Yum fails with "http://<IP>/<release>/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 7 - 'couldn't connect to host'"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Getting. ""http://10.90.54.170/rh66/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 7 - "couldn't connect to host"" when trying to update
  • subscripton-manager fails with `bad interpreter
  • Yum transactions fails with the below:

    -bash: /usr/bin/yum: /usr/bin/python: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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