The repository 'http://apt-longview.linode.com jammy Release' no longer has a Release file

Currently Ubuntu focal is the most current version supported by Longview, but there is a work around that will allow more recent updates to still make use of Longview.

We recommend referring to the instructions from the following guide:

• https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloud-computing/docs/getting-started-with-longview#manual-installation

In the second section of step 1:
In this file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/longview.list use the last supported OS version (focal in your case) instead of the current version. Additionally a recent security change went into effect that has required that an update for that documentation, be sure to use https as opposed to http. The command you'll want to add to the source file will look like this:

deb https://apt-longview.linode.com/ focal main

You can then proceed with the remaining steps in the documentation if needed.

As our developers are aware of the problem, even though I know this is not ideal, I did want to let you know. If you need additional guidance, the Community post below should help you workaround this.

• I can't install Longview on Ubuntu 21.04 (21538) | Linode Questions

@hidep I am getting the same with stretch

Ign:5 http://apt-longview.linode.com stretch InRelease
Err:6 http://apt-longview.linode.com stretch Release
404 Not Found [IP: 97.107.139.216 80]
….
Reading package lists… Done
E: The repository 'http://apt-longview.linode.com stretch Release' no longer has a Release file.
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.

It's been working fine for months until now

Ran into this error today. Simple fix - in the apt sources file referencing longview, change "http" to "https", i.e. "https://apt-longview.linode.com/". Then "apt update", and away you go.

Just for others who stumble upon this: Debian 12 (bookworm) has the same issue, besides Ubuntu focal.

Yes I can confirm Im seeing the same

https://apt-longview.linode.com/ or http://apt-longview.linode.com/

is down - We see no files

This is erroring out when running apt

please fix

Even when changing to https, it still errors out

Ign:5 https://apt-longview.linode.com focal InRelease Err:6 https://apt-longview.linode.com focal Release 404 Not Found [IP: 2600:3c03::f03c:91ff:feba:159b 443] Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://apt-longview.linode.com focal Release' no longer has a Release file.
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.

Could it be something is down or IPv6 only?

https://apt-longview.linode.com returns an empty page now, before it wasn't resolving

Yeh seeing the same no release files:

E: The repository 'https://apt-longview.linode.com focal Release' does not have a Release file.

Hopefully Akamai is working on something?

Found this thread before opening a ticket.

The line I had in my longview.list file that was working up until today:

deb https://apt-longview.linode.com/ stable main

Like @AntiBodies above, I manually visited the site to see an empty Apache directory listing.

While this is not inhibiting operations, it's not like Linode to have an error like this sitting open for nearly a week.

Also confirming that the apt repositories for longview (HTTP or HTTPS) are empty/have bad permissions.

HTTP

curl -i http://apt-longview.linode.com/

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:55:56 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.25 (Debian)
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Length: 565
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8

**snip**
<empty apache directory>

HTTPS

curl -i https://apt-longview.linode.com/

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:55:23 GMT
Server: Apache/2.4.25 (Debian)
Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline';
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
Content-Length: 289
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

**snip**

Is there an expected time period for resolution or can we expect this to be resolved at all? This repository has been down for at least two weeks.

This has started working for me today.

The issue related to the empty repository, which caused Longview installations to fail, has been resolved. Our team has tested the fix on Debian, Ubuntu, and CentOS distributions and the installation was successful. Please try installing Longview again on your Linode. If you have run into any additional issues, please contact Linode Support.

Thanks for the link.