# I/O error: Can't provide /repodata/repomd.xml **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSE Multi Linux Manager\ **Created:** [January 29, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454 "2019-01-29T15:12:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![plaubscher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@plaubscher](https://forums.suse.com/u/plaubscher)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/1 "2019-01-29T15:12:19Z")
To whom it may concern I am trying to register five SLES 10 SP3 clients using SUSE Manager 3.2.I am getting the under mentioned error messages, when I execute the bootstrap script to the clients.I did recreate the SLES 10 SP3 activation key, but still getting the under-mentioned error messages. May somebody please assist me. I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) Entering non-interactive mode. Entering ‘no-gpg-checks’ mode. Determining [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) source type… [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) is type YUM Not found: Media Exception Not found: Media Exception Added Installation Sources: [x]\* susemanager:bootstrap ([https://cen-prd-susemngr/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap)) Entering non-interactive mode. Entering ‘no-gpg-checks’ mode. Refreshing susemanager:bootstrap URI: [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) Please insert media [Download (curl) error for ‘[https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml)’: Error code: Unrecognized error Error message: error:0D0C50A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1\_item\_verify:unknown message digest algorithm ] # 1 and type ‘y’ to continue or ‘n’ to cancel the operation. [y/n]: n (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore? a All system sources have been refreshed. I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) Error while refreshing the source: Downloading metadata failed (is YUM source?) or user did not accept remote source. Aborting refresh.Entering non-interactive mode. Entering ‘no-gpg-checks’ mode. Restoring system sources… Please insert media [Download (curl) error for ‘[https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml)’: Error code: Unrecognized error Error message: error:0D0C50A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1\_item\_verify:unknown message digest algorithm ] # 1 and type ‘y’ to continue or ‘n’ to cancel the operation. [y/n]: n (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore? a I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) Failed to restore sources package spacewalk-check is not installed ERROR: Failed to install all missing packages. ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/2 "2019-01-29T16:08:31Z")
Hi Wow 10 SP3… did you use the createrepo command to generate the repo? ---
**Author:** ![kwk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/kwk/32/11997_2.png) [@kwk](https://forums.suse.com/u/kwk)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/3 "2019-01-30T09:10:11Z")
Did you create the bootstrap repository as outlined in the documentation ? ---
**Author:** ![plaubscher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@plaubscher](https://forums.suse.com/u/plaubscher)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/4 "2019-01-31T15:46:41Z")
Malcolm Thanks for the reply, sorry for only responding now. Yes I did used the createrepo command.I did try the client troubleshooting TID [https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7023241](https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7023241), and restarted the server.I want to delete and recreate my activation key as well, over the weekend. I will come back to you. Regards ---
**Author:** ![plaubscher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@plaubscher](https://forums.suse.com/u/plaubscher)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/5 "2019-02-05T19:50:56Z")
Yes, I did follow the correct procedure for creating a bootstrap. For the preparing of JeOS I did the following, which I think could be the problem. 1. With the customers’ code I did register successfully to SCC. 2.I added the under-mentioned SUSE-Manager repositories. 1. To verify the repositories, I used the command SUSEConnect - -LIST extensions The following showed up : - sle-module-adv-systems-management/12/x86\_64 -r `xxxx - sle-module-web-scripting/12/x86\_64 .- sle-module-toolchain/12/x86\_64 -r xxxx - PackageHub/12.3/x86\_64 - PackageHub/12.3/x86\_64 -r xxxx - suse-openstack-cloud-crowbar/8/x86\_64 -r xxxx - sle-module-containers/12/x86\_64 -r xxxx - sle-module-hpc/12/x86\_64 -r xxxx - hpe-helion-openstack/8/x86\_64 -r xxxx - sle-module-legacy/12/x86\_64 -r xxxx - sle-module-public-cloud/12/x86\_64 -r xxxx -sle-module-cap-tools/12/x86\_64 -r xxxx - ses/5/x86\_64 -r xxxx - sle-ha/12.3/x86\_64 -r -r xxxx - sle-ha-geo/12.3/x86\_64 -r xxxx - sle-ha/12.3/x86\_64 -r xxxx - SUSE-Manager-Proxy/3.2/x86\_64 xxxx - PackageHub/12.3/x86\_64 xxxx - SUSE Manager Server 3.2 x86\_64 ( Installed ) Do I really need all these repositories except for SUSE Manager Server 3.2 x86\_64, sle-ha/12.3/x86\_64 -r -r , sle-ha-geo/12.3/x86\_64 -r and sle-ha/12.3/x86\_64 -r xxxxx ? ---
**Author:** ![plaubscher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@plaubscher](https://forums.suse.com/u/plaubscher)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/6 "2019-02-05T19:59:17Z")
What also could be the problem is that I created my filesystem using XFS and not BTRFS.Do I need to leave the filesystem as default when doing the installation ? My current filesystem layout is undermentioned. df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev tmpfs 16G 120K 16G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 16G 634M 16G 4% /run tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda3 66G 38G 29G 58% / /dev/sdb1 200G 33M 200G 1% /var/lib/pqsql /dev/sdc1 900G 189G 712G 21% /var/spacewalk /dev/sda2 2.0G 67M 1.8G 4% /boot tmpfs 3.2G 16K 3.2G 1% /run/user/479 tmpfs 3.2G 0 3.2G 0% /run/user/0 There is no data in /var/lib/pqsql, which is strange. Is it best to reinstall the server with the default BTRFS filesystem as proposed ? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/7 "2019-02-05T22:09:13Z")
[QUOTE=plaubscher;56486]Yes, I did follow the correct procedure for creating a bootstrap. For the preparing of JeOS I did the following, which I think could be the problem. 1. With the customers’ code I did register successfully to SCC. 2.I added the under-mentioned SUSE-Manager repositories. 1. To verify the repositories, I used the command SUSEConnect - -LIST extensions The following showed up : Do I really need all these repositories except for SUSE Manager Server 3.2 x86\_64, sle-ha/12.3/x86\_64 -r -r , sle-ha-geo/12.3/x86\_64 -r and sle-ha/12.3/x86\_64 -r xxxxx ?[/QUOTE] Hi No, I only have; ```auto zypper lr -E # | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh ---+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------+-----------+-------- 4 | SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_12_SP3_x86_64:SLES12-SP3-Pool | SLES12-SP3-Pool | Yes | (r ) Yes | No 6 | SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_12_SP3_x86_64:SLES12-SP3-Updates | SLES12-SP3-Updates | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes 9 | SUSE_Manager_Server_3.2_x86_64:SUSE-Manager-Server-3.2-Pool | SUSE-Manager-Server-3.2-Pool | Yes | (r ) Yes | No 11 | SUSE_Manager_Server_3.2_x86_64:SUSE-Manager-Server-3.2-Updates | SUSE-Manager-Server-3.2-Updates | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes ``` ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/8 "2019-02-05T22:18:38Z")
[QUOTE=plaubscher;56487]What also could be the problem is that I created my filesystem using XFS and not BTRFS.Do I need to leave the filesystem as default when doing the installation ? My current filesystem layout is undermentioned. df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev tmpfs 16G 120K 16G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 16G 634M 16G 4% /run tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda3 66G 38G 29G 58% / /dev/sdb1 200G 33M 200G 1% /var/lib/pqsql /dev/sdc1 900G 189G 712G 21% /var/spacewalk /dev/sda2 2.0G 67M 1.8G 4% /boot tmpfs 3.2G 16K 3.2G 1% /run/user/479 tmpfs 3.2G 0 3.2G 0% /run/user/0 There is no data in /var/lib/pqsql, which is strange. Is it best to reinstall the server with the default BTRFS filesystem as proposed ?[/QUOTE] There should be more usage of that directory… ```auto lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 698.7G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 500M 0 part /boot ├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part ├─sda5 8:5 0 100G 0 part / ├─sda6 8:6 0 6G 0 part [SWAP] ├─sda7 8:7 0 100G 0 part /var/lib/pgsql └─sda8 8:8 0 492.1G 0 part /var/spacewalk df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 2.8G 0 2.8G 0% /dev tmpfs 2.8G 24K 2.8G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 2.8G 35M 2.8G 2% /run tmpfs 2.8G 0 2.8G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% / /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/opt /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /opt /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/lib/machines /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/lib/mysql /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/lib/libvirt/images /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/log /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/tmp /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/lib/mariadb /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /usr/local /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /home /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/spool /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/lib/named /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/lib/mailman /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/cache /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /tmp /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /var/crash /dev/sda5 100G 5.5G 94G 6% /srv /dev/sda1 477M 86M 366M 20% /boot /dev/sda7 100G 6.6G 94G 7% /var/lib/pgsql /dev/sda8 492G 28G 465G 6% /var/spacewalk tmpfs 573M 0 573M 0% /run/user/0 ``` I have SLED 15 x86\_64 and SLES 15 x86\_64/aarch64 downloaded/synced etc. I plan to add SLE 12 SP4 in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![kwk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/kwk/32/11997_2.png) [@kwk](https://forums.suse.com/u/kwk)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/9 "2019-02-06T14:25:04Z")
> [@plaubscher;56486](#): > > Yes, I did follow the correct procedure for creating a bootstrap. Then make sure that the following directory path exists: /srv/www/htdocs/pub/repositories/sle/ and below you have / directories like 15/0 for SLES 15 SP0. Now check that a “bootstrap” directory exists and is populated > ls /srv/www/htdocs/pub/repositories/sle/15/0/bootstrap > noarch repodata x86\_64 If anything is missing, run “mgr-create-bootstrap-repo” again. > [@plaubscher;56486](#): > > For the preparing of JeOS I did the following, which I think could be the problem. > > 1. With the customers’ code I did register successfully to SCC. Now I’m confused. Registration to SCC is only needed for the SUSE Manager Server, which I believe you’ve already set up. A managed client only needs the SLE “Pool” repository, i.e. from a mounted installation DVD. Then this client can be bootstrapped to be managed by SUSE Manager. ---
**Author:** ![plaubscher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@plaubscher](https://forums.suse.com/u/plaubscher)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/10 "2019-02-11T14:55:03Z")
Thanks for the reply The documentation was a bit confussing for me.I reinstalled the server on vSphere VMWARE not using JeOS.I previously XFS and not BTRFS as proposed.My databse is up and running and I can see and my /var/lib/pgsql is busy and growing. This is my bootstrap directory for SLES-SP3 : /srv/www/htdocs/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap # ls total 0 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40 Feb 11 13:49 ./ drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18 Feb 11 05:01 …/ drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 350 Feb 11 05:01 noarch/ drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 370 Feb 11 13:49 repodata/ drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1692 Feb 11 05:01 x86\_64/ The problem is when running the bootstrap for SLES 10-SP3. cat bootstrap-sles10-sp3.sh \ | ssh root@server\_ipaddress /bin/bash - I still get the follwing error message URI: [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) Please insert media [Download (curl) error for ‘[https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml)’: Error code: Unrecognized error Error message: error:0D0C50A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1\_item\_verify:unknown message digest algorithm ] # 1 and type ‘y’ to continue or ‘n’ to cancel the operation. [y/n]: n (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore? a All system sources have been refreshed. I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) Error while refreshing the source: Downloading metadata failed (is YUM source?) or user did not accept remote source. Aborting refresh.Entering non-interactive mode. Entering ‘no-gpg-checks’ mode. Restoring system sources… Please insert media [Download (curl) error for ‘[https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap/repodata/repomd.xml)’: Error code: Unrecognized error Error message: error:0D0C50A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1\_item\_verify:unknown message digest algorithm ] # 1 and type ‘y’ to continue or ‘n’ to cancel the operation. [y/n]: n (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore? a I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.drdlr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.drdlr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) I/O error: Can’t provide /repodata/repomd.xml from [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) Failed to restore sources package spacewalk-check is not installed ERROR: Failed to install all missing packages. - When I test the content from web servers using wget I get the follwing error message from my SUSE Manager server. wget [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) 2019-02-11 14:09:01-- [https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap](https://cen-prd-susemngr.co.za/pub/repositories/sle/10/3/bootstrap) Connecting to 192.168.45:3128… connected. Proxy tunneling failed: Service UnavailableUnable to establish SSL connection. - So it seems to be a SSL problem.I used TID 7017147 to verify the symbolic link was added. cd /etc/pki/trust/anchors cen-prd-susemngr:/etc/pki/trust/anchors # l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 48 Feb 11 12:07 ./ drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 32 Sep 20 2014 …/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 Feb 11 12:07 RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT → /srv/www/htdocs/pub/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT - I generated a new RPM with current postscript using these commands: rhn-ssl-tool --gen-ca --rpm-only --dir="/root/ssl-build" …working… Generating CA public certificate RPM: /root/ssl-build/rhn-org-trusted-ssl-cert-1.0-3.src.rpm /root/ssl-build/rhn-org-trusted-ssl-cert-1.0-3.noarch.rpm Make the public CA certificate publically available: (NOTE: the RHN Satellite or Proxy installers may do this step for you.) The “noarch” RPM and raw CA certificate can be made publically accessible by copying it to the /srv/www/htdocs/pub directory of your RHN Satellite or Proxy server. - and then used the command /usr/bin/rhn-deploy-ca-cert.pl --source-dir /root/ssl-build --target-dir /srv/www/htdocs/pub/ --trust-dir=/etc/pki/trust/anchors/ - All seems to be fine running these commands, but still getting “Proxy tunneling failed: Service UnavailableUnable to establish SSL connection” error message. - I also used TID 7022888 [https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7022888](https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7022888), although it is for RHEL 6 servers. - /usr/bin # update-ca-certificates - update-ca-certificates force-enabled - My proxy on the SUSE Manager server is enabled and the firewall is disabled. ---
**Author:** ![kwk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/kwk/32/11997_2.png) [@kwk](https://forums.suse.com/u/kwk)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/11 "2019-02-12T10:00:24Z")
Looks like this goes beyond what is supportable via the forum. I’d suggest to open a service request _and_ provide a supportconfig. ---
**Author:** ![Jens-U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@Jens-U](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jens-U)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/i-o-error-cant-provide-repodata-repomd-xml/33454/12 "2019-02-20T16:54:43Z")
Hi \*, could this be a result of the zypper newline issue? I remember having to have the zypper clients updated to access the repositories… and we’re talking about _old_ clients here 😉 Regards, J