Why does the Leapp Preupgrade fails with an error 'Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name’?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The Leapp Preupgrade on the host registered to a Satellite or the Capsule server fails with the below error.

    Stderr: Host and machine ids are equal (xxxxxxxxxxxxx): refusing to link journals
    Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-eus-rpms':
    - Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for https://satellite.example.com/pulp/content/Org/Library/content/eus/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/appstream/os/repodata/repomd.xml [Could not resolve host:satellite.example.com]
    Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-eus-rpms': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml:  
    All mirrors were tried
    
  • If the system is registered with CDN then the Leapp Preupgrade fails and following error occurs:

    stderr": "Failed to mount n/a on   /var/lib/leapp/scratch/mounts/root_/system_overlay/run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf (MS_BIND \"\"): No such file or directory
    Host and machine ids are equal (xxxxxxxxxxxxx): refusing to link journals
    Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms':
    - Curl error (6): Couldn't resolve host name for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/baseos/os/repodata/repomd.xml [Could not resolve host:cdn.redhat.com]
    Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rhel-9-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Satellite 6
  • Red Hat Subscription Manager(RHSM)

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content