Yum commands accessing a local repo give [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden"

Issue

• Yum commands from a system connected to a local repository fails with errors similar to the following:

# yum install httpd
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id
httpd-2.4.6-67.el7_4.6.x86_64. FAILED                                          
http://example.com/repo/httpd-2.4.6-67.el7_4.6.x86_64.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden                                                                             ]  0.0 B/s |    0 B  --:--:-- ETA 
Trying other mirror.
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https://access.redhat.com/solutions/69319

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httpd-2.4.6-67.el7_4.6.x86_64: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

# yum install httpd
Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id
http://example.com/repo/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden
Trying other mirror.
To address this issue please refer to the below knowledge base article

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/69319

If above article doesn't help to resolve this issue please open a ticket with Red Hat Support.

failure: repodata/repomd.xml from localrepo: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
http://example.com/repo/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden