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Yum Unable To Access Repository (Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository) (Doc ID 2503609.1)

Last updated on MARCH 10, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Linux Cloud Service - Version Oracle Linux 6.9 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A to N/A [Release 1.0]
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Yum is not able to reach local OCI repository failing with the following error:

# yum update
Loaded plugins: security, ulninfo
Setting up Update Process
https://yum-ash.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/UEKR4/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout on https://yum-ash.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/UEKR4/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml: (28, 'connect() timed out!')
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: ol6_UEKR4. Please verify its path and try again

Changes

 System has customized repository files, this customization is used to bypass $ociregion variable.

Cause

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