Registering of client against SUSE Manager Proxy fails with "ERROR 404: Not Found"
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Environment
SUSE Manager 4.2 Server
SUSE Manager 4.2 Proxy
SUSE Manager 4.2 Proxy
Situation
Registration of client against SUSE Manager Proxy using a bootstrap script fails with following error message:
https://susemanager.proxy.url/pub/repositories/sle/15/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml: 2023-02-16 17:09:50 ERROR 404: Not Found. Bootstrap repo 'https://susemanager.proxy.url/pub/repositories/sle/15/3/bootstrap' does not exist. Repository 'susemanager:bootstrap' not found by its alias, number, or URI.
Resolution
Check whether the /var/cache/rhn/ directory exists on top of SUSE Manager Proxy.
When there is no such directory, recreate the directory manually and set correct permissions and ownership:
When there is no such directory, recreate the directory manually and set correct permissions and ownership:
mkdir /var/cache/rhn/ chmod -R 750 /var/cache/rhn/ chown -R wwwrun:root /var/cache/rhn/restart spacewalk-proxy service:
spacewalk-proxy restartand register the client once again using the bootstrap script.
Cause
Missing /var/cache/rhn/ directory on top of SUSE Manager Proxy. Following error message can be seen in apache2 error log (/var/log/apache2/error_log) within SUSE Manager Proxy system:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/rhn'
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- Document ID:000020982
- Creation Date: 21-Feb-2023
- Modified Date:20-Mar-2023
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- SUSE Manager Server
- SUSE Manager
- SUSE Manager Proxy
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