container-suseconnect does not work on EC2 base images

SUSE Public Cloud Amazon-EC2
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I installed docker and the image. I activated the image with sle2docker. I started the container, and tried to do stuff in it. However, it is always failing when I try to refresh the package repos.

ec2-user@ip-172-31-32-162:~> docker run --rm -it suse/sles11sp4-docker bash bash-3.2# zypper ref Refreshing service 'container-suseconnect'. Problem retrieving the repository index file for service 'container-suseconnect': [|] Skipping service 'container-suseconnect' because of the above error. There are no enabled repositories defined. Use 'zypper addrepo' or 'zypper modifyrepo' commands to add or enable repositories.

SUSE connect says that the container module is installed:

[CODE]ec2-user@ip-172-31-32-162:~> sudo SUSEConnect --list-extensions
AVAILABLE EXTENSIONS AND MODULES

FREE EXTENSIONS

Toolchain Module 12 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-toolchain/12/x86_64

Legacy Module 12 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-legacy/12/x86_64

HPC Module 12 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-hpc/12/x86_64

Advanced Systems Management Module 12 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-adv-systems-management/12/x86_64

Web and Scripting Module 12 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-web-scripting/12/x86_64

SUSE Package Hub 12 SP3 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p PackageHub/12.3/x86_64

Containers Module 12 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-containers/12/x86_64

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-sdk/12.3/x86_64

Public Cloud Module 12 x86_64 (Installed)
De-Install with: SUSEConnect -d -p sle-module-public-cloud/12/x86_64

MORE INFORMATION

You can find more information about available modules here:
https://www.suse.com/products/server/features/modules.html[/CODE]

And the images themselves install and activate just fine.

So, what am I doing wrong? Does anyone have any advice for me? zypper works on the host system, just not on the containers.

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Sorry for the necro but I’ve just found this thread via google while searching for the same error message. I figured it out since then, so for anyone in the same shoes: you need to add the certificates/CAs to the image and trust them.

# Import the crt file of our private SMT server ADD http://smt.test.lan/smt.crt /etc/pki/trust/anchors/smt.crt RUN update-ca-certificates

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Hi enovaklbank,

Sorry for the necro

no need to be sorry - solutions are always welcome, thank you for providing one!

Regards
J