cannot apply a manifest file when server-client model

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armada apply command makes an error like below when set up armada server-client model.

root@taco-aio:~# armada --api --url http://127.0.0.1:31903 --token armada apply ./dev/powerds/armada-manifests/taco-aio-manifest.yaml
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli [-] Caught unexpected exception: requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: ('Connection aborted.', RemoteDisconnected('Remote end c
losed connection without response',))
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli Traceback (most recent call last):
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 601, in urlopen
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli chunked=chunked)
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 387, in _make_request
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli six.raise_from(e, None)
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli File "", line 2, in raise_from
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 383, in _make_request
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli httplib_response = conn.getresponse()
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli File "/usr/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 1197, in getresponse
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli response.begin()
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli File "/usr/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 297, in begin
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli version, status, reason = self._read_status()
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli File "/usr/lib/python3.5/http/client.py", line 266, in _read_status
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli raise RemoteDisconnected("Remote end closed connection without"
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli http.client.RemoteDisconnected: Remote end closed connection without response
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli
2018-04-03 00:35:56.988 3862 ERROR armada.cli During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

And the server side error message is below.

2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 INFO armada.api.middleware [-] POST http://127.0.0.1:31903/api/v1.0/apply?timeout=3600&dry_run=False&enable_chart_cleanup=False&disable_update_post=False&disable_update_pre=False&tiller_port=44134&wait=False&tiller_namespace=kube-system - 200 OK
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 DEBUG armada.api.middleware [-] Response body:None process_response ./armada/api/middleware.py:126
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 CRITICAL armada [-] Unhandled error: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: './dev/powerds/armada-manifests/taco-aio-manifest.yaml'
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada Traceback (most recent call last):
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/falcon/api.py", line 244, in call
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada responder(req, resp, **params)
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada File "./armada/common/policy.py", line 55, in handler
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada return func(*args, **kwargs)
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada File "./armada/api/controller/armada.py", line 55, in on_post
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada data = ReferenceResolver.resolve_reference(doc_ref)
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada File "./armada/handlers/document.py", line 65, in resolve_reference
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada data.append(handler.get(None, cls)(design_uri))
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada File "./armada/handlers/document.py", line 108, in resolve_reference_file
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada with open(design_uri.path, 'rb') as f:
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: './dev/powerds/armada-manifests/taco-aio-manifest.yaml'
2018-04-03 07:35:56.985 35 ERROR armada

we should fix cli code to pass manifest file into the server not only a manifest reference.

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python 3.6
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