OCI: Curl Reports Error "SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length."

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 5.0 and later

Linux x86-64

Symptoms

During a yum repolist command curls reports the following error

https://<hostname>/repo/OracleLinux/Oracle7/ol7_latest/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] curl#35 -  
"SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length." 

Cause

The error means that SSL is not enabled on the https port ( 443 )

Solution

Setup SSL for the web server correctly.

For Apache httpd, see https://docs.oracle.com/en/learn/apache-install/#introduction