Docker-alpine: Repository down

Created on 23 Mar 2016  ·  49Comments  ·  Source: gliderlabs/docker-alpine

I'm using this image but as soon as I start using the command

RUN apk update && apk upgrade

it throws errors on missing repositories:

`fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main: IO ERROR

WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.5a59b88b.tar.gz: No such file or directory
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/community: IO ERROR

WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.7c1f02d6.tar.gz: No such file or directory

2 errors; 11 distinct packages available
`

It looks like the content delivery network is down or it changed

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picture madduci
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Most helpful comment

Use this:

# Use dl-4, as the main repo is down (23.08.2016)
RUN sed -i -e 's/dl-cdn/dl-4/' /etc/apk/repositories && \
    apk add --no-cache \
        bash \
        build-base \
...
picture IlyaSemenov on 23 Aug 2016
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All 49 comments

It seems like the domain is expired...

arjandepooter picture arjandepooter on 23 Mar 2016

what's going on? 8 hours already

oryband picture oryband on 23 Mar 2016

Indexes used by apk in /etc/apk/repositories are unreachable.

Instead of http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main,
use http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.3/main (for now).

See options.

thavel picture thavel on 23 Mar 2016
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I had the same issue, it seems fixed now.

risq picture risq on 23 Mar 2016

The alpinelinux.org domain expired and was renewed. It is taking a while for caches to expire and get the correct IP addresses again. It should start working again today.

andyshinn picture andyshinn on 23 Mar 2016
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I am having this problem now

frankunderwood2028 picture frankunderwood2028 on 22 May 2016

I'm also seeing it all of a sudden today. Can't resolve dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org. The domain couldn't have expired again so quickly. Anyone involved with Alpine Linux know what's going on?

waits picture waits on 22 May 2016
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@andyshinn I'm seeing that it's still registered, but there's no nameservers for alpinelinux.org anymore...

waits picture waits on 22 May 2016

should be back now

ncopa picture ncopa on 22 May 2016

If I see that correctly, the domain cannot be resolved because the name server hostnames rely on it.
It is not possible to resolve ns1.alpinelinux.org to get the name server of alpinelinux.org to query *.alpinelinux.org.

Name Server: NS2.ALPINELINUX.ORG
Name Server: NS1.ALPINELINUX.ORG

mrcrgl picture mrcrgl on 22 May 2016
👍1

glue records are used to solve that problem.

ncopa picture ncopa on 22 May 2016

@ncopa you're right. Is back online 👍

mrcrgl picture mrcrgl on 22 May 2016

Still getting this

nnn-gif picture nnn-gif on 14 Jun 2016

@niktrix exactly what are you getting? IO error? DNS lookup failure? something else?

ncopa picture ncopa on 14 Jun 2016

ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main: temporary error (try again later)
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.167438ca.tar.gz: No such file or directory
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community: temporary error (try again later)

nnn-gif picture nnn-gif on 14 Jun 2016

I'm getting this today whenever I try to apk update or apk add. Specifically: 

fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main: temporary error (try again later)
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.167438ca.tar.gz: No such file or directory
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community: temporary error (try again later)
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.a2e6dac0.tar.gz: No such file or directory
ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
  openssh (missing):
    required by: world[openssh]
nihakue picture nihakue on 15 Aug 2016

@nihakue Try restarting Docker, that solved it for me today.

timstoop picture timstoop on 16 Aug 2016
👍6 😄1

I've been having a similar issue. 

Step 6 : RUN apk add --no-cache --update curl mongodb-tools netcat-openbsd
 ---> Running in f01379bab48c
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main: temporary error (try again later)
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
WARNING: Ignoring http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz: temporary error (try again later)
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community: temporary error (try again later)
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
WARNING: Ignoring http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz: temporary error (try again later)
fetch http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing: temporary error (try again later)
fetch http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
WARNING: Ignoring http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz: temporary error (try again later)
ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
  curl (missing):
    required by: world[curl]
  mongodb-tools (missing):
    required by: world[mongodb-tools]
  netcat-openbsd (missing):
    required by: world[netcat-openbsd]
The command '/bin/sh -c apk add --no-cache --update curl mongodb-tools netcat-openbsd' returned a non-zero code: 3

I can access dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org and dl-4.alpinelinux.org. I can use wget on the host to download APKINDEX.tar.gz files. Tried restarting the docker service and restarting the host vm (centos 6), neither of those seemed to help. Not really sure where to go from here.

jansari-navy picture jansari-navy on 17 Aug 2016
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Use this:

# Use dl-4, as the main repo is down (23.08.2016)
RUN sed -i -e 's/dl-cdn/dl-4/' /etc/apk/repositories && \
    apk add --no-cache \
        bash \
        build-base \
...
IlyaSemenov picture IlyaSemenov on 23 Aug 2016
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The @IlyaSemenov solution works for me. Thanks

rodolphopivetta picture rodolphopivetta on 23 Aug 2016

@IlyaSemenov Thanks!!
I decided to use only when it fails.

RUN apk add --no-cache nodejs || \
    (sed -i -e 's/dl-cdn/dl-4/g' /etc/apk/repositories && apk add --no-cache nodejs)
178inaba picture 178inaba on 24 Aug 2016
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Well, I retried and it works like MAZIC.

parayaluyanta picture parayaluyanta on 14 Oct 2016

image

and same for http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

AlSayedGamal picture AlSayedGamal on 16 Mar 2017

running into this again.

fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main: temporary error (try again later)
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.c51f8f92.tar.gz: No such file or directory
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/community: temporary error (try again later)
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.d09172fd.tar.gz: No such file or directory
2 errors; 49 distinct packages available
dopatraman picture dopatraman on 16 Mar 2017

repository down?

fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
WARNING: Ignoring http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz: temporary error (try again later)
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
WARNING: Ignoring http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz: temporary error (try again later)
ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
  tzdata (missing):
    required by: world[tzdata]

$ curl -I http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
HTTP/1.1 503 Connection timed out
Server: Varnish
Retry-After: 0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 454
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:57:32 GMT
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: close
X-Served-By: cache-nrt6124-NRT
X-Cache: MISS
X-Cache-Hits: 0
X-Timer: S1489629450.029380,VS0,VE2000

$ curl -I http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
HTTP/1.1 503 backend read error
Server: Varnish
Retry-After: 0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 448
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:57:56 GMT
Via: 1.1 varnish
Connection: close
X-Served-By: cache-nrt6129-NRT
X-Cache: MISS
X-Cache-Hits: 0
X-Timer: S1489629463.326330,VS0,VE13361
naa0yama picture naa0yama on 16 Mar 2017
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Build fails on hub.docker.com too.

fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main: temporary error (try again later)
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.c51f8f92.tar.gz: No such file or directory
fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

ERROR: http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/community: temporary error (try again later)
WARNING: Ignoring APKINDEX.d09172fd.tar.gz: No such file or directory
ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
  openvpn (missing):
    required by: world[openvpn]
athrunsun picture athrunsun on 16 Mar 2017
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This fixed it for me...

docker exec -it $ID sed -i -e 's/dl-cdn/dl-4/' /etc/apk/repositories
then
docker exec -it $ID apk add --update drill

I'm following Victor Farcic's DevOps 2.1 tutorial / book.

sardjv picture sardjv on 16 Mar 2017

Seems to be resolved.

dopatraman picture dopatraman on 16 Mar 2017

I got the error again today. Has anyone encountered this again ?

colceagus picture colceagus on 24 Apr 2017
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@danielmihai Try restarting Docker, that solved it for me today.

alamzeeshan picture alamzeeshan on 24 Apr 2017

I did that 3 times already, even replaced the dl-cdn with dl-4.. doesn't
work.. any other recommendations ?

Important detail: i'm behind a proxy. i've set the docker proxy options as
recommended in the docker docs.

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solved it for me today.

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colceagus picture colceagus on 24 Apr 2017

@danielmihai Did you check that the packages you're trying to install are actually in those repositories?

I've just had an issue where one of the packages moved to /edge/community repository and another one moved to /v3.5/main

Gruek picture Gruek on 26 Apr 2017

@danielmihai were you able to resolve this issue?

Katiyman picture Katiyman on 26 Apr 2017

Haven't tried again, had to finish the task, so I found a workaround,
didn't need those images for the task.. will try again after I finish with
all.

Thanks for supporting me!

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colceagus picture colceagus on 26 Apr 2017

Add Google's DNS to your nameservers list

docker-machine ssh <host>
sudo su
echo 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' >> /etc/resolv.conf
exit
gittycat picture gittycat on 4 May 2017

Domain alpinelinux.org is down again. Anyone else?

czende picture czende on 5 May 2017

Yes it down for me as well

Katiyman picture Katiyman on 5 May 2017

I'm facing the same problem, any idea?

niegus picture niegus on 5 May 2017

Down again today - 503 on http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

camsjams picture camsjams on 11 May 2017
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for me as well:

curl http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
  <head>
    <title>503 Connection timed out</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Error 503 Connection timed out</h1>
    <p>Connection timed out</p>
    <h3>Guru Mediation:</h3>
    <p>Details: cache-XXXXXXXX</p>
    <hr>
    <p>Varnish cache server</p>
  </body>
</html>
stephanlindauer picture stephanlindauer on 11 May 2017
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So kinda hacky, but if you want to be unblocked, figure out the version you need and add the mirror like so (Dockerfile):
RUN echo "http://dl-5.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/" >> /etc/apk/repositories

Then you can run your apk commands:
RUN apk add --update python make g++

There are other mirror sites, 1-5:
http://dl-1.alpinelinux.org
http://dl-2.alpinelinux.org
http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org
http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org
http://dl-5.alpinelinux.org

But at this moment I am only able to get dl-5 working.

Hope this helps anyone! @stephanlindauer

Or alternatively, you can pass as argument:
RUN apk add python make g++ --repository http://dl-5.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.4/main/

camsjams picture camsjams on 11 May 2017
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This has been down for me a lot since Friday (5/12). When I am seeing the issue, adding the dl-1, dl-2, etc mirrors does not help.

erkolson picture erkolson on 15 May 2017

dl-1 looks to be down atm. http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/ is up and there has been less than .01% error rate since the 11th.

mattatcha picture mattatcha on 15 May 2017

Looks like they gave up on using tls on the dl-[1-5].alpinelinux.org servers?
https://bugs.alpinelinux.org/issues/4982
dl-cdn redirects to dl-[1-5]? Pulling packages without tls is unacceptable for production.

erkolson picture erkolson on 16 May 2017

Looks like https://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/ is working currently, combine that with @camsjams suggestion and you can properly get TLS for production. Worked in my case

willtrking picture willtrking on 17 May 2017

Oh wow, thanks. I didn't think to try all of them. dl-3 and only dl-3 has a legit cert. Thanks! I'm doing this for good measure:

ADD https://gist.github.com/erkolson/e9f27061a29953aa23341cb392abd39f/raw /retry.sh
RUN chmod +x /retry.sh && \
    /retry.sh 10 \
    apk add --no-cache \
    tini
erkolson picture erkolson on 18 May 2017

@erkolson seems your solution didn't help me.
Also, I tried dl-3 and dl-5.

akhomy picture akhomy on 18 May 2017

After some debugging and googling I found that problem was inside the container and based on DNS, so the best way in my case was:
create/edit file/etc/docker/daemon.json
And add in it text:
{"dns": ["8.8.8.8", "8.8.8.4"] }

Link to - http://stackoverflow.com/a/42332682

akhomy picture akhomy on 18 May 2017

This specific issue "Repository down" with IO ERROR form March 2016 was resolved in March 2016.

Please open new issue if you have new issues.

ncopa picture ncopa on 19 May 2017
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