[Spacewalk-list] Help setting up Ubuntu channel(s)

[Paul-Andre Panon]

On  Tue, 8 Aug 2017 20:18:41, Dimitri Yioulos <dyioulos at netatlantic.com> wrote:

>It's more that I'm having problems getting the repos right.  For example, based on stuff I've read, I'm trying >to use the following Ubuntu repo:  http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/.  >But, when I run repo-sync, I get the following:

>[root at spacewalk dyioulos]# /usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync --channel ubuntu-16.04-lts-main
>15:28:27 ======================================
>15:28:27 | Channel: ubuntu-16.04-lts-main
>15:28:27 ======================================
>15:28:27 Sync of channel started.
>15:28:27 Repo URL: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/
>15:28:27 ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_binary-amd64_. Please verify its path and try again
>15:28:27 Repo URL: http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-security/main/binary-amd64/
>15:28:28 ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: ubuntu_dists_xenial-security_main_binary-amd64_. Please verify its path and try again
>15:28:28 Sync of channel completed in 0:00:00.
>15:28:28 Total time: 0:00:00

>Note this - ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml).  Isn't repodm.xml yum-related?  >Anyway, as I said above, I primarily need the help getting the repos set up.

>Best,

>Dimitri

Check that your channels have the right settings for checksum type (SHA256) and Architecture (AMD64 Debian). If they don't then you will need to delete and recreate them.

Paul-Andre Panon
Senior systems administrator