# Ansible VSFTPD Issue - Cannot get repository working **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** rhel, awx\ **Created:** [March 3, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756 "2025-03-03T18:59:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shanemhartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/shanemhartley/32/7786_2.png) [@shanemhartley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shanemhartley)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756/1 "2025-03-03T18:59:27Z")
I am configuring a vsftpd repository on a server, and pointing my clients to it. This is from the Sander Van Vugt RHEL study exam and I cannot get the vsftpd part working. I can do the HTTP one, but for some reason VSFTPD doesn’t work as expected. ## This part is done on the repository server. And below this I will post what I’m doing to point the clients at this repository server. - name: Setup repo server hosts: localhost become: true become\_user: root ignore\_errors: true tasks: This part is done on the clients * * * - name: Setup clients to use repo hosts: all become: true become\_user: root ignore\_errors: true tasks: Any ideas on how to tackle this? I really don’t know what is going on with VSFTPD I cannot curl it either. I have completely disabled selinux When I do a dnf repolist and dnf update I get this [awx@VM1 ~]$ sudo dnf repolist [sudo] password for awx: Updating Subscription Management repositories. repo id repo name Custom\_AppStream Custom\_AppStream Custom\_BaseOS Custom\_BaseOS Errors during downloading metadata for repository ‘Custom\_AppStream’: - Curl error (67): Login denied for URL (can’t put here) [Access denied: 530] Error: Failed to download metadata for repo ‘Custom\_AppStream’: Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried [awx@VM1 ~]$ curl url^C [awx@VM1 ~]$ curl url (can’t put here or it tells me I cant post) curl: (67) Access denied: 530 ---
**Author:** ![NomakCooper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/nomakcooper/32/7309_2.png) [@NomakCooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/NomakCooper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756/2 "2025-03-03T19:04:15Z")
> [@shanemhartley](#): > > name: Allow anonymous user access to /var/ftp/repo > lineinfile: > path: /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf > regexp: “^anonymous\_enable” > line: “ **anonymouns\_enable** =YES” misspelled? ```yaml lineinfile: path: /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf regexp: "^anonymous_enable" line: "anonymous_enable=YES" ``` ---
**Author:** ![shanemhartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/shanemhartley/32/7786_2.png) [@shanemhartley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shanemhartley)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756/3 "2025-03-03T19:28:06Z")
Wow I’m an idiot Yes that was it lol I do get a bunch of these errors, but maybe they can be ignored? lol [awx@VM1 ~]$ sudo dnf update Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:18 ago on Mon 03 Mar 2025 01:25:00 PM CST. Modular dependency problems: Problem 1: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module ant:1.10:8100020240221104459:417e5c08.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 2: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module container-tools:rhel8:8100020240227110532:82888897.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 3: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module eclipse:rhel8:8030020201023061315:498c0fee.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 4: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module freeradius:3.0:8080020221214103624:89170a74.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 5: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module gimp:2.8:8090020240201075404:4ba4a31a.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 6: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module go-toolset:rhel8:8100020240401160413:7e2b282f.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 7: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module httpd:2.4:8100020240405103607:e155f54d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 8: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module idm:client:8100020240307184541:6d180cd9.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 9: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module inkscape:0.92.3:8080020221109110104:3e031279.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 10: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module jaxb:4:8080020230207081414:9d367344.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 11: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module jmc:rhel8:8050020211005144542:6392b1f8.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 12: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module llvm-toolset:rhel8:8100020240205133135:e155f54d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 13: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module log4j:2:8080020221020123337:9d367344.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 14: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module mailman:2.1:8090020230727085757:0ef2f6ef.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 15: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module mariadb:10.3:8080020230814130040:63b34585.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 16: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module maven:3.5:8060020220428102527:219351c9.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 17: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module mercurial:4.8:820190108205035:77fc8825.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 18: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module mod\_auth\_openidc:2.3:8090020230721123832:b46abd14.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 19: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module mysql:8.0:8090020240126173013:a75119d5.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 20: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module nginx:1.14:8000020190830002848:f8e95b4e.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 21: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module nodejs:10:8030020210225164533:229f0a1c.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 22: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl:5.26:820181219174508:9edba152.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 23: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module php:7.2:8020020191108065827:2c7ca891.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 24: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module postgresql:10:8090020240213200157:a75119d5.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 25: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module python27:2.7:8100020240208011952:5f0f67de.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 26: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module python36:3.6:8100020231207164005:5ae887d0.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 27: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module python38:3.8:8090020230810143931:d9f72c26.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 28: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module python39:3.9:8100020240214182535:7044f6c1.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 29: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module redis:5:8040020211011074037:522a0ee4.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 30: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module rhn-tools:1.0:8010020190425142954:f69d1239.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 31: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module ruby:2.5:8090020230627084142:b46abd14.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 32: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module rust-toolset:rhel8:8100020240119204620:f4e2ccb8.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 33: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module satellite-5-client:1.0:8010020190621091459:cdc1202b.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 34: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module squid:4:8100020240319173245:e155f54d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 35: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module subversion:1.10:8070020220701055908:78111232.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 36: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module swig:3.0:8030020200407110056:30b713e6.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 37: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module varnish:6:8090020240328195416:a75119d5.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 38: conflicting requests - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module virt:rhel:8100020240314161907:e155f54d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 39: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-libwww-perl:6.34:8060020210901111951:5e590cab.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-libwww-perl:6.34:8060020210901111951:9168a43d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-libwww-perl:6.34:8060020210901111951:b947e2fe.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-libwww-perl:6.34:8060020210901111951:e0b4ded3.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 40: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-YAML:1.24:8060020210901112033:369bdfc6.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-YAML:1.24:8060020210901112033:6a1d53c5.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-YAML:1.24:8060020210901112033:e4fef011.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-YAML:1.24:8060020210901112033:f7485d8d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 41: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-IO-Socket-SSL:2.066:8060020211122104554:03d935ed.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-IO-Socket-SSL:2.066:8060020211122104554:0e56aea9.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-IO-Socket-SSL:2.066:8060020211122104554:200e0407.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-IO-Socket-SSL:2.066:8060020211122104554:bc93984d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 42: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-FCGI:0.78:8060020210901110348:03d935ed.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-FCGI:0.78:8060020210901110348:0e56aea9.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-FCGI:0.78:8060020210901110348:200e0407.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-FCGI:0.78:8060020210901110348:bc93984d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 43: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBI:1.641:8060020211122100623:03d935ed.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBI:1.641:8060020211122100623:0e56aea9.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBI:1.641:8060020211122100623:200e0407.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBI:1.641:8060020211122100623:bc93984d.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 44: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-SQLite:1.58:8060020210901111154:0c8a95f7.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-SQLite:1.58:8060020210901111154:4f86f5e0.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-SQLite:1.58:8060020210901111154:a201e4c2.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-SQLite:1.58:8060020210901111154:bce9b2db.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 45: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-Pg:3.7:8060020210901112417:66cd6814.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-Pg:3.7:8060020210901112417:c5552f1b.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-Pg:3.7:8060020210901112417:e46b129e.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-Pg:3.7:8060020210901112417:e5d39b47.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 46: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-MySQL:4.046:8060020210901110310:0c8a95f7.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-MySQL:4.046:8060020210901110310:4f86f5e0.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-MySQL:4.046:8060020210901110310:a201e4c2.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-DBD-MySQL:4.046:8060020210901110310:bce9b2db.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream Problem 47: cannot install the best candidate for the job - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-App-cpanminus:1.7044:8060020211122110049:2e584954.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-App-cpanminus:1.7044:8060020211122110049:5c1672a6.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-App-cpanminus:1.7044:8060020211122110049:7ba85dc7.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream - nothing provides module(platform:el8) needed by module perl-App-cpanminus:1.7044:8060020211122110049:a439c6c3.x86\_64 from Custom\_AppStream ---
**Author:** ![NomakCooper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/nomakcooper/32/7309_2.png) [@NomakCooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/NomakCooper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756/4 "2025-03-03T19:37:27Z")
> [@shanemhartley](#): > > I do get a bunch of these errors, but maybe they can be ignored? lol The errors indicate that various module streams require “module(platform:el8)” which is not available in your repository’s metadata. This leads to conflicting requests when DNF attempts to resolve dependencies. ---
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Do I need to worry about that for the exam? Is there a better way to do what I’m trying to do? ---
**Author:** ![shanemhartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/shanemhartley/32/7786_2.png) [@shanemhartley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shanemhartley)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756/6 "2025-03-05T22:43:28Z")
Is there anything I’m missing here? I cannot download any packages… ---
**Author:** ![shanemhartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/shanemhartley/32/7786_2.png) [@shanemhartley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shanemhartley)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756/7 "2025-03-05T22:52:05Z")
[awx@VM1 ~]$ curl ftp://ct.shaneshomelab.com drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2048 Oct 09 08:22 AppStream drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2048 Oct 09 08:22 BaseOS drwxrwxr-x 1 0 0 2048 Oct 07 15:23 EFI -r–r–r-- 1 0 0 8154 Oct 09 08:07 EULA -r–r–r-- 1 0 0 18092 Oct 09 08:07 GPL -r–r–r-- 1 0 0 1669 Oct 09 08:07 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-beta -r–r–r-- 1 0 0 3682 Oct 09 08:07 RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release -r–r–r-- 1 0 0 1455 Oct 09 08:33 extra\_files.json drwxrwxr-x 1 0 0 2048 Oct 07 15:23 images drwxrwxr-x 1 0 0 2048 Oct 07 15:23 isolinux -r–r–r-- 1 0 0 103 Oct 09 08:22 media.repo I can curl it but it doesn’t let me download packages? ---
**Author:** ![NomakCooper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/nomakcooper/32/7309_2.png) [@NomakCooper](https://forum.ansible.com/u/NomakCooper)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756/8 "2025-03-06T09:59:17Z")
> [@shanemhartley](#): > > I can curl it but it doesn’t let me download packages? FTP can be tricky with active vs. passive modes. Although firewalld is disabled in your setup, ensure that vsftpd is set up for passive mode if your clients expect it. You can add (or verify) these settings in `/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf` ```ini pasv_enable=YES pasv_min_port=30000 pasv_max_port=31000 ``` ---
**Author:** ![shanemhartley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/shanemhartley/32/7786_2.png) [@shanemhartley](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shanemhartley)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vsftpd-issue-cannot-get-repository-working/40756/9 "2025-03-06T16:08:55Z")
I tried that and same thing, even after restarting service. Hmmm ---
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There are a few things to go over. First, you shouldn’t use “ignore\_errors: true” unless you have a specific reason to do so. In the playbook you posted, you are also configuring vsftpd after starting it. In order for vsftpd to use the configuration you’re writing you have to modify the config file before you start it. Ensure the repo you’re creating is for the same version the clients are using. Try to do the configuration by hand before you automate. It’s important to know how to get things working manually, before automating. Also, although you should keep SELinux on, if you do need it out of the way while troubleshooting, set it to permissive, instead of disabling it. ---
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