Hyperledger fabric configtxgen proto: Marshal called with nil - hyperledger-fabric

Question

I am trying to create genesis block in hyperledger fabric 2.3 using configtxgen. Please find the profile details I am using to create the gensis block in configtx.yaml file.
---
Organizations:
- &OrdererOrg
Name: OrdererOrg
# ID to load the MSP definition as
ID: OrdererMSP
MSPDir: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/msp
Policies:
Readers:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('OrdererMSP.member')"
Writers:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('OrdererMSP.member')"
Admins:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('OrdererMSP.admin')"
OrdererEndpoints:
- orderer.example.com:7051
- orderer2.example.com:7052
- orderer3.example.com:7053
- orderer4.example.com:7054
- &Org1
Name: Org1MSP
# ID to load the MSP definition as
ID: Org1MSP
MSPDir: ../organizations/peerOrganizations/org1.example.com/msp
Policies: &Org1Policies
Readers:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org1MSP.admin', 'Org1MSP.peer', 'Org1MSP.client')"
Writers:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org1MSP.admin', 'Org1MSP.client')"
Admins:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org1MSP.admin')"
Endorsement:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org1MSP.peer')"
# leave this flag set to true.
AnchorPeers:
- Host: peer0.org1.example.com
Port: 8051
- &Org2
Name: Org2MSP
# ID to load the MSP definition as
ID: Org2MSP
MSPDir: ../organizations/peerOrganizations/org2.example.com/msp
Policies:
Readers:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org2MSP.admin', 'Org2MSP.peer', 'Org2MSP.client')"
Writers:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org2MSP.admin', 'Org2MSP.client')"
Admins:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org2MSP.admin')"
Endorsement:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org2MSP.peer')"
AnchorPeers:
- Host: peer0.org2.example.com
Port: 9051
CAPABILITIES
Capabilities:
Channel: &ChannelCapabilities
V2_0: true
Orderer: &OrdererCapabilities
V2_0: true
Application: &ApplicationCapabilities
V2_0: true
APPLICATION
Application: &ApplicationDefaults
ACLs: &ACLsDefault
# ACL policy for _lifecycle's "CheckCommitReadiness" function
_lifecycle/CheckCommitReadiness: /Channel/Application/Writers
# ACL policy for _lifecycle's "CommitChaincodeDefinition" function
_lifecycle/CommitChaincodeDefinition: /Channel/Application/Writers
# ACL policy for _lifecycle's "QueryChaincodeDefinition" function
_lifecycle/QueryChaincodeDefinition: /Channel/Application/Writers
# ACL policy for _lifecycle's "QueryChaincodeDefinitions" function
_lifecycle/QueryChaincodeDefinitions: /Channel/Application/Writers
#---Lifecycle System Chaincode (lscc) function to policy mapping for access control---#
# ACL policy for lscc's "getid" function
lscc/ChaincodeExists: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL policy for lscc's "getdepspec" function
lscc/GetDeploymentSpec: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL policy for lscc's "getccdata" function
lscc/GetChaincodeData: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL Policy for lscc's "getchaincodes" function
lscc/GetInstantiatedChaincodes: /Channel/Application/Readers
#---Query System Chaincode (qscc) function to policy mapping for access control---#
# ACL policy for qscc's "GetChainInfo" function
qscc/GetChainInfo: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL policy for qscc's "GetBlockByNumber" function
qscc/GetBlockByNumber: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL policy for qscc's "GetBlockByHash" function
qscc/GetBlockByHash: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL policy for qscc's "GetTransactionByID" function
qscc/GetTransactionByID: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL policy for qscc's "GetBlockByTxID" function
qscc/GetBlockByTxID: /Channel/Application/Readers
#---Configuration System Chaincode (cscc) function to policy mapping for access control---#
# ACL policy for cscc's "GetConfigBlock" function
cscc/GetConfigBlock: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL policy for cscc's "GetChannelConfig" function
cscc/GetChannelConfig: /Channel/Application/Readers
#---Miscellaneous peer function to policy mapping for access control---#
# ACL policy for invoking chaincodes on peer
peer/Propose: /Channel/Application/Writers
# ACL policy for chaincode to chaincode invocation
peer/ChaincodeToChaincode: /Channel/Application/Writers
#---Events resource to policy mapping for access control###---#
# ACL policy for sending block events
event/Block: /Channel/Application/Readers
# ACL policy for sending filtered block events
event/FilteredBlock: /Channel/Application/Readers
# Organizations lists the orgs participating on the application side of the
# network.
Organizations:
Policies: &ApplicationDefaultPolicies
LifecycleEndorsement:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "MAJORITY Endorsement"
Endorsement:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "MAJORITY Endorsement"
Readers:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "ANY Readers"
Writers:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "ANY Writers"
Admins:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "MAJORITY Admins"
# Capabilities describes the application level capabilities, see the
# dedicated Capabilities section elsewhere in this file for a full
# description
Capabilities:
<<: *ApplicationCapabilities
ORDERER
Orderer: &OrdererDefaults
# Orderer Type: The orderer implementation to start
OrdererType: etcdraft
Addresses:
- orderer.example.com:7051
- orderer2.example.com:7052
- orderer3.example.com:7053
- orderer4.example.com:7054
- orderer5.example.com:7055
EtcdRaft:
Consenters:
- Host: orderer.example.com
Port: 7051
ClientTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/tls/server.crt
ServerTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer.example.com/tls/server.crt
- Host: orderer2.example.com
Port: 7052
ClientTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer2.example.com/tls/server.crt
ServerTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer2.example.com/tls/server.crt
- Host: orderer3.example.com
Port: 7053
ClientTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer3.example.com/tls/server.crt
ServerTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer3.example.com/tls/server.crt
- Host: orderer4.example.com
Port: 7054
ClientTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer4.example.com/tls/server.crt
ServerTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer4.example.com/tls/server.crt
- Host: orderer5.example.com
Port: 7055
ClientTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer5.example.com/tls/server.crt
ServerTLSCert: ../organizations/ordererOrganizations/example.com/orderers/orderer5.example.com/tls/server.crt
# Batch Timeout: The amount of time to wait before creating a batch
BatchTimeout: 2s
# Batch Size: Controls the number of messages batched into a block
BatchSize:
# Max Message Count: The maximum number of messages to permit in a batch
MaxMessageCount: 10
AbsoluteMaxBytes: 99 MB
PreferredMaxBytes: 512 KB
# Organizations is the list of orgs which are defined as participants on
# the orderer side of the network
Organizations:
# Policies defines the set of policies at this level of the config tree
# For Orderer policies, their canonical path is
# /Channel/Orderer/<PolicyName>
Policies:
Readers:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "ANY Readers"
Writers:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "ANY Writers"
Admins:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "MAJORITY Admins"
# BlockValidation specifies what signatures must be included in the block
# from the orderer for the peer to validate it.
BlockValidation:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "ANY Writers"
# Capabilities describes the orderer level capabilities, see the
# dedicated Capabilities section elsewhere in this file for a full
# description
Capabilities:
<<: *OrdererCapabilities
CHANNEL
Channel: &ChannelDefaults
Policies:
# Who may invoke the 'Deliver' API
Readers:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "ANY Readers"
# Who may invoke the 'Broadcast' API
Writers:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "ANY Writers"
# By default, who may modify elements at this config level
Admins:
Type: ImplicitMeta
Rule: "MAJORITY Admins"
Capabilities:
<<: *ChannelCapabilities
PROFILES
Profiles:
SampleAppChannelEtcdRaft:
<<: *ChannelDefaults
Orderer:
<<: *OrdererDefaults
OrdererType: etcdraft
Organizations:
- <<: *Org1
Policies:
<<: *Org1Policies
Admins:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org1.member')"
Application:
<<: *ApplicationDefaults
Organizations:
- <<: *Org1
Policies:
<<: *Org1Policies
Admins:
Type: Signature
Rule: "OR('Org1.member')"
But, when I try to create the genesis file with the command.
configtxgen -profile SampleAppChannelEtcdRaft -outputBlock genesis_block.pb -channelID channel1
I am getting below error
[common.tools.configtxgen] func1 -> PANI 005 proto: Marshal called with nil
panic: proto: Marshal called with nil [recovered]
panic: proto: Marshal called with nil

Answer 1

I can't comment since the reputation is low
so now..., I got the same error,so I just check the "crypto-config" folder and found out that I don't have enough certificates
so I checked the "docker-compose.yaml" file and another file (I have a custom structure in my folders) that is responisible in creating certificates.And there I found out I made a wrong entering of PORT number for one of the organizations which is not matching with the PORT number of the organization mentioned in "docker-compose.yaml".
So, I corrected it, made the file run again, got the created enough certificates,now its fine.
this worked for me, let me know if you already got any other solution

Answer 2

The problem can be solved by regenerating users and peers crypto credentials
exp if using crytpogen :
cryptogen generate --config=org3-crypto.yaml --output="../organizations"
in case of CA (test-network) just run ./network down