Apt mirror for gitlab-runner in packages.gitlab.com

Sonatype Nexus Repository
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Hi,

I want to create an apt proxy for gitlab-runner to be available for our ubuntu hosts.
I have created a repo “apt-proxy-noble-gitlab” connected to packages.gitlab.com for ubuntu noble
https://packages.gitlab.com/runner/gitlab-runner/ubuntu/
and downloaded the gitlab.com gpg key to the test machine to /etc/apt/keyrings/ and set it via signed-by option in the apt sources file I created for the gitlab repo.

deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/gitlab.gpg] https://URL-to-my.repo.url/repository/apt-proxy-noble-gitlab/ubuntu noble main deb-src [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/gitlab.gpg] https://URL-to-my.repo.url/repository/apt-proxy-noble-gitlab/ubuntu noble main

When I run “apt update” on my test host all the entries for gitlab are Ignored and this message comes up:
Failed to fetch https://URL-to-my-repo.url/repository/apt-proxy-noble-gitlab/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found [IP: IP-OF-MY-REPO 443]

Unfortunately there is no logging about any sync jobs when I try to apt update on the test machine.

Any tips?
thx in advance
br
Roland

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There is an outbound request log you could look at to see the external request made. There is an in-memory negative cache in Nexus which will skip previously failed requests so you may need to use the invalidate cache in the repository’s configuration screen.