Skip to main content

Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'MariaDB106'

marjwyatt

This is my Server information:Linux version 4.18.0-553.141.2.el8_10.x86_64 (mockbuild@x64-builder01.almalinux.org) (gcc version 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-28) (GCC)) #1 SMP Wed Jul 8 10:28:18 EDT 2026

The maintenance update failed last night.  It seems the problem is rooted in MariaDB repos.

I used information from this link in an attempt to resolve the issue:

https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/10548966076183-Yum-commands-fail-due-to-MariaDB-repository-archival

Here are current contents of /etc/yum/repos.d

[MariaDB106]
name = MariaDB106
baseurl = https://archive.mariadb.org/yum/10.6/
gpgkey=https://archive.mariadb.org/PublicKey
       https://supplychain.mariadb.com/MariaDB-Server-GPG-KEY
gpgcheck=1

 

Here are the contents before I modified the file:

[MariaDB106]
name = MariaDB106
baseurl = https://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-10.6/yum/centos/8/x86_64
gpgkey=https://archive.mariadb.org/PublicKey
       https://supplychain.mariadb.com/MariaDB-Server-GPG-KEY
gpgcheck=1

I guess there is more to the story than meets my eye because these are the results of the commands the cpanel support link instructed me to try next:

[root@server1 ~]# yum clean all
12 files removed
[root@server1 ~]# yum makecache
EA4 ( EasyApache 4 - c8 )                                                         2.1 MB/s | 3.3 MB     00:01
cPanel Plugins project                                                            397 kB/s | 563 kB     00:01
MariaDB106                                                                        160  B/s | 162  B     00:01
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'MariaDB106':
  - Status code: 404 for https://archive.mariadb.org/yum/10.6/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 138.201.152.105)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'MariaDB106': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

I cleared /var/cache/dns manually using the rm command via shell.  I tried the support link commands again and the MariaDB metadata file still won't download.  So, I got desperate (sort of) and ran the update command manually. 

This is how that turned out:

[root@server1 ~]# /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/update-packages
checkyum version 22.3
excludes: bind-chroot dovecot* exim* filesystem kernel kernel-xen kernel-smp kernel-pae kernel-PAE kernel-SMP kernel-hugemem kernel-debug* kernel-core kernel-modules* kernel-devel* kmod-[a-z]* p0f php* proftpd* pure-ftpd*
MariaDB106                                      139  B/s | 162  B     00:01
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'MariaDB106':
  - Status code: 404 for https://archive.mariadb.org/yum/10.6/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 138.201.152.105)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'MariaDB106': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
(XID 3hme6d) “/usr/bin/yum” reported error code “1” when it ended:

I'm out of ideas and I'm not finding any help in the recommended links before starting this new post.  I hope someone here can point me in the right dire4ction or recommend a solution.

Comments

10 comments

Date Votes
  • mtindor

    Looks like they may have updated the archive on Aug 13th.

    https://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-10.6/yum/

    No more CentOS 8 in that archive

    Keep in mind that MariaDB 10.6 reached EOL in July 2026

    0
  • marjwyatt

    mtindor I am not using CentOS8.  My VPS is running Alma Linux.

    I knew there were yum files in that folder.  I didn't look at the date.

    Are you saying I need to update MariaDB to get the update to work?

    0
  • mtindor

    I didn't say you were running CentOS 8, but your repo baseurl was linking to a centos/8/x86_64 folder.   That no longer exists.

    Looks like they may have what you need in  the /mariadb-10.6/yum/almalinux8-x86_64 folder.

    However, I am NOT telling you to use that.  You should do some further investigation and ask questions of cPanel / Almalinux about what repo you should be using now, since the MariaDB folks moved things around.

     

     

    0
  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator

    Someone else posted a similar experience here, so it seems that is fine to use: https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/community/posts/42227828850199

    0
  • marjwyatt
    • Edited

    cPRex I upgraded to MariaDB 11.4 yesterday.  The upgrade created a new MariaDB114.repo file.  Here are the contents of that file:

    [MariaDB114]
    name = MariaDB114
    baseurl = https://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-11.4/yum/centos/8/x86_64
    gpgkey=https://archive.mariadb.org/PublicKey
           https://supplychain.mariadb.com/MariaDB-Server-GPG-KEY
    gpgcheck=1

    My concern is that the baseurl can't be reached using a browser.  This was the same issue that caused the last cPanel updates to fail with one error last week.  So, is that the correct baseurl to use in this file?

    I ran some other commands to help you understand my VPS server environment.

    MariaDB

    [root@server1 ~]# yum whatprovides MariaDB-server
    Last metadata expiration check: 1:17:18 ago on Mon 17 Aug 2026 10:14:55 AM PDT.
    MariaDB-server-11.4.10-1.el8.x86_64 : MariaDB database server binaries
    Repo        : MariaDB114
    Matched from:
    Provide    : MariaDB-server = 11.4.10-1.el8

    MariaDB-server-11.4.11-1.el8.x86_64 : MariaDB database server binaries
    Repo        : MariaDB114
    Matched from:
    Provide    : MariaDB-server = 11.4.11-1.el8

    MariaDB-server-11.4.12-1.el8.x86_64 : MariaDB database server binaries
    Repo        : @System
    Matched from:
    Provide    : MariaDB-server = 11.4.12-1.el8

    MariaDB-server-11.4.12-1.el8.x86_64 : MariaDB database server binaries
    Repo        : MariaDB114
    Matched from:
    Provide    : MariaDB-server = 11.4.12-1.el8

    OS

    [root@server1 ~]# cat /etc/os-release
    NAME="AlmaLinux"
    VERSION="8.10 (Cerulean Leopard)"
    ID="almalinux"
    ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
    VERSION_ID="8.10"
    PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8"
    PRETTY_NAME="AlmaLinux 8.10 (Cerulean Leopard)"
    ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
    LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
    CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:8::baseos"
    HOME_URL="https://almalinux.org/"
    DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.almalinux.org/"
    BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.almalinux.org/"

    ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT="AlmaLinux-8"
    ALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION="8.10"
    REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="AlmaLinux"
    REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.10"
    SUPPORT_END=2029-06-01

    cPanel

    [root@server1 ~]# cat /usr/local/cpanel/version
    11.136.0.33

    I do hope to hear back from you.  Thanks, in advance, for your consideration.

    0
  • quietFinn

    If you were able to install MariaDB 11.4 the repo is fine, and if the repo was not good then running:
    yum update
    would throw an error.

    That baseurl works for me.

     

    0
  • marjwyatt

    quietFinn - Although I still cannot get to the baseurl via browser, your idea of running yum update worked.  So, ultimately, the misadventure onf a failed cPanel update led me to updating MariaDB and much more.  :)

    0
  • BassTeQ
    • Edited

    I'm experiencing the same issue, what is recommended fix?

    OS: AlmaLinux 8.10
    cPanel Version 136

    cat /etc/yum.repos.d/MariaDB106.repo
    [MariaDB106]
    name = MariaDB106
    baseurl = https://archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-10.6/yum/centos/8/x86_64
    gpgkey=https://archive.mariadb.org/PublicKey
           https://supplychain.mariadb.com/MariaDB-Server-GPG-KEY
    gpgcheck=1

    rpm -qa | grep -i '^MariaDB'
    MariaDB-client-10.6.27-1.el8.x86_64
    MariaDB-common-10.6.27-1.el8.x86_64
    MariaDB-server-10.6.27-1.el8.x86_64
    MariaDB-devel-10.6.27-1.el8.x86_64
    MariaDB-shared-10.6.27-1.el8.x86_64

    yum repolist all | grep -i MariaDB
    MariaDB106                     MariaDB106                               enabled
    0
  • Dan Thompson
    • Edited

    If you update the baseurl to the following:

    https://archive.mariadb.org/yum/10.6/centos/8/x86_64/

    Then run yum update again, it will fix the issue.

    Edited to say the above is the baseurl to use if you are on Alma/RHEL8. If you are still on 7 then the baseurl would be:

    https://archive.mariadb.org/yum/10.6/centos/7/x86_64/

    0
  • BassTeQ

    Thanks very much, this has resolved the issue.

    0

Please sign in to leave a comment.

Didn't find what you were looking for?

New post