Syncronizing remote repositories on Satellite 6 fails with "Yum Metadata: Not a gzipped file"

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Issue

  • I want to setup a sync with epel.
  • redhat syncs works fine but an extra repo sync with epel fails.
  • Maybe I am doing it wrong, but the connection to the internet works via a proxy/firewall.
  • This is what did: (I downloaded the GPG key with links, using the same proxy/firewall)

    hammer> gpg create --key /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-7Server  --name 'GPG-EPEL-7server' --organization "<someorg>"
    GPG Key created
    hammer> product create --name='EPEL 3rd Party Packages' --organization "<someorg>" --description 'EPEL 3rd Party Packages'
    Product created
    hammer> repository create --name='EPEL 7 - x86_64' --organization "<someorg>" --product='EPEL 3rd Party Packages' --content-type='yum' --publish-via-http=true --url=http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/ --checksum-type=sha256 --gpg-key=GPG-EPEL-7server
    Repository created
    hammer> repository synchronize --organization "<someorg>" --product 'EPEL 3rd Party Packages'  --name  'EPEL 7 - x86_64'
    [......................................................................................................................................] [100%]
    Yum Metadata: Not a gzipped file
    
  • Apparently there is some communication between our katello/sat6 and the "outsideworld."

  • But the error makes no sense to me. Is there someting "dropped" by the proxy or is my config wrong?
  • What does the error mean? How can I check all dependencies for this connection?
  • Did I do something wrong or is there a mis(sing)configuration in de firewall/proxy config.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite or Proxy 6

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