DNF returns Curl error (60): Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with given CA certificates

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Issue

  • DNF command fails with error:

    Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms':
  - Curl error (60): Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with given CA certificates for https://cdn.redhat.com/content/dist/rhel8/8/x86_64/baseos/os/repodata/repomd.xml
  • Unable to perform dnf/yum commands as it fails with certificate error.

Environment

  • Red Hat Subscription Management (RHSM)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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