# Version 3.x stopped working with Gen1 racks? **URL:** \ **Category:** CLI\ **Created:** [February 20, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697 "2020-02-20T12:31:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![edward](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/edward/32/47_2.png) [@edward](https://community.convox.com/u/edward)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/1 "2020-02-20T12:31:17Z")
I’ve installed the latest convox CLI (3.0.2) on a new laptop, I am able to ‘log in’ to our rack however `convox racks` lists nothing (just the table headers and no racks), and trying any command mandates that I use `convox switch` to select a rack. We’re on a private rack and don’t use the convox Console. I have tried setting CONVOX\_HOST and I still get no racks listed. ---
**Author:** ![ddollar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/ddollar/32/3_2.png) [@ddollar](https://community.convox.com/u/ddollar)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/2 "2020-02-20T13:22:33Z")
The 3.x CLI has local rack management built in via Terraform so direct interaction with Racks has changed a bit. You can communicate directly with a Rack by setting the `RACK_URL` environment variable. ---
**Author:** ![edward](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/edward/32/47_2.png) [@edward](https://community.convox.com/u/edward)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/3 "2020-02-21T08:18:17Z")
Thanks @ddollar This isn’t documented anywhere at all. For anybody else needing to know how to use RACK\_URL [some digging](https://github.com/convox/convox/blob/4b7a4f31bb4ccf615ebb8a99e32742cb538cba08/provider/k8s/helpers.go#L190) shows it’s in the format: `https://convox:@` ---
**Author:** ![edward](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/edward/32/47_2.png) [@edward](https://community.convox.com/u/edward)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/4 "2020-02-24T03:29:07Z")
@ddollar - Still not able to deploy with the latest CLI, it’s mandating a `convox.yml` file, that doesn’t exist for Gen 1 (docker-compose.yml). I’ve tried using the `--manifest` parameter and it’s ignored. It basically looks like Gen 1 has stopped working for users since the last update. Is there any way I can revert to install previous versions of the CLI so that we’re not stuck with deployments before we attempt a migration to Gen 2 or 3? ---
**Author:** ![scott1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/scott1/32/131_2.png) [@scott1](https://community.convox.com/u/scott1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/6 "2020-02-24T20:46:52Z")
This might help @edward: > Basically, install two CLIs – in the docs, they rename it “convox-old”. ---
**Author:** ![edward](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/edward/32/47_2.png) [@edward](https://community.convox.com/u/edward)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/7 "2020-02-25T00:03:18Z")
Thanks @scott1 - this assumes you already had an old version of the CLI on your machine. I’m looking for a Convox download location for previous versions of the CLI, so I can install it fresh. (Or for the existing CLI to support Gen1 racks…) ---
**Author:** ![scott1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/scott1/32/131_2.png) [@scott1](https://community.convox.com/u/scott1)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/8 "2020-02-25T00:40:58Z")
Click version 2 of the docs at the bottom of the current docs page to get the old download link. ---
**Author:** ![edward](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/edward/32/47_2.png) [@edward](https://community.convox.com/u/edward)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/9 "2020-02-25T10:21:26Z")
Thanks @scott1, I see the download URLs between the docs are different which also wasn’t clear. I don’t really get how something can have so little documentation. Anyway, this seems to have solved the issue in the short term, thank you much appreciated. For anyone else arriving at the issue here’s the link: [https://docsv2.convox.com/introduction/installation](https://docsv2.convox.com/introduction/installation) # Inline - Old Convox CLI Installation: ## OS X ```auto $ curl -L https://convox.com/cli/macos/convox -o /tmp/convox $ sudo mv /tmp/convox /usr/local/bin/convox $ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/convox ``` ## Linux ```auto $ curl -L https://convox.com/cli/linux/convox -o /tmp/convox $ sudo mv /tmp/convox /usr/local/bin/convox $ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/convox ``` ## Windows ```auto $ curl -L https://convox.com/cli/windows/convox.exe -O ``` ---
**Author:** ![ddollar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/ddollar/32/3_2.png) [@ddollar](https://community.convox.com/u/ddollar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/version-3-x-stopped-working-with-gen1-racks/697/10 "2020-02-25T12:54:32Z")
Building Generation 1 apps should work with the new CLI. There must be some other issue. Please file a support ticket with your manifest file, the build command you’re running, and the errors you are seeing and we’d be happy to take a look. ```auto $ convox -v 3.0.5 $ convox apps info -a httpd1 Name httpd1 Status running Generation 1 Locked false Release RNJCVTEGHLK $ ls Dockerfile README.md docker-compose.yml $ convox build -a httpd1 -m docker-compose.yml Packaging source... OK Uploading source... OK Starting build... OK Authenticating xxx.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com: Login Succeeded running: docker tag httpd1/web xxx.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev-httpd1-rcanvbzjfk:web.BWSHSWQMOEC running: docker push xxx.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev-httpd1-rcanvbzjfk:web.BWSHSWQMOEC The push refers to repository [xxx.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev-httpd1-rcanvbzjfk] 3f8d3a1c8148: Preparing e02e6276ec45: Preparing b99a0f549e6c: Preparing 36e69e3e1c8c: Preparing 488dfecc21b1: Preparing e02e6276ec45: Layer already exists 36e69e3e1c8c: Layer already exists b99a0f549e6c: Layer already exists 488dfecc21b1: Layer already exists 3f8d3a1c8148: Layer already exists web.BWSHSWQMOEC: digest: sha256:1e0cddb4e8282099b384d44232e1edc1eb91c033d774f432f3f68dd7b193b3b1 size: 1367 Build: BWSHSWQMOEC Release: RVBWYKQKESW ```