Error 8002 returned when using update.set command to set VCSA update repository

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• When using "update.set" command to set VCSA update repository in VCSA shell, error 8002 is returned.
• "wget" command is embedded in "update.set" to get repository from HTTPS server. 
• When executing command "wget --user user --password pass https://<vc repository>/", the output returns with an error 404
• When executing command "wget --user user --password pass https://<vc repository>/" --auth-no-challenge, the repository file can be downloaded successfully

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 7.0.x

Cause

An i​​​​Incompatible http server setting leads to this issue.

Resolution

To resolve this, change the http server setting. Upon updating the http server setting, run the below command to verify the change:

wget --user user --password pass https://<vc repository>/