu](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/fangpingmu)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/errors-from-update-ood-portal/4954/1 "2026-08-18T20:29:46Z")

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We are updating one of our open ondemand instances to the latest version 4.2.3. After the upgrade, we cannot run update\_ood\_portal any more. We are using LDAP with Dex, and we are not using OIDC. Can you please suggest where we should start debugging this problem?

/opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/sbin/update\_ood\_portal  
StandardError:oidc\_crypto\_passphrase must be set when using OIDC.  
/opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/lib/ood\_portal\_generator/view.rb:132:in `fetch_oidc_crypto_passphrase' /opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/lib/ood_portal_generator/view.rb:222:in `update\_oidc\_attributes’  
/opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/lib/ood\_portal\_generator/dex.rb:50:in `initialize' /opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/lib/ood_portal_generator/application.rb:182:in `new’  
/opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/lib/ood\_portal\_generator/application.rb:182:in `generate' /opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/lib/ood_portal_generator/application.rb:202:in `update\_ood\_portal’  
/opt/ood/ood-portal-generator/lib/ood\_portal\_generator/application.rb:310:in `start' -e:1:in `’  
Run ‘update\_ood\_portal --help’ to see a full list of available options.

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/errors-from-update-ood-portal/4954/2 "2026-08-18T20:32:45Z")

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You must supply `oidc_crypto_passphrase` in later versions, for better security. A UUID is generally used.