Update Package Database KB ID 0001873

Problem

More of an annoyance than a problem to be honest, but every 24 hours I get the following errors logged against every host in my Proxmox cluster.

Description ‘Update Package Database’

If you drill down into that error, you will see.

TASK ERROR: command ‘apt-get update’ failed: exit code 100

Solution : Update Package Database

This happens because (by default) the Proxmox VE install comes with the enterprise update repositories enabled, and you probably don’t have an Enterprise subscription. It’s a pretty easy fix, you just need to disable the Enterprise repositories, and enable the free (No subscription) repository.

Select the host you wish to change, Updates > Repositories > Locate the enterprise Repository and select it > Disable.

Here I have a second Enterprise repository so I’ve also disabled that > Add > Change the repository to ‘No Subscription‘ > Add.

This is what it should look like, Note: Green tick and ‘You get updates for Proxmox VE‘.

Now go to the updated tab > Refresh > Task should complete without error.

Repeat the process on your other Proxmox VE hosts.

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