new install on ubuntu 20.04
E: The repository ‘Index of /vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin Release’ does not have a Release file.
Downloading repository metadata: [2022-10-13 17:28:02 BST] [ERROR] Failed with error: 100
[2022-10-13 17:28:02 BST] [ERROR] Something went wrong. Exiting.
[2022-10-13 17:28:02 BST] [ERROR] The last few log entries were:
I am getting the exact sme thing on install.
Hello,
What is the error message (last 10 lines) you’re getting logged at /root/virtualmin-install.log file?
Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The certificate chain uses expired certificate. Could not handshake: Error in the certificate verification. [IP: 163.172.162.254 443]
Reading package lists…
E: The repository ‘Index of /vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin Release’ does not have a Release file.
Downloading repository metadata: [2022-10-13 17:28:02 BST] [ERROR] Failed with error: 100
[2022-10-13 17:28:02 BST] [ERROR] Something went wrong. Exiting.
[2022-10-13 17:28:02 BST] [ERROR] The last few log entries were:
I believe this issue is happening on your side. Please make sure that you’re using the latest Virtualmin 7.0.0. install script?
https://www.virtualmin.com/download/
Also, check if date is set correctly on your systems and if latest ca-certificates package is installed.
I ve looked through the help guide and all ready up dated the ca etc and I even tried the pre release script and get the same result
What is the output of these commands:
ping software.virtualmin.com
host software.virtualmin.com
apt-get update
Try running:
apt install --reinstall ca-certificates
If that doesn’t help, try fixing your Virtualmin repos by running:
wget -O virtualmin-install.sh https://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh; /usr/bin/sudo /bin/sh virtualmin-install.sh --setup
If that still doesn’t work, edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualmin.list replacing https with http in the URL.
In-fact technically, it’s okay to download packages using http as we check for the package signature anyway.
Also, please note that running apt-get upgrade shouldn’t have a lock on /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend file (hopefully this is not the issue we’re all discussing here).
the install script changes it back to https
Follow the steps please.
Also, I wonder if your system has /etc/apt/auth.conf.d/virtualmin.conf file present?
Hi,
I have the same issue.
root@ubuntu20:~# ping software.virtualmin.com
PING software.virtualmin.com (163.172.162.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 254-162-172-163.instances.scw.cloud (163.172.162.254): icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=86.4 ms
64 bytes from 254-162-172-163.instances.scw.cloud (163.172.162.254): icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=82.4 ms
64 bytes from 254-162-172-163.instances.scw.cloud (163.172.162.254): icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=84.6 ms
64 bytes from 254-162-172-163.instances.scw.cloud (163.172.162.254): icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=82.0 ms
64 bytes from 254-162-172-163.instances.scw.cloud (163.172.162.254): icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=89.9 ms
^C
— software.virtualmin.com ping statistics —
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 81.990/85.076/89.934/2.899 ms
root@ubuntu20:~# host software.virtualmin.com
software.virtualmin.com has address 163.172.162.254
root@ubuntu20:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 Index of /ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:2 Index of /ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114 kB]
Hit:3 Zabbix Official Repository focal InRelease
Get:4 Index of /ubuntu focal-backports InRelease [108 kB]
Get:5 Index of /ubuntu focal-security InRelease [114 kB]
Ign:6 Index of /vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin InRelease
Err:7 Index of /vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin Release
Could not wait for server fd - select (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) [IP: 163.172.162.254 443]
Reading package lists… Done
E: The repository ‘Index of /vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin Release’ does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
That is not the case, have a look: https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt/dists/virtualmin/InRelease
At first make sure that there is only one Virtualmin repo defined for APT by running:
grep -R virtualmin /etc/apt
The only found file should be:
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualmin.list
Next check if the file content is:
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-virtualmin-7.gpg] https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin main
It’s important to notice that the key /usr/share/keyrings/debian-virtualmin-7.gpg is properly installed (and correct for Virtualmin 7 repo, as old key from Virtualmin 6 wouldn’t work).
To fix Virtualmin repos and import proper sign key, just download official virtualmin-install.sh script and run it with --setup param:
wget -O virtualmin-install.sh https://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh; /usr/bin/sudo /bin/sh virtualmin-install.sh --setup
This command will re-setup the repos for you, and should fix the problem.
Now, if you still have the initial issue, then this is not something we can fix. Although, there is a fix, when APT is getting lost in its own repos metadata, by first commenting out certain repo, i.e. in our case the commented out line in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualmin.list would look like:
#deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-virtualmin-7.gpg] https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin main
… then running apt-get update, and right afterwards uncommenting Virtualmin repo line that we just commented, and then again re-running apt-get update command.
Also, sometimes running apt clean could also solve this kind of error but I’m pretty sure ya’ll tried it.
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