Syncing external reporitories to Satellite 5.x fails with "Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository"

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Issue

  • In order to create an EPEL channel and repository I followed the instructions on https://access.redhat.com/solutions/308983.
  • Ok, somehow when I start up the sync, I recieve an error telling me the URL is not correct and the repomd.xml cannot be found.

  • Sync Output:

    Sync started: Thu Nov 13 12:08:48 2014
['/usr/bin/spacewalk-repo-sync', '--channel', 'epel_rhel6_x86_64_v1', '--type', 'yum']
Repo URL: http://mirrors.nl.kernel.org/fedora-epel/6Server/x86_64/
ERROR: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel_rhel6_x86_64_v1. Please verify its path and try again
Sync completed.
Total time: 0:00:00

  • In order to exclude an internal Firewall issue, and as far as I can tell the used URL is valid and reachable from the Satellite test server

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite or Proxy 5.x

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