Having great difficulty tracking down what is causing the below error when attempting to update any package from any repo. I have tested multiple repos by setting all others to disabled. I have cleaned all cache and removed any dnf yum cache files.
# dnf -v update
Loaded plugins: builddep, changelog, config-manager, copr, debug, debuginfo-install, download, generate_completion_cache, needs-restarting, playground, repoclosure, repodiff, repograph, repomanage, reposync
DNF version: 4.2.7
cachedir: /var/cache/dnf
repo: downloading from remote: AppStream
error: Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=stock [Resolving timed out after 30000 milliseconds] (http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=stock).
CentOS-8 - AppStream 0.0 B/s | 0 B 00:30
Cannot download 'http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=stock': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: Curl error (28): Timeout was reached for http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=stock [Resolving timed out after 30000 milliseconds].
Failed to download metadata for repo 'AppStream'
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'AppStream'
Each time I attempt a dnf update, load average on the server goes thru the roof, up to 40x
curl can access the mirror site.
curl 'http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=8&arch=x86_64&repo=AppStream&infra=stock'
http://ftp.tc.edu.tw/Linux/CentOS/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://mirror.horizon.vn/centos/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/CentOS/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://centosg9.centos.org/centos/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://packet01.centos.org/centos/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://mirror.s8.centos.org/centos/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://centoso7.centos.org/centos/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://centosh9.centos.org/centos/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://centosc8.centos.org/centos/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
http://centosg7.centos.org/centos/8.2.2004/AppStream/x86_64/os/
I have also tried using baserurl in .repo, same error
I have also replaced the baseurl with one of the url's returned by curl, same error
I have tried many suggestions such as yum/dnf error: Failed to download metadata for repo and similar, none work for me. Some articles point to bugs in the env vars for $releaseserver etc. I have also tried replacing with actual values. same error.
Internet connection obviously OK due to curl result. No proxy used. DNS OK
cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS Linux release 8.1.1911 (Core)
uname -a
Linux xxxx 4.18.0-147.5.1.el8_1.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 5 02:00:39 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
For some weird reasons, After setting the nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf to 8.8.8.8 and a reboot fixed the problem for me.
Also, I disabled the Dynamic memory for Hyper-V VM. DNF command is expecting a lot of memory.
Please give it a try.
Regards, Arockiasamy