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OCI: Yum Command Failed With Error "Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for https://yum..."

edited Aug 8, 2023 2:22PM in Linux 1 comment

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later

Linux x86-64


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The following “yum” command fails as it cannot resolve the URL contained in the “repo” file:

$ yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=ol8_baseos_latest list kernel
Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS Latest (x86_64).             0.0  B/s |   0  B     00:00     
Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'ol8_baseos_latest':   - Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for https://yum.us-ashburn-1.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/baseos/latest/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml [Could not resolve host: yum.us-ashburn-1.oracle.com] 
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'ol8_baseos_latest': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

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