Failed to fetch http://x.x.x.x/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy/main/cnf/Commands-amd64

[jozb09]

Failed to fetch http://x.x.x.x/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy/main/cnf/Commands-amd64

[chutzimir]

Can you try the latest version of apt-mirror from this repository and see if it fixes your problems?

You can just

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apt-mirror/apt-mirror/master/apt-mirror
chmod +x ./apt-mirror

[jozb09]

Hello @chutzimir
Thanks for your reply. I did what you shared

But when I run apt update on client I get
E: Failed to fetch http://x.x.x.x/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy-updates/universe/cnf/Commands-amd64 404 Not Found [IP: x.x.x.x 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://x.x.x.x/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy-security/universe/cnf/Commands-amd64 404 Not Found [IP: x.x.x.x 80]
E: Failed to fetch http://x.x.x.x/ubuntu/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy/universe/cnf/Commands-amd64 404 Not Found [IP: x.x.x.x 80]
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[chutzimir]

Interestingly, the file is not available upstream anyway, so this may not be a problem with apt-mirror.

E.g., http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy-updates/universe/cnf/ does not have a file Commands-amd64

I would suggest looking at your webserver logs to see if there are any obvious errors (e.g., files not served due to wrong permissions on files), or try run apt update with some extra debugging:

apt -oDebug::pkgAcquire::Worker=1 update

[jozb09]

Hello @chutzimir

I checked on the webserver log, var/log/apache2/error.log and nothing with permission issues.
I tried also to run the command you shared but still the same error when I run the update command on the client.

Do you have another means to sort it out? It's 3 weeks now am not able to sort this.

[jozb09]

This is my mirror.list file

[chutzimir]

You are not mirroring jammy-updates universe and jammy-security universe and these are the URLs you are getting the error for. Try the following, restart your mirror, and you'll be fine:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy           main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates   main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security  main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

[jozb09]

Am going to add those and update the mirror.

[jozb09]

Hello @chutzimir

IU still get this

[chutzimir]

I can guarantee that I have verified I can make a working mirror using the configuration I pasted above, so I would suggest

1. double-check your configuration file
2. check the apt-mirror output for any errors
3. on the client - do apt clean followed by apt update

[jozb09]

I do thank you for the response.

I decided to attach the mirror.list file here, Kindly check on it and advise if I have something which is not correct.
mirror.list.txt

[jozb09]

check the apt-mirror output for any errors****

How can I check for the apt-mirror output? share the log file location

[chutzimir]

check the apt-mirror output for any errors****

How can I check for the apt-mirror output? share the log file location

It doesn't have a log file. The output goes to stdout and stderr.

[jozb09]

my config file is okay? did you find anything which trigger issues?

[chutzimir]

No, it looks good. My only other advice is to take the latest version of the script from this repository, and run it manually, and check the output...

[jozb09]

@chutzimir
You meant from this link?
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apt-mirror/apt-mirror/master/apt-mirror

[vrabha]

@jozb09
Even I faced the same issue. Seems like an issue with apt-mirror from that repository.

Try to clone this repo: https://github.com/Stifler6996/apt-mirror.git and use apt-mirror from it. It fixed my issue and I'm sure this is going to fix it for you as well.

[jozb09]

Hello @vrabha

I run the bellow commands

git clone https://github.com/Stifler6996/apt-mirror.git
sudo cp /usr/bin/apt-mirror /usr/bin/apt-mirror.original

cp -r apt-mirror /usr/bin/apt-mirror
sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/apt-mirror && sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/apt-mirror
sudo apt-mirror

Then I run apt-get clean on client
And then I run apt-get update
But still I get error

[chutzimir]

@jozb09 I now noticed the mirror.list file you attached...

I decided to attach the mirror.list file here, Kindly check on it and advise if I have something which is not correct. mirror.list.txt

Can you remove the first four lines

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

and only leave the 4 lines below

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy           main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates   main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security  main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

I don't know how apt-mirror behaves when you define the same distro multiple times.

@chutzimir You meant from this link? https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apt-mirror/apt-mirror/master/apt-mirror

Did you try this version or not?

[chutzimir]

Ah, @jozb09 ... I didn't realize this time you're reporting that the files are missing for focal. Same problem, you're not mirroring the universe for the focal distros in your config.

[jozb09]

Hello @chutzimir

So, are you suggesting for my /etc/apt/mirror.list have only four lines below?

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Kindly, check for my sources.list for my client

[chutzimir]

If your client is using focal, then you need to mirror focal.

The first message in this report, your client was using jammy.

If you have clients on both, you need to mirror both. E.g.:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal           main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates   main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security  main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy           main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates   main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security  main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

[jozb09]

I think we are progressing.

Now I get this

I tried to run apt clean but still same issue as from screenshot

[jozb09]

Oooh, I managed to sort it out. I tried to run the apt-mirror again

This has been a hustle, but I thank you for your help. you're really my rock.

[chutzimir]

Oooh, I managed to sort it out. I tried to run the apt-mirror again

This has been a hustle, but I thank you for your help. you're really my rock.

You're welcome. Please close the issue if you are satisfied.

[jozb09]

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