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yum appears to be unstable.

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  • milo695

    Here is the log:

    System update process has started.
    
    “/usr/bin/yum” reported error code “1” when it ended:  w/ /usr/bin/yum upgrade -y
    Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks
    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
    Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=7&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock error was
    14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: mirrorlist.centos.org; Name or service not known"
    Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=7&arch=x86_64&repo=extras&infra=stock error was
    14: curl#6 - "Could not resolve host: mirrorlist.centos.org; Name or service not known"
    
    
     One of the configured repositories failed (Unknown),
     and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue. At this point the only
     safe thing yum can do is fail. There are a few ways to work "fix" this:
    
         1. Contact the upstream for the repository and get them to fix the problem.
    
         2. Reconfigure the baseurl/etc. for the repository, to point to a working
            upstream. This is most often useful if you are using a newer
            distribution release than is supported by the repository (and the
            packages for the previous distribution release still work).
    
         3. Run the command with the repository temporarily disabled
                yum --disablerepo=<repoid> ...
    
         4. Disable the repository permanently, so yum won't use it by default. Yum
            will then just ignore the repository until you permanently enable it
            again or use --enablerepo for temporary usage:
    
                yum-config-manager --disable <repoid>
            or
                subscription-manager repos --disable=<repoid>
    
         5. Configure the failing repository to be skipped, if it is unavailable.
            Note that yum will try to contact the repo. when it runs most commands,
            so will have to try and fail each time (and thus. yum will be be much
            slower). If it is a very temporary problem though, this is often a nice
            compromise:
    
                yum-config-manager --save --setopt=<repoid>.skip_if_unavailable=true
    
    Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: extras/7/x86_64
    
    Often errors like this can be resolved by running `yum makecache`
    
    System update process has finished.
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  • bellwood

    Official support article:

    https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/24571139547415-Could-not-retrieve-mirrorlist-http-mirrorlist-centos-org-on-CentOS-7

    The next issue you'll likely encounter is:

    https://repo.tuxcare.com/centos7-els/updates/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTPS Error 403 - Forbidden

    ...TuxCare (CloudLinux Network) is who cPanel partnered with for their ELS program and July is supposed to be free with a monthly adder going to your license to keep it going:

    https://cpanel.net/blog/announcements/extended-lifecycle-support-oses-update/

    However, I presume that either things are still in motion, licensing wise, or, CLN is just unable to handle the in rush.

    Hoping to see things clear up today.

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  • milo695

    Thank you for this, would you agree that I can ignore the errors for a little while if I'm planning to change server and import all cpanel accounts?

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  • bellwood

    I don't believe you'll run into issues if you ignore them outside of receiving errors from cPanel to your Contact Address setup in WHM (depending on how your Contact Manager is setup in WHM) and, of course, YUM not functioning (which CAN bring other challenges)

    If nothing else, you could run the repair scripts to get the CentOS base repo tidied up and then simply allow the ELS repo to heal (hopefully someone from cPanel will chime in on this)

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