IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update0016456CentOS-8anacondapublic2019-09-20-02-03 10:47ReporterrustyxPrioritynormalSeverityblockReproducibilityalwaysStatusconfirmedResolutionopenProduct Version8.0.1905Target VersionFixed in VersionSummary0016456: CentOS 8 Netinstall broken: 'Error setting up base repository'DescriptionIt is impossible to do network installation using 8.0.1905-boot image.The installer cannot find any mirrors, and rejects any manually-provided repo URL.Steps To ReproduceDownload the 8 boot image.Try installing CentOS 8 using it.Tags. I sniffed the traffic of the machine being installed and noticed, that it attempts a GET request towhere the response is:Invalid release/repo/arch combinationSo I tried manually with curl and a modified URL (only the major release number):and successfully got a mirror list.I don't know, if this is a bug in anaconda (wrongly requesting the full qualified release number) or the setup of mirrorlist.centos.org (wrongly only accepting a major release number), so please redirect it if appropriate. I can confirm this issue when installing from CentOS-8-x-boot.iso.How to reproduce:1. Select Installation source - Network - Closest mirror2. Hi, I've assigned this one to to investigate what needs to be adapted in anaconda to act like if that was on a normal setup: $releasever should resolve to 8 (and for Streams, it would need to be investigated too) and.not. $major.$minorAlso closing the mirrorlist bug mentioned above, as it was clearly designed to.not. answer for specific $major.$minor (only $major, meaning only last one): we don't want to give false impression that we still validate older trees, without any security updates, etc.
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Hey William, I do not know this for certain (and you're not going to like this answer, I'm afraid) but a network-based installation requires the installation bits to be hosted somewhere (which I am sure you already know). I have never seen a public URL for content for installation, like other variants. (I am now curious though and will try to look in to this). You might want to open a ticket to ask Support whether there is a public repo.In my case, I download the entire DVD and then mount it so that it is web-accessible and point my installation at that directory (I build tons of systems for testing).From inst.repo=http://10.32.5.1/mnt/archive/RHEL-7/7.x/Server/x8664/os/.
I guess the download page could be a little more clear:)Fair enough;-) Having been on both sides of the fence (as a customer and Red Hatter) I can assure you it can be tough to have the right perspective in mind when preparing docs (i.e. To put yourself in someone else's shoes). However, I know they are very receptive to suggested updates to the docs and web pages;-)I am continuing to look for an answer though.
It would be great if the end-user could provide their RHN credentials and then point at a 'public' repo for a network-based install. The web pages really need clarification, as does the help text you get in the installation screen. It should just flat out say 'there is no URL provided by RedHat you can enter here, you must download the DVD images and either boot from them or put them somewhere accessible on your network.' Then it can go on to explain how to tell the installer where to look for them on your network.Better, of course, would be to actually provide a working URL to customers with support contracts.
I did not even consider the possibility that RedHat would not do so. Every other linux distribution I've worked with does. Hi Everyone,I’m part of the Customer Content Services (CCS) group in Red Hat, and while I’m not part of the group that is responsible for updating the Customer Portal Downloads page, I am hoping that with your help I can forward your feedback to the right team so we can resolve this issue.
I’d also like to ensure that if an update is required for the installation documentation, that we can discuss it here.From what I can tell, the main topic is that the Customer Portal Downloads page, for example does not provide enough information on the differences between the ISOs that are available for download. This could be corrected with a high-level description under each ISO. Is this correct? Am I missing anything else that needs to be addressed?I’m looking forward to your responses and to working with you to get this resolved.Kind regards,Sharon. I can only agree with James Jones!not everyone has a whole fleet of feraries at home and wants to see their contents. Other distros also make it and RedHat probably has money and your server has a server on which the repros can be uploaded.
We have a par server here, but these are in production and there to record a repro from RedHat costs more time than it would be for RedHat. If more than ten thousand complain and ask that it is still not implemented after more than two years, the RedHat shows only interest in selling the subscriptions but providing serious customer service for which they do not exist.