Virtualmin APT update problems

Virtualmin
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SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version Ubuntu Jammy
Webmin version 2.1111
Virtualmin version 7.10.0-gpl-1
Webserver version Apache 2.4.62-1

apt-get update fails with NO_PUBKEY 3E570892B9A0B8B7

Yes, I have run, rerun, and re re re re re run virtualmin setup-repos

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It’s not related with virtualmin. It might be the Server ISO which have a configuration problem.

Did you contacted the hosting Support ? What did they reply ?

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It is, in fact, a Virtualmin problem, since it’s Virtualmin’s key.

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There are different repos. Can you show us the output of the commands so we know for sure which repo is failing?

root@main:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease [44.1 kB]                                                         
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security InRelease                                                                         
Hit:4 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bullseye InRelease                                                                               
Hit:5 https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin InRelease                                                                         
Get:6 https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye InRelease [7,551 B]
Get:7 https://packages.sury.org/php bullseye/main amd64 Packages [252 kB]                                                                       
Fetched 303 kB in 7s (44.4 kB/s)                                                                                                                
Reading package lists... Done

root@main:~# virtualmin setup-repos
Setting up Virtualmin software repositories ..
..done
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Get:10 [https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt](https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt) virtualmin InRelease [10.7 kB]

Err:10 [https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt](https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt) virtualmin InRelease

The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 3E570892B9A0B8B7
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Err:10 [https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt](https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt) virtualmin InRelease

The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 3E570892B9A0B8B7

My output is:

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I mean, that’s great for you, but it doesn’t actually help me at all.

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You may be able to fix it by running virtualmin setup-repos, then running apt clean; apt update

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As I’ve already said, I have done that. Repeatedly. With no change.

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It was kind of a summary for the staff since I think that kinda distills the essence of the problem.
Keys are @Joe or @Ilia ? Not sure why the setup command didn’t fix it. I re-ran apt-get update afterwards and it still worked for me.

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How long since you done the original install?

You could try using the setup switch on the latest script. I have no idea if it makes a difference.

sudo sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/virtualmin-install.sh)" -- --setup

make sure you use the setup switch, don’t run otherwise.

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It seems when I ran the command earlier my key was updated.

root@main:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# ll /usr/share/keyrings/debian-virtualmin-7.gpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2313 Sep  9 15:26 /usr/share/keyrings/debian-virtualmin-7.gpg
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Years. Possibly a decade.

I also did try that invocation. It did not fix the issue.

/m

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Ah, if it’s that old, you probably have original sources that the setup doesn’t even know how to find.

Just remove the old Virtualmin sources. They’d be in /etc/apt/sources.list probably?

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Joe looking at the github there is a force switch, does that do anything useful?

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That’s an Ilia change. I’m not sure what it does without looking, and I can’t look at the moment.

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No, it doesn’t. It’s redundant. I’ll go ahead and remove it.

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There are no other virtualmin sources in either sources.list or sources.list.d. Only the current one that’s added by an attempt to use setup-repos

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What sources exactly are being used? (Don’t include serial/key, if you have Pro repos configured and the serial:key is in the sources file.)

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Get:10 https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin InRelease [10.7 kB]

Err:10 https://software.virtualmin.com/vm/7/gpl/apt virtualmin InRelease

The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 3E570892B9A0B8B7