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Problem:
I am trying to add a Foreman/Katello hosted repository to /etc/apt/sources.list on a Ubuntu instance, if I add it as follows:
deb http://foremanhost/pulp/deb/Default_Organization/Library/custom/ubuntu_18_04/ubuntu_18_04_main/dists/default/ bionic main then run apt update it fails with:
E: The repository ‘http://foremanhost/pulp/deb/Default_Organization/Library/custom/ubuntu_18_04/ubuntu_18_04_main/dists/default bionic Release’ does not have a Release file

Is it possible to run Katello as this type of repository server? if yes then how can I fix this?

Expected outcome:
Run apt update with no errors.

Foreman and Proxy versions:
Foreman 2.4.0
Katello 4.0

Distribution and version:
Centos 7
Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04

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Yes, you can. The line in your sources needs to be like this:

deb http://foremanhost/pulp/deb/Default_Organization/Library/custom/ubuntu_18_04/ubuntu_18_04_main default all

Pulp3 is only configured to publish the repo under default release and all component. I think it will get addressed in a later version to also publish it so that you could use bionic main etc.

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I second the answer by @rgp, but want to add one more thing:
You say your /etc/apt/sources.list entry is:

deb http://foremanhost/pulp/deb/Default_Organization/Library/custom/ubuntu_18_04/ubuntu_18_04_main/dists/default/ bionic main

I think it should be:

deb http://foremanhost/pulp/deb/Default_Organization/Library/custom/ubuntu_18_04/ubuntu_18_04_main/ default all

That is, not only is there the default all vs bionic main issue already mentioned, but also your URL should point at the repo root and not a subfolder of the dists/ folder.

The PR adding structured publishing is here: Fixes #32393 - Add deb structured mode publishing by m-bucher · Pull Request #9306 · Katello/katello · GitHub

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I didn’t point out that explicitly, but I did change the url to point to the repo root. My bad

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Hi, I have a problem when trying to change my /etc/apt/sources.list file. In my case it’s a Debian 11 repo hosted on my Foreman server. When I try to change the sources.list file, with :

deb http://10.53.248.30/pulp/deb/Default_Organization/Library/custom/Debian_11/Debian_11/ default all

It seems I don’t have a Debian_11_main file so I’m confused. When I run apt update I get this message :

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It is complaining that your repositories are not signed. Either configure your clients to ignore this, or else set up a signing service on your Foreman/Katello instance. I am going to link to a recent post of mine in another thread for how to set up a signing service: Try to sign my personnal deb repository - #2 by quba42