No release file error from PPA on Ubuntu

[ericuldall]

I went through the installation steps for Ubuntu and I'm unable to get the apt-get update to work.

Hit:1 http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                                                              
Hit:3 http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                                                                            
Hit:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                                                             
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Ign:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial InRelease    
Ign:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial Release      
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Ign:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Err:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Fetched 102 kB in 2s (35.8 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

Currently running Ubuntu 16.04 and salt 2015.8.8 (Beryllium)

I'm trying to get the updated version of salt that doesn't have the Key 'file_ignore_glob' with value None has an invalid type of NoneType, a list is required for this value Warning.

TY

[ericuldall]

This seems to be causing issues when installing packages from the master also:

salt-minion2.c.rm-dash-001.internal:
----------
          ID: nginx
    Function: pkg.installed
      Result: False
     Comment: An error was encountered while installing package(s): W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
              E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
              E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
     Started: 23:15:08.121110
    Duration: 5060.513 ms
     Changes:   
----------
          ID: nginx
    Function: service.running
      Result: False
     Comment: One or more requisite failed: nginx.nginx
     Started: 
    Duration: 
     Changes: 

[ericuldall]

This issue was the community maintained repository does not work, perhaps not up to date. After I switched to the SaltStack Package Repo everything is working fine.

https://repo.saltstack.com/#ubuntu

[rallytime]

Hi @ericuldall: Yeah, that is correct. That ppa has not been updated in a while. We should remove those from the docs as that has caused confusion for people in the past. You should use the repo.saltstack.com packages instead:

https://repo.saltstack.com/#ubuntu