Rocky Linux 10.1 Virtualmin install fail

[CTS]

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version	Rocky Linux 10.1
Webmin version	Newest
Virtualmin version	Newest
Webserver version	Newest
Related packages	Newest

Well tis is dissapointing
Fresh install of Rocky Linux 10.1
Update OS
run: sh -c “$(curl -fsSL https://download.virtualmin.com/virtualmin-install)” – --bundle LAMP

Failed

Usually never had problems before installing Virtualmin

Errors:

Checking for HTTP client .. found /usr/bin/wget -nv
2026-02-02 00:24:38 URL:https://download.virtualmin.com/slib.sh [27668/27668] -> "slib.sh" [1]
[2026-02-02 00:24:38 UTC] [INFO] Installation log is written to //virtualmin-install.log
[2026-02-02 00:24:38 UTC] [DEBUG] LOG_ERRORS_FATAL=1
[2026-02-02 00:24:38 UTC] [DEBUG] LOG_LEVEL_STDOUT=INFO
[2026-02-02 00:24:38 UTC] [DEBUG] LOG_LEVEL_LOG=DEBUG
[2026-02-02 00:24:55 UTC] [DEBUG] Phase 1 of 4: Check
[2026-02-02 00:24:55 UTC] [INFO]  Spin pid is: 7109
Syncing system time ..
.. done
[2026-02-02 00:24:55 UTC] [INFO]  Checking system time: [2026-02-02 00:24:55 UTC] [INFO]  Success.
[2026-02-02 00:25:05 UTC] [INFO]  Spin pid is: 7342
Checking for Perl .... found Perl at /usr/bin/perl
[2026-02-02 00:25:05 UTC] [INFO]  Checking Perl installation: [2026-02-02 00:25:05 UTC] [INFO]  Success.
[2026-02-02 00:25:06 UTC] [INFO]  Spin pid is: 7367
Checking for an update for a set of CA certificates ..
Virtualmin Stable                                12 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'virtualmin-stable':
  - Status code: 404 for https://download.virtualmin.com/repodata/167b21bcc2e939a3e27b4f85c4008d5b57221e91a3c79d14f6098>
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'virtualmin-stable': Yum repo downloading error: Downloading error(s): repo>
.. done
[2026-02-02 00:25:06 UTC] [INFO]  Checking CA certificates package: [2026-02-02 00:25:06 UTC] [INFO]  Failed with error>
[2026-02-02 00:25:06 UTC] [ERROR] Something went wrong. Exiting.
[2026-02-02 00:25:06 UTC] [ERROR] The last few log entries were:

Fresh install of Rocky Linux, dnf update , no packages installed
All vanilla grade A OS for Virtualmin

[Joe]

dnf clean all and try again.

[CTS]

@Joe
Will try now

[CTS]

Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'virtualmin-stable':
  - Status code: 404 for https://download.virtualmin.com/repodata/167b21bcc2e939a3e27b4f85c4008d5b57221e91a3c79d14f6098005169e1248-primary.xml.zst (IP: 108.156.211.94)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'virtualmin-stable': Yum repo downloading error: Downloading error(s): repodata/167b21bcc2e939a3e27b4f85c4008d5b57221e91a3c79d14f6098005169e1248-primary.xml.zst - Cannot download, all mirrors were already tried without success
[2026-02-02 00:57:27 UTC] [INFO]  Reinstalling Virtualmin 8 stable repository: [2026-02-02 00:57:27 UTC] [INFO]  Failed with error: 1

[Joe]

We’ll have to wait for @Ilia to look into this. I don’t understand how the new repos work. He thought he’d fixed this problem, but apparently not.

[CTS]

@Joe
ok thanks for helping out
I gave my self a couple days wiggle room to get the upgrades VS into working order
BUT kinda important

[CTS]

@Joe
Well ran installer again and seems to be working
will report back

[CTS]

Well it installed and now I’m going through the Post-Installation

Not sure of the Initial Virtualmin install errors but it finally worked

Would be a turn off for new Virtualmin users to run into this error for sure
Hope it can be cured

[CTS]

@Joe
Just letting you know I got Virtualmin installed and ready to migrate my domains over after I set SELinux up

[HansM]

Had exactly the same error yesterday.
On the just installed Rocky 10.1 I could ping 8.8.8.8 but not ping any domain by name. Set a dns server through nmtui and virtualmin installed without any problem.
Happened on a vps by netcup.com.

[Ilia]

Alright, thanks everyone for reporting this!

The issue was on our side because we cached the repo index file for too long and cached non-versioned files incorrectly.

This is fixed now, and should work just fine in the future.