Yum Error: /repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found

crimsonclay · 04-06-2017, 01:36 PM

I have inherited numerous CentOS servers at my new job tha trange from version 5 to 7 and couldn't being to tell you when the last time they were patched.

I went to install auditd on a CentOS 5.9 box and foudn yum was broken. After removing the repo and reinstalling the default repos, I still get the same errors. I've run yum clean all then tried to install the package. No luck.

Any help would be appreciated. Below is the error.

# yum update check
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security
Determining fastest mirrors
* addons: repo.us.bigstepcloud.com
* base: mirror.cs.vt.edu
* c5-media:
* epel: mirrors.rit.edu
* extras: centos.vwtonline.net
* updates: mirror.hostduplex.com
http://repo.us.bigstepcloud.com/cent...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
addons | 1.9 kB 00:00
addons/primary_db | 1.1 kB 00:00
http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/CentOS/5...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.steadfast.net/centos/5...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
base | 4.7 kB 00:00
http://mirror.lax.hugeserver.com/cen...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno -1] Error importing repomd.xml for base: Damaged repomd.xml file
Trying other mirror.
http://mirrors.arsc.edu/centos/5.11/...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.keystealth.org/centos/...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
http://repos.mia.quadranet.com/cento...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.trouble-free.net/cento...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.hmc.edu/centos/5.11/os...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/gnu%2Blinu...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again

knudfl · 04-06-2017, 02:00 PM

? Why don't you follow the links
http://repo.us.bigstepcloud.com/centos/5.11/

http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/CentOS/5.11/

http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.11/

http://mirror.steadfast.net/centos/5.11/
... to read the file "readme"

Quote:

CentOS-5 is now past EOL
You can get the last released version of centos 5.11 here:
http://vault.centos.org/5.11/

I.e. you will have to use a new repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ , like

Code:

[CentOS 5.11]
name=CentOS-5.11-x86_64 
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/5.11/os/x86_64/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

[CentOS 5.11-updates]
name=CentOS-5.11-updates-x86_64 
baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/5.11/updates/x86_64/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

r3sistance · 04-06-2017, 02:39 PM

As knudfl said, CentOS 5 is EoL, I know we deleted our mirror for CentOS 5 where I work and that is a listed uk mirror on centos.org. I'd advise upgrading to CentOS 6 or 7 as a priority since CentOS 5 won't even get security updates anymore.