From subscription to no subscription

[etron770]

What will happen if the server has a subscription and yo will end the subscription option:
Does the server will work after that?
The question comes up, because there was pve-no-subscription at /etc/apt/sources.list
After changing the hostname and rebooting there was an error message at apt update , that my IP does not match to any subscription
Therefor this question comes up to my mind

 

[leesteken]

Using pve-no-subscription just gives you updates sooner (with or without a subscription) than the subscription/enterprise repository (which needs a correct subscription to allow you to download updates).

 

[etron770]

but why was i am running in the enterprise files with the pve-no-subscription in the source list when starting apt update?

 

[leesteken]

but why was i am running in the enterprise files with the pve-no-subscription in the source list when starting apt update?

I can't tell you why your system was setup this way or what has happened to it in the past. I can only speculate on how something like this could have happened:
Maybe you or someone else with access put it there? Maybe it was used to update Proxmox before getting the subscription? As far as I know, the repositories are not automatically changed/removed when you enter a subscription. Maybe it was used to get some specific update earlier?

 

[etron770]

I did a complete new installation with debian bullseye and proxmox
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-install-repo.list
with

deb [arch=amd64] http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bullseye pve-no-subscription

and the issue of apt update:

E: Failed to fetch https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve/dists/bullseye/InRelease  401  Unauthorized [IP: 2a01:7e0:0:424::249 443]
E: The repository 'https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve bullseye InRelease' is not signed.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

is that there is an file installed with

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list

looking to the timestamps it was installed during the installation ob Proxmox
So the headline of the tread might be wrong - is there a old tread matching this issue?

 

[Neobin]

If you do not have a subscription (anymore), you need to comment out the line in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list (see the note under: [1]) or disable the enterprise repository over the webUI.

In this case, to get updates for PVE, you want to add the no-subscription repository [2]. (Can also be done over the webUI.)

[1] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_Repositories#sysadmin_enterprise_repo
[2] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_Repositories#sysadmin_no_subscription_repo

 

[etron770]

it seems that there is any kind of bug in the bullseye pve-non subsription installtation.
The installation added a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list file.
After that an apt update is throwing an error [...] https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve/dists/bullseye/InRelease 401 Unauthorized [IP: xxxx:yyyy:zzzz::249 443]

uncommenting the repository at /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list is solving the problem
(maybe also deleting /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list, but i did not try)

 

[Neobin]

This is no bug, it is default and intended from the developers.

The error simply means, that you are not allowed/authorized to use this repository, because you have no active subscription. Therefore you have to disable it, like I described above.

You have to do this ever (if you do not have a active subscription), whether you install via the ISO or on top of an existing Debian installation from the no-subscription repository.

 

[etron770]

Maybe it not a bug, but It does not make sense, installing with pve-no-subscription from the console and pve throws the error with the first apt update.
It is a strange behavior an maybe it will cause newbies to search a long time.