# Debian repo not working?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debian-repo-not-working/45222>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 23, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debian-repo-not-working/45222 "2016-03-23T13:01:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![stbc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@stbc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stbc)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debian-repo-not-working/45222/1 "2016-03-23T13:01:17Z")

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Hi everybody. Just tried to set up the repos for apt, but running into problems.

My sources.list  
`deb http://packages.elastic.co/logstash/2.2/debian stable main`

When issuing an apt-update, apt will start and the it tries to connect endlessly to the [elastic.co](http://elastic.co) repo.

```
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en
100% [Connecting to packages.elastic.co (2406:da00:ff00::b849:ba57)]

```

I added the key manually via apt-key add.

Any help appreciated..

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**Author:** ![stbc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@stbc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stbc)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debian-repo-not-working/45222/2 "2016-03-23T13:02:25Z")

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Ah, the process run into an timeout. Apt states:

```
Ign http://packages.elastic.co jessie InRelease
Ign http://packages.elastic.co jessie Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.elastic.co jessie Release
Err http://packages.elastic.co jessie/main amd64 Packages
  404 Not Found [IP: 184.72.244.137 80]
Ign http://packages.elastic.co jessie/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.elastic.co jessie/main Translation-en
Fetched 1,748 B in 6min 3s (4 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://packages.elastic.co/logstash/2.2/debian/dists/jessie/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 184.72.244.137 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
```

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**Author:** ![stbc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@stbc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stbc)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debian-repo-not-working/45222/3 "2016-03-23T13:11:29Z")

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Mh, if I add

`184.72.244.137 packages.elastic.co`

in my /etc/hosts everything works like a charm. Seems like the IPv6 host is down?

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Klippel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Brian\_Klippel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brian_Klippel)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debian-repo-not-working/45222/4 "2016-03-31T21:10:16Z")

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I added that to mine, and the IP it was trying to use changed to something else...  
Err [http://packages.elasticsearch.org](http://packages.elasticsearch.org) stable/main amd64 Packages  
404 Not Found [IP: 23.21.103.31 80]  
Ign [http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com](http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com) trusty/main Translation-en\_US  
Ign [http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com](http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com) trusty/multiverse Translation-en\_US  
Ign [http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com](http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com) trusty/restricted Translation-en\_US  
Ign [http://packages.elasticsearch.org](http://packages.elasticsearch.org) stable/main Translation-en\_US  
Ign [http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com](http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com) trusty/universe Translation-en\_US  
Ign [http://packages.elasticsearch.org](http://packages.elasticsearch.org) stable/main Translation-en  
Fetched 784 kB in 2s (345 kB/s)  
W: Failed to fetch [http://packages.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/2.2/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages](http://packages.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/2.2/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages) 404 Not Found [IP: 23.21.103.31 80]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/debian-repo-not-working/45222/5 "2017-07-06T05:04:25Z")

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