Redhat – Syncing Red Hat 7 Repo in Spacewalk

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While setting up my Spacewalk server I have ran into problems syncing Red Hat Server RPMs.

My Repository Details are as follows:

**Repo Label:** redhat_7.x86_64
**Repo URL:** https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/server7/x86_64/
**Repo type:** yum
**SSL Certificates:** Used from an old machine with a Red Hat entitlement.

When I add the repo to a channel and try to sync it up, I get the following output:

2019/04/30 08:12:39 -04:00 Command: ['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', '--channel', 'arts_redhat_7.x86_64', '--type', 'yum']
2019/04/30 08:12:39 -04:00 Sync of channel started.
2019/04/30 08:12:39 -04:00 
2019/04/30 08:12:39 -04:00   Processing repository with URL: https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/server7/x86_64/
2019/04/30 08:12:39 -04:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from redhat_7.x86_64_base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/server7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 403 - Forbidden
2019/04/30 08:12:39 -04:00 ERROR: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from redhat_7.x86_64_base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/server7/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 403 - Forbidden
2019/04/30 08:12:40 -04:00 Sync of channel completed in 0:00:00.

For more information on the setup, the Spacewalk server is running CentOS 7 and Spacewalk 2.9. Spacewalk's documentation links directly to this Red Hat Satellite document, which I haven't had any luck with.

From what I've read in the Spacewalk mailing list this type of setup used to work. Do I need a new Red Hat Satellite specific entitlement, or is there something I'm missing?

Best Answer

Looks like the URL is wrong, try this URL https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/extras/os for extras https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/optional/os For optional https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/server/7/7Server/x86_64/os For base

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