wget command returning 404 Not Found error

[kk001]

I am trying to copy a file from a datastore into my one of the directories in my Ubuntu VM.

The path to the file in the datastore (datastore1) is,

software/Ubuntu/Ubuntu/EnterpriseRepository_11.1.1.3.0 and the filename is OER111130_generic.zip

The command I give in the Ubuntu terminal shell is,

wget --http-user=root --http-password=vmpwd 'http://172.18.12.20/software/Ubuntu/Ubuntu/EnterpriseRepository_11.1.1.3.0/OER111130_generic.zip dsName=datastore1' --no-check-certificate

It is returning with this error

HTTP request sent, awaiting response.. 404 Not Found

[Dave_Mishchenko]

You can try it like this

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[kk001]

Thanks, but what are these characters "ha%2ddatacenter"

the ha%2d etc. should they be included. So, it should read,

'http://172.18.12.20/folder/OER111130_generic.zip?dcPath=/Ubuntu/Ubuntu/EnterpriseRepository_11.1.1.3.0/OER111130_generic.zip?dsName=datastore1'

[Dave_Mishchenko]

ha-datacenter is the object that you're browsing. %2d is the escape character for - and ensure that the URL doesn't get misinterpreted. If you have any spaces those get replaced with %20 and hyphens with %5f.




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[kk001]

One more update. The 404 error is the last one being reported, immediately after the command, I get this msg,

Connecting to 172.18.12.20:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently

[Dave_Mishchenko]

As mentioned about, unless you've made some configuration changes to ESXi, this connection has to be made over https. You're connectiong over http and ESXi is redirecting the request to https.




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[kk001]

After using this command,

wget ---no-check-certificate -http-user=root --http-password=vmpwd 'https://172.18.12.20/folder/Ubuntu/Ubuntu/EnterpriseRepository_11.1.1.3.0/OER111130_generic.zip dsName=datastore1'

I get some messages including 301 and 401 back but towards the end it says connected and waiting for response and just waits and nothing seems to happen but it is no longer returning a 404 and terminating.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

If I use the following it works fine

wget --no-check-certificate --http-user=root --http-password=****** 'https://esx01/folder/Ubuntu%2fUbuntu%2fEnterpriseRepository_11.1.1.3.0/VMware-VMvisor-InstallerCD-3.5.0_Update_4-153875.i386.iso?dcPath=ha%2ddatacenter&dsName=ESX01%5flocal'   -O ESXi3.5.iso 

It works fine without the -O option but it just doesn't save the right file name if I exclude it. I could also run it substituting %2f with / (so /Ubuntu/Ubuntu/Ent.. was fine). Note the differences in syntax after the file name. I have ?dcPath=ha%2ddatacenter&dsName=ESX01%5flocal'




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