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  • RH 6.6 - Yum Update - [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 7 - "couldn't connect to host"

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    Ever since renewing my RH license I am getting the following error:

    # yum update
    Loaded plugins: product-id, refresh-packagekit, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager
    Setting up Update Process
    https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel/client/6/6Client/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 7 - "couldn't connect to host"
    Trying other mirror.
    Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rhel-6-desktop-rpms. Please verify its path and try again
    

    I have attempted everything listed as a solution on https://access.redhat.com/solutions/291643 , but have not had any luck.


    This is the contents of my yum.conf:

    [main]
    #proxy=http://198.154.11.3:8888
    #proxy_username=
    #proxy_password=
    cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
    keepcache=0
    debuglevel=2
    logfile=/var/log/yum.log
    exactarch=1
    obsoletes=1
    gpgcheck=1
    plugins=1
    installonly_limit=3
    minrate=1
    timeout=300
    metadata_expire=32h
    diskspacecheck=0 
    retries=1
    mirrorlist_expire=32h
    assumeyes=0
    multilib_policy=all
    
    #  This is the default, if you make this bigger yum won't see if the metadata
    # is newer on the remote and so you'll "gain" the bandwidth of not having to
    # download the new metadata and "pay" for it by yum not having correct
    # information.
    #  It is esp. important, to have correct metadata, for distributions like
    # Fedora which don't keep old packages around. If you don't like this checking
    # interupting your command line usage, it's much better to have something
    # manually check the metadata once an hour (yum-updatesd will do this).
    metadata_expire=20000
    
    # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
    # in /etc/yum.repos.d
    

    Nmap Returns the following:

    Starting Nmap 6.47SVN ( http://nmap.org ) at 2017-01-10 21:04 GMT
    Nmap scan report for cdn.redhat.com (173.222.140.251)
    Host is up (0.0079s latency).
    rDNS record for 173.222.140.251: a173-222-140-251.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com
    Not shown: 998 filtered ports
    PORT    STATE SERVICE
    80/tcp  open  http
    443/tcp open  https
    

    Net Cat returns:

    # nc -z cdn.redhat.com 443; nc -z cdn.redhat.com 80
    Connection to cdn.redhat.com 443 port [tcp/https] succeeded!
    Connection to cdn.redhat.com 80 port [tcp/http] succeeded!
    

    I am not behind a proxy and I am not being filtered by a firewall. Again, everything worked before the subscription expired and I have since purchased a new one. I have registered my system on the RH site and I see the box listed under my "subscriber inventory" as being attached, active, and having access to the yum repos.

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