logs are normal, nightly repo_sync is working without a hitch and not showing any errors. command line and margarita are both working to manage our two branches. so, to be honest: i don't think that our issue is with the reposado service itself.
but suddenly, none of our macs can see the updates or download what they need. i've tested changing the catalogURL on the SoftwareUpdate.plist on our macs and pointing them to either of these branches' catalogs... but both provide the same error when running software update. from the command line:
sh-3.2# softwareupdate -laSoftware Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2010 Apple
The operation couldn’t be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1100.)
checked the server app and the web server service: all looks good and unchanged there. it's up and running and serving up the /html folder (not the parent folder which also contains the /metadata directory) as we always have and made that available to all users. port is 8088.
other things to note: i can't see the catalog if i point my browser to any of the following:
other things i've tried/tested:
+ flushed mDNSResponder in case we had issues with the name resolving
+ pointed back to apple to test the softwareupdate mechanism - works just fine
so something is up. open to any suggestions.